NotebookLM vs Gemini vs Claude

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
NotebookLM
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Competitor 1
Gemini
Competitor 2
Claude
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for NotebookLM: YouMind80% Humata80% Wondercraft80% NoteGPT80% YouLearn80% ONOpen Notebook80% ListenHub80% ChatPDF72%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool NotebookLM
notebooklm.google.com
Your docs, deeply understood
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
159.8Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 26.8%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 2.0%
6-month growth
-14.7%
+0.8%
+54.8%
Global rank web
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#17
#40
Avg. last 3 months
210.3M
2.7B
955.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
28%
26%
Pages / visit
5.0
4.1
4.5
Visit duration
6m 32s
7m 01s
6m 14s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
NotebookLMGeminiClaude
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2M100M1B10BNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4.99per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moNotebookLM Pro (Google AI Pro) $19.99/moVia Google AI Ultra $99.99/mo
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Web pagesTextDocumentsAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
CodeTextImagesDocuments
Output
VideoTextAudio
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVideo EditingVoice & Speech+5 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
15
26
PDF analysis
Research
Summarizing
Chatbots
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Coding
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Large language models
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Translations
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Writing
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Email writing
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Video summaries
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Image generation
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APIs
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Image to image
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Paraphrasing
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Podcasts
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Search engine
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Terminal
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Video generation
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Blogging
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Code documentation
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Copywriting
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Files
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Grammar checking
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Image editing
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Note taking
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Prompts
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