NotebookLM free offers 100 notebooks, 50 sources each, 500,000 words per source, 50 chat queries, and 3 audio generations daily. Plus, at $20/month with Google One AI Premium, gives 500 notebooks, 300 sources, 500 queries, 20 audio generations, and analytics. Output quality is identical; free just has lower limits. If you use it a lot, Plus is worth it for higher limits and extras like Gemini Advanced. Free is fine for light use. Perplexity’s Spaces focuses on real-time web research and collaboration, while NotebookLM is better for analyzing uploaded documents. Pick based on your project type. Answer from oplast on reddit.com
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NotebookLM Pricing 2025: Free Plan vs Paid Plan — Which One Actually Saves You Time?
October 14, 2025 - Google’s 2025 NotebookLM strategy is clear: The Free Plan is powerful enough to transform how most people learn and research.
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Meta takes on Google’s NotebookLM with new NotebookLlama— and its totally free | Tom's Guide
October 28, 2024 - AI 5 totally free and under-the-radar ways to use NotebookLM — you’ll wish you tried them sooner · AI NotebookLM can now browse the web with Deep Research — I put the new feature to the test · AI Google’s NotebookLM just got its best ...
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What's the difference between NotebookLM free and pro? Is it worth it for free?
NotebookLM free offers 100 notebooks, 50 sources each, 500,000 words per source, 50 chat queries, and 3 audio generations daily. Plus, at $20/month with Google One AI Premium, gives 500 notebooks, 300 sources, 500 queries, 20 audio generations, and analytics. Output quality is identical; free just has lower limits. If you use it a lot, Plus is worth it for higher limits and extras like Gemini Advanced. Free is fine for light use. Perplexity’s Spaces focuses on real-time web research and collaboration, while NotebookLM is better for analyzing uploaded documents. Pick based on your project type. More on reddit.com
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Has Anyone Used NotebookLM? How Exactly Do You Use It, and How Is It Useful?
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Why isn't NotebookLM a bigger deal?
Needs more publicity and people to access it ig. Rn it's only available in a few countries. More on reddit.com
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NotebookLM Is Insane.
I seriously hope it does. I started paying for GA only for two features, NotebookLM Plus, 2.5 pro based deep research. More on reddit.com
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Google NotebookLM Pro | Premium AI Research & Brainstorming Tool
Upgrade to NotebookLM Pro for premium AI features for research with higher limits, customization, analytics and enhanced privacy.
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Tested: Is Google's NotebookLM Plus worth the subscription fee? - Android Authority
February 21, 2025 - I’ve recently started using NotebookLM, and I love it. Google’s AI tool is free, with the premium Plus version initially available only to Workspace users.
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Google's NotebookLM is one of the most powerful use cases for AI - Fast Company
October 28, 2024 - What it is in a nutshell: NotebookLM is a free Web-based AI service that helps you draw insights and learn from notes, documents, links, and recordings. It doesn’t do research on the Web or make up information.
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What’s NotebookLM + How To Get Started [Tutorial]
September 5, 2024 - NotebookLM, being a product from Google, is currently available for free, especially for those with access through Google Workspace.
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Google’s NotebookLM is a great tool for adding AI to your notes - Fast Company Middle East | The future of tech, business and innovation.
June 26, 2024 - Google’s NotebookLM is a new free service that lets you apply AI to your own notes and documents. You can use it to surface new ideas and find fresh connections in your thoughts and research.
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NotebookLM: The FREE Google AI Tool Everyone Is Sleeping On - YouTube
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Quickstart Guide to Gemini and NotebookLM for Education - Google Workspace Admin Help
Educators and staff can use Gemini and NotebookLM to save time, create captivating learning experiences, and inspire fresh ideas. And students can use them to learn confidently and prepare for an AI-driven future. Free of charge—The Gemini app and NotebookLM are included in all Google Workspace ...
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Google NotebookLM for teachers: 10 things to know for educators
August 18, 2025 - NotebookLM is a gem for teachers and is the best personal AI research assistant. It's free. It can help teachers and students.
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Google NotebookLM - Apps on Google Play
“NotebookLM Blew Our Mind” – Hard Fork “One of the most compelling and completely flabbergasting demonstrations of AI’s potential yet.” – The Wall Street Journal Now, with the NotebookLM app, you can create and access notebooks, ask questions whenever you think of them, and listen to your podcast-style Audio Overviews on the go with background playback and offline support.
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Upgrade NotebookLM - NotebookLM Help
You can upgrade NotebookLM to get additional capabilities, including higher limits and more features through Google AI Plans,
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Google Notebook LM
Currently, any Google account can use NotebookLM for free, including all tiers of Google Workspace. However, usage limits are in place and advanced features are not available in free versions of the product.
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Google NotebookLM | AI Research Tool & Thinking Partner
Meet NotebookLM, the AI research tool and thinking partner that can analyze your sources, turn complexity into clarity and transform your content.
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NotebookLM: How to try Google’s experimental AI-first notebook
November 25, 2024 - ["How does Gemini work in Google Maps?", "What is quantum computing?", "What are the camera features on Pixel 10?"] ... An AI-first notebook, grounded in your own documents, designed to help you gain insights faster. ... At Google I/O this year we introduced a number of AI-first experiments in development, including Project Tailwind — a new kind of notebook designed to help people learn faster. Today we’re beginning to roll out Project Tailwind with its new name: NotebookLM, an experimental offering from Google Labs.
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r/ArtificialInteligence on Reddit: Has Anyone Used NotebookLM? How Exactly Do You Use It, and How Is It Useful?
October 1, 2024 -

Notebooklm

Hey Reddit,

I'm curious if anyone here has tried NotebookLM by Google (formerly known as Project Tailwind). I’ve been hearing a lot about it recently, and it seems like an AI-powered note-taking app designed to help with research, summaries, and organizing information. But I’m still not entirely sure how it works or how effective it is in real-world use.

For those who have used it:

How exactly do you use NotebookLM?

How does it integrate with your existing workflow or note-taking process?

What are some practical use cases where you found it helpful?

Does it handle complex topics well, like technical research or academic work?

Is it more focused on organization, or can it actually generate insights and summaries?

Any tips, personal experiences, or insights would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.

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I’m digesting security white papers like crazy right now. Often have multiple sources, often confusing. I feed it all the info I have, I listen to the overview, and then I question it like crazy. I ask for examples in related fields that I understand better, I ask for faq’s, and then I ask for back testing. Because I’m a full time student with two jobs, I get to do a lot of this on busses, in between classes, shifts, etc. It’s like having a full time research admin on a very specific topic.
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My daughter's school recently set up a 5 days trip to Bulgaria, and they sent us the details in Bulgarian (a foreign language for me). I fed the untranslated PDF into NotebookLM and listened to the hosts walk me through the itinerary, discuss the places she'd visit, what's cool at the museums she'd go to, how some itinerary choices were very interesting, all of it intertwined with tidbits of Bulgarian culture, and much more - in plain english. I fed it the README.md file of one my GitHub projects, and the resulting podcast was such an awesome PR stunt for my own software that I almost felt like shelling out money to purchase my own tool (I'll have to try feeding it source code next). I often amuse myself by feeding it insightful Reddit post title/comments, alongside counterarguments, just to hear the podcast delve deep on the topic, with the sniper-like accuracy that only AI can accomplish on seemingly any subject. Interacting with its analysis through the chat feature is generally very smooth and natural. No matter the sources being fed or the subject being discussed, every time I've used it, it has led to brilliant results for me so far.