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NotebookLM
shipGoogle's research notebook — grounded Q&A and audio overviews over your own sources.
notebooklm.googleVerified 2026-08-15
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The most trustworthy consumer RAG: answers stay glued to your uploaded sources with citations, and audio overviews are a legitimately new way to digest material. Free tier is generous.
Known limitations
- Source count limits per notebook.
- No API, so no automation.
- Google product-graveyard risk is real.
Facts
- pricing
- freemium1
- price note
- free; Plus via Google AI Pro $20/mo
- free tier
- yes
- open source
- no
- api
- no
- self-host
- no
- category
- data
Models used
Sources
If we can't show the source, we don't print the number.
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