NotebookLM — AI Tool Review, Features & Pricing

NotebookLM: Google's AI research assistant that analyzes uploaded documents with source-grounded citations and generates podcast-style Audio Overviews. Free users run on Gemini 3.1 Flash; Pro/Ultra users access Gemini 3.1 Pro. Supports 50+ source types including PDFs, videos, and Drive folders.

About NotebookLM

Google's AI research assistant that analyzes uploaded documents with source-grounded citations and generates podcast-style Audio Overviews. Free users run on Gemini 3.1 Flash; Pro/Ultra users access Gemini 3.1 Pro. Supports 50+ source types including PDFs, videos, and Drive folders.

It belongs to the productivity category (subcategory: research) within the AI Workflows tool directory.

NotebookLM offers a freemium model with a free tier and paid upgrades.

Pricing & Plans

  • Pricing model: Freemium
  • Plan details: Free: 50 sources/notebook, 3 Audio Overviews/day, 50 daily queries (Gemini 2.5 Flash). Google One AI Premium $19.99/month (students $9.99/month): 5x usage, 300 sources, Gemini 3.1 Pro access.

Available Models in NotebookLM

  • Gemini 3.1 Pro
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash

Key Capabilities

  • research
  • summarization

Tags & Keywords

research, document-analysis, podcast, audio-summary, google, citations, rag

How to access NotebookLM

Visit the official NotebookLM website: https://notebooklm.google.

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