Claude vs Gemini Notebook

Claude

• Writing, analysis and coding help in one assistant
• Developers who want a coding agent included in their subscription
• Teams of 2 to 150 that need SSO and central billing

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

Claude

• Usage is capped in rolling five-hour sessions on every plan, and paid plans add weekly limits.
• Projects, Research, Claude Code and the Chrome and Microsoft 365 extensions are not in the Free plan.
• Enterprise bills usage at API rates on top of the seat price, and the Max 20x tier has no price on the pricing page.
• Payments are generally non-refundable, listed prices exclude tax, and the Linux desktop app is in beta.

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.

Claude

Chat for writing, analysis and code

Write and edit content, generate code and visualize data in a conversation on the web, in desktop apps or on mobile.

Files, code execution and Artifacts

Claude can create files, run code and present generated content as Artifacts. All three are part of the Free plan.

Web search and Research

Web search is available on every plan. Research, for longer investigations, is listed with the paid plans.

Memory and Projects

Memory carries context across conversations on every plan. Projects, which organize chats and documents, start with Pro.

Connectors

Connect apps and tools such as Slack and Google Workspace, or add other context and tools through remote MCP connectors.

Claude Code

A coding agent for the terminal, VS Code and JetBrains. It is included in all paid plans and draws on the same usage pool as chat.

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.

Claude

• Free$0

  Chat on web, desktop and mobile, with web search, file creation, code execution, memory, connectors and Artifacts.

• Pro$17

  per month, billed annually ($200 up front)

  More usage, Projects, Research, Claude Code, task scheduling, more models and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365. $20 if billed monthly.

• Team$20

  per seat / month, billed annually

  For teams of 2 to 150, with SSO and central billing. $25 if billed monthly. Premium seats with 5x more usage are $100, or $125 monthly.

• Enterprise$20

  per seat / month, billed annually, plus usage at API rates

  Team features plus spend limits, role-based access, SCIM, audit logs, a compliance API and custom data retention.

• MaxFrom $100

  per month

  Everything in Pro with a choice of 5x or 20x more usage, higher output limits, early access to features and priority at busy times.

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.

Claude

• Annual discount

  Lower price with annual billing

  Pro is $17 per month on an annual subscription ($200 billed up front) instead of $20 billed monthly. Team seats are $20 instead of $25, and premium seats $100 instead of $125.

• Nonprofit

  Nonprofit Team pricing from $3 per user

  Registered 501(c)(3) organizations, their international equivalents and K-12 schools can get the Team plan for $8 per user / month, or $3 in low- or middle-income countries.

• Education

  University-wide Education plan

  Anthropic offers institutions a university-wide plan covering students, faculty and staff at discounted rates, arranged through its Education team.

• Startups

  Startup program with API credits

  Venture-backed startups founded within the last four years can apply for free credits and priority rate limits. Credits apply to the Claude API, not to chat subscriptions.

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.