ChatGPT vs Gemini Notebook
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ChatGPT
OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for chat, images and voice
Gemini Notebook
Google's AI research assistant that answers from your own sources
Where they differ
- ChatGPT starts at $8 per month (Go). Gemini Notebook starts at $4.99 per month (Google AI Plus).
- Only ChatGPT lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Gemini Notebook also covers notes.
At a glance
| ChatGPT | Gemini Notebook | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $8 per month (Go) | $4.99 per month (Google AI Plus) |
| Free plan | Unlimited text chats, with limits on uploads, image creation, voice chats, deep research and memory. | Standard tier, free with a Google account: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook and standard usage limits that refresh every 5 hours up to a weekly cap. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | OpenAI | |
| Price read from | learn.chatgpt.com | gemini.google |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
Who each one suits
ChatGPT
- General-purpose help with writing, questions and brainstorming
- People who want chat, voice, images and web search in one assistant
- Trying an AI assistant at no cost before paying
Gemini Notebook
- Students and researchers working from a set of their own documents
- Turning long documents or lecture material into audio summaries
- Answers that cite the source passage they came from
Worth knowing
ChatGPT
- Pro is sold at three price points, $100, $200 or $500 per month, well above the $20 Plus plan.
- Business requires at least 2 users. SCIM, EKM and role-based access control are reserved for Enterprise and Edu.
- OpenAI began testing ads in the free version for logged-in adult US users in January 2026, according to Wikipedia.
- OpenAI's pricing page says the Go plan may include ads.
Gemini Notebook
- Paid tiers are not sold on their own: higher limits come with a Google AI Plus, Pro or Ultra subscription.
- The free Standard tier allows 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook.
- Usage limits are compute-based. The quota refreshes every 5 hours until a weekly limit is reached.
- The mobile app cannot yet generate or view notes, mind maps, reports or data tables.
Key features
ChatGPT
- Conversational help
- Answers questions, drafts and reworks text, explains topics and reads uploaded photos in a chat, with history synced across your devices.
- Image generation
- Creates original images from a description, or transforms existing images from a short instruction.
- Advanced Voice Mode
- Hold a real-time spoken conversation in the mobile app by tapping the soundwave icon.
- Search and Deep Research
- ChatGPT Search draws on the web for more up-to-date answers, and Deep Research generates a report from extensive web searches.
- Codex
- A coding agent that runs on the web, in a CLI, in an IDE extension and on iOS from the Plus plan, with integrations such as automatic code review and Slack.
- GPTs and agents
- GPTs customize ChatGPT's behavior for a specific use case, and ChatGPT agent carries out multi-step tasks.
Gemini Notebook
- Grounded chat with citations
- Chat with a notebook to get answers based on the sources you added, with in-line citations that point back to them.
- Many source types
- Add PDFs, Google Docs, Slides and Sheets, Word and PowerPoint files, web URLs, public YouTube videos, audio files and images. A source can hold up to 500,000 words or 200 MB.
- Audio and Video Overviews
- Turns a notebook's sources into an Audio Overview or a Video Overview. In the mobile app, Audio Overviews can be downloaded for offline listening.
- Study and presentation outputs
- Generates mind maps, reports, flashcards, quizzes, infographics and slide decks from your sources.
- Deep Research
- An agentic feature that browses up to hundreds of websites, writes a multi-page report and lets you import the results and sources into a notebook.
- Mobile apps
- Apps for Android phones and tablets, iPhone and iPad. Share a website, PDF or YouTube video from another app straight into a notebook.
Plans
ChatGPT
Free$0
Unlimited text chats, with limits on uploads, image creation, voice chats, deep research and memory.
Go$8
per month
More messages with tools, more uploads, image creation and voice chats than Free, and longer memory. OpenAI notes this plan may include ads.
Plus$20
per month
Advanced reasoning models, expanded deep research and memory, plus projects, scheduled tasks and custom GPTs.
Business$20
per user / month, billed annually
For 2 or more users: a dedicated workspace with admin controls, SAML SSO and MFA. $25 per user / month when billed monthly.
ProFrom $100
per month
A choice of three usage tiers at $100, $200 or $500 per month, with the highest limits, pro reasoning and an always-on agent.
Enterprise & EduCustom
Sold through sales, with priority request processing, SCIM, EKM, user analytics, domain verification and role-based access control.
Gemini Notebook
Standard$0
Free with a Google account: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook and standard usage limits.
Plus$4.99
per month, with Google AI Plus
200 notebooks, 100 sources per notebook and usage limits two times higher than standard.
Pro$19.99
per month, with Google AI Pro
500 notebooks, 300 sources per notebook and usage limits four times higher than standard.
UltraFrom $99.99
per month, with Google AI Ultra
500 notebooks, 500 or 600 sources per notebook depending on the Ultra tier, and usage limits 5x or 20x higher than AI Pro.
Ways to pay less
ChatGPT
- Annual discount
Business is cheaper when billed annually
OpenAI's pricing page lists Business at $20 per user / month when billed annually, against $25 per user / month when billed monthly.
Gemini Notebook
- Education
Free Pro plan for college students for a year
Google's US subscriptions page says college students get a free Google AI Pro plan for one year. Google AI Pro provides the Pro tier of Gemini Notebook.
