NotebookLM

🖼️ Tool Name:
NotebookLM

🔖 Tool Category:
An AI tool by Google for organizing, summarizing, and generating ideas from your own sources (e.g. PDFs, Google Docs, links, etc.)

✏️ What does this tool offer?
NotebookLM helps you build "smart notebooks" where you upload your own files and links. It then analyzes them to give you summaries, insights, smart questions, and ideas.
It’s like talking to a research assistant trained only on the documents you uploaded.

⭐ What does the tool actually deliver based on user experience?

• You can create up to 100 notebooks for free

• Each notebook can hold up to 50 sources (like PDFs, links, Google Docs, etc.)

• Includes a voice assistant that gives audio overviews (up to 3 per day, free)

• You can ask up to 50 questions per day — all based on your own uploaded content

• Users praise the smart organization and high summarization accuracy

• The paid plan gives much higher limits and is especially useful for students or researchers

🤖 Does it include automation?
Absolutely — full AI automation, including:

• Automatic summarization of sources

• Content analysis

• Idea generation and information extraction

• Smart sharing options

• Tone customization (e.g. formal, analytical, or your own style)

💰 Pricing Model:
Freemium – free plan available, with a paid upgrade via Google One AI Premium (NotebookLM Plus)

🆓 Free Plan Details:

• Completely free for anyone with a Google account

• Up to 100 notebooks

• Up to 50 sources per notebook (limit: 500,000 words or 200MB per source)

• 50 questions per day

• 3 audio summaries per day

• No tone customization or advanced sharing features

💳 Paid Plan – NotebookLM Plus (via Google One AI Premium):

• Price: $19.99/month (or $9.99/month for U.S. students with a .edu email, for the first year)

• 5x the free plan limits:

  • 500 notebooks

  • 300 sources per notebook

  • 500 questions per day

  • 20 audio overviews per day

• Extra features:

  • Tone & response length customization

  • Advanced sharing (chat only or chat + sources)

  • Viewer analytics: number of views, questions asked

  • 2TB of Google Drive + Gmail storage

  • Access to Gemini Advanced, Flow, and Whisk (AI video/image tools)

🧭 Access Method:

• Sign in with your Google account

• Upload your sources and start building notebooks

• Ask questions and interact with the smart assistant

🔗 Experience Link:
Official site: https://notebooklm.google

NotebookLM follows a freemium model, offering a completely free plan for all Google users, with the option to upgrade to the paid NotebookLM Plus through the Google One AI Premium subscription. The free plan includes up to 100 notebooks, each supporting 50 sources (such as PDFs, Google Docs, web links, or transcripts) with a limit of 500,000 words or 200MB per notebook. Users can ask up to 50 questions per day and receive 3 audio summaries, making it ideal for personal research or casual use. For more advanced needs, NotebookLM Plus—available as part of Google One AI Premium—costs $19.99/month, or $9.99/month for eligible students in the U.S. This plan increases the limits fivefold, offering up to 500 notebooks, 300 sources per notebook, 500 daily questions, and 20 audio overviews per day. It also unlocks advanced features like custom tone settings, enhanced sharing options, and usage analytics. The subscription also includes 2TB of cloud storage and access to other AI tools like Gemini Advanced, Flow, and Whisk. Overall, the free version is great for light use, while the paid version is well-suited for students, researchers, and professionals who need deeper functionality and more room to work.