# NoteGPT review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI notes, video summaries, transcription and research in one app Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. NoteGPT is a web app and browser extension that summarizes YouTube videos, audio, PDFs and web pages, transcribes speech, and builds notes and mind maps from them. It has grown into an AI agent that can also run deep research, draft documents, make slides, and generate images, voices and video. Usage is metered in basic and premium credits. - **Category:** AI Research Tools - **Made by:** NoteGPT - **Website:** https://notegpt.io - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want to know the free plan's limits first, as the pricing page doesn't state them. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, NoteGPT has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9 per month, billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** A Free plan exists, but the pricing page does not state its limits. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Pro | $9 per month, billed annually | 1,000 basic quotas and 100 premium credits a month, 5 YouTube videos at once, 1 GB per local file. Shown with a crossed-out $9.99 a month and a Save 10% label. | | Unlimited | $19.92 per month, billed annually | Unlimited basic quotas, 2,800 premium credits a month, 10 YouTube videos at once and 5 GB per local file. Shown with a crossed-out $29 a month and a limited-time Save 30% label. | | Max | $69 per month, billed annually | Unlimited basic quotas, 10,000 premium credits a month, 20 YouTube videos at once and 5 GB per local file. Shown with a crossed-out $99 a month and a limited-time Save 30% label. | Read from https://notegpt.io/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with NoteGPT before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing priced below monthly** (Annual discount): The pricing page's default Annually view carries a Save 30% label, and each plan shows its yearly total next to the crossed-out monthly-rate total, for example $239 a year against $348 for Unlimited. Source: https://notegpt.io/pricing ## Key features - **YouTube and media summaries:** Summarizes YouTube videos, audio, PDFs and more into notes, and the extension works on pages in the browser. Plans differ in how many videos can be processed at once. - **Transcription:** Transcribes audio and video with timestamps and separates speakers. Basic transcription is unlimited on the Unlimited and Max plans; premium transcription draws on premium credits. - **Deep research reports:** The AI agent produces research reports with cited sources, and can search the web, analyze data and make charts. - **Mind maps and notes:** Summaries can be turned into mind maps, translated, and kept in a My Notes area. - **Creation tools:** The same credits pay for slides, images, speech, podcasts and video generation, plus an AI detector and humanizer. - **Multiple models:** The agent routes work across GPT, Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek models, and the plans cap how many chats with premium models are included. ## Good for - Students and researchers who turn lectures and videos into notes - People who want summaries and transcripts inside the browser - Anyone who wants research, slides and media generation under one credit balance ## Worth knowing - The prices on the page are annual-billed amounts shown with crossed-out monthly figures and a limited-time label; the monthly-billing prices were not shown in the page text. - Plans mix basic and premium credits, and the premium ones cover transcription, image, voice and video generation, so heavy use of those runs through the monthly allowance quickly. - The pricing page does not state the Free plan's limits. - Refunds are available only within 24 hours of a first purchase, and discounted purchases are not refundable. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. NoteGPT covers video summaries, transcription, deep research, mind maps and notes in one app. The pricing page doesn't state the free plan's limits, shows prices as annual with crossed-out monthly figures, and refunds are available only within 24 hours of a first purchase. - **Value for money: C.** Pro is $9 a month billed yearly, between the research cheaper quarter at $7.50 and the middle at $10. The pricing page shows crossed-out monthly figures and limited-time labels, so the real monthly price wasn't visible. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan exists, but its limits aren't on the pricing page, so we can't say how far you get. - **Features: C.** Summaries, transcription, deep research, mind maps, notes and creation tools across multiple models. The listing says basic and premium credits are mixed, and heavy transcription or generation runs through the allowance. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Many tools in one app means a lot to learn. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web and a Chrome extension, with YouTube the only integration. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from NoteGPT's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI research tools - NoteGPT's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 3 of the 49 other AI research tools we grade, and level with 3. - Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 12 of the 35 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 13 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-research ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace NoteGPT you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 43 of the 49 other AI research tools grade higher. It costs $108 a year. - You could make: Mind mapping and notes: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. - You could not: A library of papers and sources to search. - You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. - You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with YouTube **Tags:** AI features, Transcription, Chat assistant, Mind mapping, Research, Notes, Text to speech ## Alternatives - [Otio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/otio): AI research workspace for chatting across many sources. 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