NotebookLM vs Manus vs NoteGPT vs ChatPDF

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
Manus
Competitor 2
NoteGPT
Competitor 3
ChatPDF
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool NotebookLM
notebooklm.google.com
Your docs, deeply understood
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Competitor Manus
manus.im
Manus is an AI agent that goes beyond answering questions to carry out tasks and automate workflows.
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Competitor NoteGPT
notegpt.io
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Competitor ChatPDF
chatpdf.com
ChatPDF is a document question-answering app: upload a PDF, ask questions in plain language, and get answers with built-in citations that point back to the source passage.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
159.8Mvisits/mo
25Mvisits/mo
7.3Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 26.8%
▲ 27.7%
▼ 9.2%
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6-month growth
-14.7%
-13.1%
-43.3%
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Global rank web
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#2,481
#6,906
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Avg. last 3 months
210.3M
22.6M
8.2M
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Bounce rate lower is better
32%
37%
44%
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Pages / visit
5.0
5.0
4.1
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Visit duration
6m 32s
6m 52s
4m 23s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 15%
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NotebookLMManusNoteGPTChatPDF
063.2M126.5M189.7M253MNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MManus · 14.8MManus · 14.4MManus · 18.6MManus · 21.1MManus · 28.8MManus · 29.4MManus · 28MManus · 23.2MManus · 19.6MManus · 25MNoteGPT · 7.7MNoteGPT · 9.1MNoteGPT · 10.6MNoteGPT · 12.1MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.4MNoteGPT · 9.3MNoteGPT · 8MNoteGPT · 7.3M1M10M100M1BNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MManus · 14.8MManus · 14.4MManus · 18.6MManus · 21.1MManus · 28.8MManus · 29.4MManus · 28MManus · 23.2MManus · 19.6MManus · 25MNoteGPT · 7.7MNoteGPT · 9.1MNoteGPT · 10.6MNoteGPT · 12.1MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.4MNoteGPT · 9.3MNoteGPT · 8MNoteGPT · 7.3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$4.99per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
$9per month
Free
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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
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Pro $9/moUnlimited $19.92/moMax $69/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pagesTextAudio
TextImagesDocuments
VideoWeb pagesTextDocumentsAudio
DocumentsTextWeb pages
Output
VideoTextAudio
VideoSlidesImagesDocumentsApps
TextSlidesImagesDocumentsData
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVideo EditingVoice & Speech+5 more
Audio & MusicDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeImage Generation+15 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVideo Editing+16 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsWriting & Content+4 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
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Summarizing
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Video summaries
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Note taking
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Podcasts
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Agents
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PDF analysis
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Document summarization
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Mind maps
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Presentations
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Transcription
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Website building
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Workflows
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Coding
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Education
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Files
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Image generation
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Music
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Productivity
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Text to speech
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Video generation
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Prompts
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.