Google Pinpoint vs Humata (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Google Pinpoint grades higher than Humata: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Google Pinpoint grades higher on value for money and the free plan. Humata grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Google Pinpoint
Free Google tool for searching large document collections
Humata
Document Q&A with cited answers across your uploaded files
Which one is for you
Pick Google Pinpoint if
- Fits if you are a journalist sifting through large document dumps
- Works for academics who need to search their own transcripts and PDFs
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you need instant sign-up, as full access to create collections is by request
- Skip it if you want to search published papers, since it searches only what you upload
- Watch out: a work or school Google account may be blocked by your administrator
- Too light for citations or a paper library, as it has neither
Pick Humata if
- Fits if two or three of you want to share one $9.99 plan
- Works for companies that want document Q&A on their own website through the embed or API
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you read a lot, since Expert has 500 pages a month and each extra page is $0.02
- Skip it if your files are scans, because OCR needs the Team plan at $49 a user a month
- Not for you if you want a tool that finds papers, as this only answers from what you upload
- Too light for real work on the free plan: 1 user, 60 pages a month and, going by the homepage, 10 answers
- Watch out: the billing FAQ mentions a Student plan, but the pricing page doesn't list it or a price
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAGoogle PinpointGood | 2.2GPAHumataFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree, and Google says it charges no fee for read-only or full access. | CExpert is $9.99 a month and up to 3 of you can share it, the low end here. But it's metered at 500 pages a month, then $0.02 a page, and OCR for scans, folder permissions and personalized answers all wait for Team at $49 a user. Low to start, dear once you need those. |
| Free plan and trial | BNo payment at any level, but only read-only access to public collections is open to anyone. Making your own collections needs full access, which Google grants on request. | CFree is 1 user, 60 pages a month and, going by the homepage, 10 answers. That's a paper or two and you've seen how the citations work. A cap you'll hit in an afternoon, in other words. |
| Features | CDocument collections, search filters, transcription, Gemini answers and tables to spreadsheets. It covers your own files only, not scholarly literature. | CIt does chat-with-your-documents fully: cited answers that link to the passage, Ask All to put one question to a whole folder, website import, and Grounded, Balanced and Creative modes. That's a smaller job than this category's, though. It only answers from what you upload. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and you build collections and upload files before it is useful. | BNo App Store rating on record, so this rests on the listing: a web app where you upload a folder, tick the files and ask, with nothing to install or connect. The one thing to watch is the page meter, since anything over your allowance is billed per page. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with Google Drive and Gemini as the connections. No API or apps are listed. | CA browser tab and nothing else: no phone app, no desktop app, no extension, and the listing names no integrations with other apps at all. There is an API for importing documents and asking questions, and an embed for your own page, but neither gets Humata off the one place it runs. |
| Best for | searching big piles of documents | small teams asking questions of shared files |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Google Pinpoint and Humata. How we grade
Price against what you get
Google Pinpoint has no paid plan and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Humata starts at $9.99 a month and scores 2.3.
Humata scores higher, and starts $9.99 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI research tools on the chart, none scores higher than Google Pinpoint for less, and 13 score higher than Humata for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Google Pinpoint also covers transcription, AI search and documents.
- Humata also covers chat assistant and citations.
At a glance
| Google Pinpoint | Humata | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free plan |
| Starts at | Free | $9.99 per month, billed monthly (covers up to 3 users) |
| Free plan | Google states it charges no fee to use Pinpoint, with either read-only or full access. | 1 user and 60 free pages a month with basic features. The homepage also limits it to 10 answers. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Tilda Technologies Inc. | |
| Price read from | support.google.com | humata.ai |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Google Pinpoint
- Creating and editing collections needs full access, which Google offers to journalists, academics and content creators on request.
- Work or school Google accounts may be blocked by the organization's administrator.
- Pinpoint is not covered by Google Workspace terms of service; Google's general terms apply.
- It searches your own uploaded documents, not scholarly literature databases.
Humata
- The Free plan is limited to 1 user and 60 pages a month, and the homepage also caps it at 10 answers.
- Pages beyond a plan's monthly allowance are billed per page: $0.02 on Expert and $0.01 on Team.
- OCR for scanned text, department and folder permissions and response personalization need the Team plan.
- The billing FAQ mentions a Student plan, but the pricing page does not list it or show a price.
Key features
Google Pinpoint
- Document collections
- Upload files from a computer or Google Drive into private collections of PDFs, images, handwritten pages, emails and audio.
- Search and filters
- Advanced search supports exact match and exclusions, and documents can be filtered by the people, organizations and places found in them.
- Audio and video transcription
- Turns recordings into searchable text and lets you jump from selected text to the matching point in the audio.
- Gemini research answers
- Uses Gemini to answer research questions with supporting evidence from the documents in a collection.
- Tables to spreadsheets
- Converts scanned tables or many similarly structured documents into sortable spreadsheets without code.
- Sharing and public collections
- Share collections with colleagues, or explore public collections published by news organizations.
Humata
- Chat with your files
- Upload files or whole folders and ask questions about them. Each answer cites the relevant sections of the source documents, with highlighted links back into the file.
- Ask All across files
- Tick several files or a folder and use Ask All to put one question to all of them at once, for example to compare documents.
- Website import
- The From URL option in the upload dialog imports a website so that questions can be asked about its pages.
- Answer modes and custom prompts
- Grounded, Balanced and Creative modes set how closely answers stick to the documents, and a custom prompt can be sent along with every question.
- Team roles and permissions
- Admins invite members, assign admin or member roles, group people into teams and restrict access to folders. Department and folder permissions start at the Team plan.
- Embeds and API
- A chat view for a file or folder can be embedded in a web page, with white labeling on Enterprise. An API covers document import, conversations and questions.
Plans
Google Pinpoint
Free$0
Read-only access to public collections for any Google account; creating collections needs full access.
Humata
Free$0
1 user and 60 free pages a month, with basic features and up to 10 answers.
Expert$9.99
per month, billed monthly
Up to 3 users and 500 free pages a month, then $0.02 per additional page, with chat support.
Team$49
per user / month, billed monthly
For teams of up to 10: 5,000 free pages a month, then $0.01 per page, plus department and folder permissions, OCR and response personalization.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited users and custom page allowances, with a SOC-2 certificate, uptime SLA and early access to new features.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Google Pinpoint or Humata?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Google Pinpoint is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $9.99 a month for Humata. Google Pinpoint is free, and Humata starts at $9.99 per month, billed monthly (covers up to 3 users).
Which has a free plan, Google Pinpoint or Humata?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Google Pinpoint and Humata have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.