Our pick for most teams
79/ 100
- Price
- From $4.99/user/mo (monthly only)
- Free plan
- 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook; each source up to 500,000 words or 200 MB
Claude vs Gemini Notebook: Gemini Notebook fits most teams of 5
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Students and researchers working from their own documents
57.6/ 100
- Price
- From $25/user/mo · $240/user/yr
- Free plan
- Free: usage resets on a rolling five-hour window; up to 5 projects; Sonnet and Haiku only
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Which one fits your team
- Checked 2026-10-16
- 6 sources
The score is worked out from the facts below. How we score tools. What we earn is not part of it.
Gemini Notebook: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Students and researchers working from their own documents
- Turning long reports into audio summaries
- Answers that cite only the sources you gave it
- Not for
- Questions that need fresh answers from across the web
- Very large research sets on Free: 50 sources per notebook
- The catch
- Answers stay tied to your own sources, which cuts made-up answers, but it will not go beyond what you add.
Data last verified: 2026-10-16
Claude: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Beginner and working programmers needing code generation and debugging
- Content creators drafting posts and long-form text in different tones
- Visual learners who benefit from charts and diagrams
- Not for
- Budget-limited users who want advanced features on the free plan
- Users needing built-in image, video or audio generation
- People needing predictable usage limits
- The catch
- Strong writing and coding assistant, but usage limits are hard to predict and the free plan is constrained.
Data last verified: 2026-10-18
What each one costs over five years
Same team size, cheapest plan of each, paid monthly or yearly.
Gemini Notebook
Five years for a team of 5, paid monthly: $1,497
On the Google AI Plus plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $299.40
- Paid yearly, one year
- Not verified
- "Google AI Plus" has no verified annual price
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-19Claude
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $6,000
On the Team (Standard seat) plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $1,500
- Paid yearly, one year
- $1,200
Paying yearly saves $300 a year (20%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18The four facts that decide it
| Gemini Notebook | Claude | |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 79 | 57.6 |
| Cheapest plan | Google AI Plus | Team (Standard seat) |
| Free plan | 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook; each source up to 500,000 words or 200 MB | Free: usage resets on a rolling five-hour window; up to 5 projects; Sonnet and Haiku only |
| Works with (apps) | 4 | 7 |
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pages, listed under Sources.
Gemini Notebook
- Score out of 100
- 79
- Cheapest plan
- Google AI Plus
- Free plan
- 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook; each source up to 500,000 words or 200 MB
- Works with (apps)
- 4
Claude
- Score out of 100
- 57.6
- Cheapest plan
- Team (Standard seat)
- Free plan
- Free: usage resets on a rolling five-hour window; up to 5 projects; Sonnet and Haiku only
- Works with (apps)
- 7
Feature by feature, on the same list
Open a row for the vendor's own wording and the page we read it on.
Chat interfaceGemini Notebook: YesClaude: Yes
File uploadGemini Notebook: Not verifiedClaude: Yes
- Gemini Notebook
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
- Claude
- PDFs, Docs, Slides, audio, ePub, web links and public YouTube videos Vendor page · checked 2026-10-16
Web browsingGemini Notebook: YesClaude: Yes
Understands imagesGemini Notebook: Not verifiedClaude: Yes
- Gemini Notebook
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Voice modeGemini Notebook: YesClaude: Yes
Follows your standing instructionsGemini Notebook: YesClaude: Yes
- Gemini Notebook
- User preferences on all plans; org-wide instructions on Team and Enterprise Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
Remembers your preferencesGemini Notebook: YesClaude: Not verified
- Claude
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Code executionGemini Notebook: YesClaude: Not verified
- Gemini Notebook
- File creation and editing on all plans; Claude Code not on Free Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
- Claude
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Team workspaceGemini Notebook: YesClaude: Not verified
- Gemini Notebook
- Team plan adds project sharing and collaboration; not on Free/Pro/Max Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
- Claude
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Connects to your other apps (API)Gemini Notebook: Not verifiedClaude: Not verified
- Gemini Notebook
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
- Claude
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
What you risk by starting
Gemini Notebook
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Gemini Notebook.
Claude
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Claude.
- Refund policy
- Payments are generally non-refundable except where the Consumer Terms say otherwise; EEA/UK customers can request a refund in-app within 14 days
- Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
Where these facts come from
Gemini Notebook
https://gemini.google/us/subscriptions/ · checked 2026-10-16https://support.google.com/notebooklm/answer/16213268?hl=en · checked 2026-10-16https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-notebook/notebooklm-gemini-notebook/ · checked 2026-10-16https://support.google.com/gemininotebook/answer/16215270?hl=en · checked 2026-10-16https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-notebook/new-study-tools-september-2026/ · checked 2026-10-16What to do next
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