How much does NotebookLM cost on each plan?
NotebookLM costs $0 to $199.99 a month. Google prints the limits and the prices on two different pages, and neither one uses the name NotebookLM any more. Google renamed the product Gemini Notebook in a July 2026 post that says "We're renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook." We read the limits from Google's Notebook plans page and the prices from its US Gemini subscriptions page on 8 November 2026:
| Plan, US, read 8 November 2026 | Price a month | Notebooks | Sources per notebook | Source slots | Gemini model access | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free (Standard) | $0 | 100 | 50 | 5,000 | Access | 15 GB |
| Google AI Plus | $4.99 | 200 | 100 | 20,000 | Access | 400 GB |
| Google AI Pro | $19.99 | 500 | 300 | 150,000 | Higher | 5 TB |
| Google AI Ultra, 20 TB | $99.99 | 500 | 500 | 250,000 | Highest | 20 TB |
| Google AI Ultra, 30 TB | $199.99 | 500 | 600 | 300,000 | Highest | 30 TB |
Source slots are a number we worked out: it's the notebooks times the sources per notebook, which is the most that a plan can hold at one time. Pro and both Ultra plans also let you remove the visible watermark on generated images and videos, unless you live in India, South Korea or Vietnam. Google's US page shows monthly prices only. The Google One plans page offers a yearly toggle that says "Save up to 16%," but it served us Canadian prices, so we can't quote a US yearly figure. Twelve months of Pro at the monthly rate is $239.88.
Which NotebookLM plan gives the most for the money?
Google AI Pro gives the most NotebookLM for the money, at $0.13 a month per 1,000 source slots. Plus costs $0.25 per 1,000, almost twice as much. Free costs nothing, of course. Past Pro, the price goes up a lot faster than the room you get for it. The $199.99 Ultra plan costs 10 times Pro and holds 2 times the sources per notebook, while the notebook count stays at 500. Here's each plan's price against its per-notebook source cap:
The per-notebook cap is what usually forces an upgrade, not the notebook count. A free account can hold 100 notebooks, so it has room for 5,000 sources in all. It just can't put more than 50 of them in one notebook. That's the wall you hit. Google adds that "Sharing a notebook does not change the source limit for any collaborator," so a Pro owner can't lift a free collaborator's cap.
What are the NotebookLM limits on each plan?
The free plan's limits are 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook, and the matching Standard level gets 50 chats and 3 Audio Overviews a day. Google's consumer plans page now lists only notebooks and sources. Its work and school page still prints the daily counts, by access level, as of 8 November 2026:
| Access level, read 8 November 2026 | Notebooks | Sources per notebook | Chats a day | Audio Overviews a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 100 | 50 | 50 | 3 |
| More | 200 | 100 | 200 | 6 |
| Higher | 500 | 300 | 500 | 20 |
| Expanded | 500 | 400 | 1,000 | 40 |
| Highest | 500 | 600 | 5,000 | 200 |
Google doesn't say which of its consumer plans gets which of these levels. We matched them ourselves. The notebook and source counts line up row for row: Standard matches Free, More matches Plus, Higher matches Pro and Highest matches the 30 TB Ultra plan. Expanded has no consumer twin. Both pages call the limits "Subject to Change." The plans page says daily quotas "reset after 24 hours." It also says a report, flashcards, an Audio Overview or a video made automatically when you add sources doesn't count toward your limits. For the Gemini app side of the same plans, Google AI Pro limits has the full table.
What is NotebookLM Plus?
NotebookLM Plus isn't a plan Google sells any more, and none of Google's plan pages lists it as of 8 November 2026. The closest thing is the Plus column on the Notebook plans page, which is Google AI Plus at $4.99 a month. It doubles the free plan's notebooks to 200 and its sources to 100 per notebook. Google's subscriptions page describes Plus as a "Research and writing assistant with more Audio Overviews, notebooks, and more." It describes Pro as having "5x more Audio Overviews, notebooks, and more."
For most people who outgrow the free plan, Pro is the one to buy. It's the better deal. Plus costs $15 less a month but holds a third of Pro's sources per notebook. Plus also stays at the same "Access" level of Gemini models as Free. Google AI Plus vs Google AI Pro compares the rest of the two plans.
