Gemini vs Gemini Notebook
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Gemini
Google's AI assistant, tied into Gmail, Docs and other Google apps
Gemini Notebook
Google's AI research assistant that answers from your own sources
Where they differ
- Gemini starts at $4.99 per month (Google AI Plus). Gemini Notebook starts at $4.99 per month (Google AI Plus).
- Only Gemini lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Gemini Notebook also covers notes.
At a glance
| Gemini | Gemini Notebook | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $4.99 per month (Google AI Plus) | $4.99 per month (Google AI Plus) |
| Free plan | Free with a Google Account: access to 3.6 Flash and varying access to 3.1 Pro, image generation and editing, Deep Research, Gemini Live, Canvas and Gems, plus 15 GB of Google storage. | 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 |
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| Price read from | gemini.google | gemini.google |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Gemini
- People who already use Gmail, Docs, Drive and Google Calendar
- Buyers who want AI features bundled with Google storage
- College students, who are offered a free year of the Pro plan
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
Gemini
- Paid tiers are Google AI plans that bundle storage and other Google services; no Gemini-only paid plan is listed.
- Google AI plans require age 18 or over, and features vary by region and platform.
- Google AI Ultra starts at $99.99 per month, and its 20x usage level costs $199.99 per month.
- The macOS desktop app requires Apple Silicon and macOS Sequoia (15.0) or later.
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
Gemini
- Chat with Gemini models
- The free plan includes the 3.6 Flash model and varying access to 3.1 Pro. Paid plans raise usage limits, from 2x on Plus to as much as 20x the Pro limits on Ultra.
- Deep Research
- A research tool that is included in the free plan, with higher access on the paid Google AI plans.
- Gemini Live
- Have a spoken conversation, switch between talking and typing, and show Gemini what you are looking at while you talk.
- Image and video generation
- Generate and edit images on every plan, and create or edit video by describing what you want. Paid plans include Google Flow credits.
- Google app integration
- Works with Gmail, Drive, Docs and Calendar, and paid plans add Gemini inside Gmail, Docs and Vids.
- Desktop app
- Apps for Windows and macOS open with a keyboard shortcut, accept voice dictation and can share your screen for answers that take it into 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.
Plans
Gemini
Free$0
Access to 3.6 Flash, varying access to 3.1 Pro, image generation, Deep Research, Gemini Live, Canvas and Gems, with 15 GB of storage.
Google AI Plus$4.99
per month
2x higher usage than Free, 200 Google Flow credits, Gemini in Gmail and Vids, and 400 GB of storage.
Google AI Pro$19.99
per month
4x higher usage than Free, 1,000 Flow credits, higher access to Gemini 3 Pro, Jules, Chrome auto browse, YouTube Premium Lite and 5 TB of storage.
Google AI UltraFrom $99.99
per month
5x the usage limits of AI Pro at $99.99 or 20x at $199.99, with Deep Think, Project Genie, YouTube Premium and 20 TB or more of storage.
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
Gemini
- 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, through its student offer.
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.
