Elephas vs Gemini Notebook

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Elephas

Private AI knowledge assistant for Mac with local indexing

Free plan · from $15.83/mo

Gemini Notebook

Google's AI research assistant that answers from your own sources

Free plan · from $4.99/mo

Where they differ

Elephas starts at $15.83 per month on the yearly plan, or $19 billed monthly (Standard). Gemini Notebook starts at $4.99 per month (Google AI Plus).
Only Elephas lists a macOS app.
Only Gemini Notebook lists a web app.
Only Gemini Notebook lists an Android app.
Elephas also covers grammar & style.
Gemini Notebook also covers AI search and notes.

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	Elephas	Gemini Notebook
Pricing	Free plan	Free plan
Starts at	$15.83 per month on the yearly plan, or $19 billed monthly (Standard)	$4.99 per month (Google AI Plus)
Free plan	20 credits a month for the built-in Elephas AI engine, with no credit card required.	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	Every new download includes 7 days of Pro, activated automatically, with no credit card required.	None listed
Web
macOS
iOS
Android
Made by	Liberation Softwares LLP	Google
Price read from	elephas.app	gemini.google
Checked	Oct 6, 2026	Oct 4, 2026

Elephas

Gemini Notebook

Elephas

The full app is for Mac only (macOS 13 or later), with a companion app for iPhone and iPad. Windows is on a waitlist.
The built-in AI runs on monthly credits: 20 on Free, 100 on Standard, 500 on Professional and 1,000 on Pro+. Your own API keys remove the limit.
Super Brain, integrations and iPhone and iPad access start at Professional, and the full redaction inspector is in Pro+.
The Mac App Store version lacks Super Command and the text-writing features because of sandbox restrictions.

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.

Elephas

Super Brain: Workspaces built from your PDFs, Word and Excel files, notes and transcripts, one per client or project. Files are indexed locally on the Mac and answers cite the source documents.
Sensitive data redaction: Detects and redacts 28 types of sensitive data, such as names, emails, account numbers and passport numbers, on the device before content reaches a cloud model.
Offline mode: Runs AI entirely on the Mac with local models so nothing leaves the device. Built-in cloud AI with zero data retention and your own API keys are the alternatives.
Super Command: One keyboard shortcut brings Elephas into any Mac app to summarize, rewrite, translate or fix the grammar of selected text, or to run custom commands called Snippets.
Built-in AI or your own keys: The built-in engine runs on OpenAI and Anthropic models. You can also add API keys from more than 15 providers, including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq and DeepSeek, for unlimited usage.
iPhone and iPad access: Professional and Pro+ subscribers can open the Super Brains built on the Mac from an iPhone or iPad signed in to the same Apple account.

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.

Elephas

Free$0
20 credits a month for the built-in Elephas AI engine.
Standard$15.83
per month on the yearly plan; $19 billed monthly
100 credits a month: AI chat and writing across the Mac, basic document and note workflows, and automatic protection of sensitive data.
Professional$32.50
per month on the yearly plan; $39 billed monthly
500 credits a month, plus Super Brain, integrations with Apple Notes, Notion and Obsidian, iPhone and iPad access and a basic view of redactions.
Pro+$40.83
per month on the yearly plan; $49 billed monthly
1,000 credits a month, plus the full redaction inspector, advanced redaction settings, optional offline AI workflows and an onboarding call.

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.

Elephas

Annual discount
Save about 17% with yearly billing
On the yearly plan Standard drops from $19 to $15.83 a month, Professional from $39 to $32.50 and Pro+ from $49 to $40.83.

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.