How much does NotebookLM cost for a team or school?
For most work and school accounts, NotebookLM costs nothing beyond the Workspace seat you already pay for. Google's work and school page says Gemini Notebook "is now a core service (like Gmail, Google Calendar, and Docs)" for Workspace and Workspace for Education. Google's Workspace pricing page gives Business Starter "Basic access" and Business Standard, Business Plus and Enterprise "Expanded access." Two add-ons, AI Expanded Access and AI Ultra Access, raise the limits further.
If your team wants Notebook outside of Workspace, it can buy Gemini Enterprise. The US subscriptions page lists the Business edition from $21 a seat a month for up to 300 seats. Standard and Plus start at $30 a seat with no seat cap. Google Cloud's Notebook for Enterprise promises "5X or more notebook artifacts," with no numbers printed.
What does a month of NotebookLM actually cost?
A month of NotebookLM costs $0 for most students and researchers, and $19.99 once one notebook needs more than 100 sources. Take a thesis with 120 papers that you want to question together. Free caps a notebook at 50 and Plus at 100, so neither holds it. Pro does. It has 180 slots to spare, for $19.99 a month or $239.88 over a year.
The free way round is to split the 120 papers across three notebooks of 40. That costs $0, but no single notebook sees all 120 papers. A team of 10 on Gemini Enterprise Business starts at $210 a month, at $21 a seat. And if you already pay for Google AI Pro for the 5 TB of storage, Notebook's Pro limits come with it at no extra cost.
What does NotebookLM cost next to the rest of your AI stack?
Google AI Pro plus ChatGPT Plus plus Claude Pro costs $59.99 a month, which is $719.88 a year. That's the stack people build when they want Notebook's higher limits and also the other two chatbots. ChatGPT Plus is $20 on OpenAI's Codex pricing page, and Claude Pro is $20 on Anthropic's pricing page, both read 8 November 2026. Free NotebookLM plus the two chat plans is $40. That's $19.99 less.
Whizi, which publishes this page, covers the chat side of that stack. Whizi Pro costs $29.99 a month, or $19.99 a month billed yearly, and puts Claude, GPT and Gemini in one chat, with credits per message varying by model. A Whizi project pins up to 10 files of 10 MB each to every chat in it. That isn't a NotebookLM: Whizi has no Audio Overviews, no 300-source notebooks and no source-cited study guides. Keep the free NotebookLM for your sources. Best AI for literature review compares the research tools that sit next to it.
- Stay on the free plan while no single notebook needs more than 50 sources
- Split a large project across notebooks before paying, if you do not need to question every source at once
- Skip Plus if you need more than 100 sources in one notebook, and go straight to Pro at $19.99
- Check whether your Workspace or school account already includes Gemini Notebook as a core service
- Price Ultra only if you need 500 or 600 sources per notebook, since it costs 5 or 10 times Pro
- Remember that a collaborator on a shared notebook keeps their own plan's source limit
Frequently asked questions
Is NotebookLM free?
Yes, NotebookLM is free with 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook, as of November 2026. Google now calls it Gemini Notebook, and its work and school page puts the matching Standard level at 50 chats and 3 Audio Overviews a day. Paying for a Google AI plan raises those limits. Gemini pricing lists what each Google AI plan adds outside Notebook.
Is NotebookLM included in Google AI Pro?
Yes, Google AI Pro at $19.99 a month includes Gemini Notebook with 500 notebooks and 300 sources per notebook, as of November 2026. That's six times the free plan's per-notebook cap. Is Google AI Pro worth it weighs the rest of the plan, including the 5 TB of storage.
Is Google AI Plus enough for NotebookLM?
Google AI Plus is enough if no notebook needs more than 100 sources. At $4.99 a month it gives 200 notebooks and 100 sources per notebook, twice the free plan. Pro triples that per-notebook cap for $15 more. Google AI Plus vs Google AI Pro covers the other differences.
Can students get NotebookLM Pro for free?
No, but students can get Google AI Plus at no charge for one year, which doubles NotebookLM's free limits. Google's plans page offers students "Google AI Plus at no charge for one year" and AI Pro "for savings of up to 70%," as of November 2026. Gemini student discount explains who qualifies.
