NotebookLM vs NoteGPT vs Manus vs Open Notebook

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
NoteGPT
Competitor 2
Manus
Competitor 3
ONOpen Notebook
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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 NoteGPT
notegpt.io
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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 ONOpen Notebook
open-notebook.ai
Open Notebook is an open-source AI note-taking and research platform built around privacy.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
159.8Mvisits/mo
7.3Mvisits/mo
25Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 26.8%
▼ 9.2%
▲ 27.7%
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6-month growth
-14.7%
-43.3%
-13.1%
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Global rank web
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#6,906
#2,481
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Avg. last 3 months
210.3M
8.2M
22.6M
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Bounce rate lower is better
32%
44%
37%
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Pages / visit
5.0
4.1
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Visit duration
6m 32s
4m 23s
6m 52s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 13%
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NotebookLMNoteGPTManusOpen Notebook
063.2M126.5M189.7M253MNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MNoteGPT · 7.7MNoteGPT · 9.1MNoteGPT · 10.6MNoteGPT · 12.1MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.4MNoteGPT · 9.3MNoteGPT · 8MNoteGPT · 7.3MManus · 14.8MManus · 14.4MManus · 18.6MManus · 21.1MManus · 28.8MManus · 29.4MManus · 28MManus · 23.2MManus · 19.6MManus · 25M1M10M100M1BNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MNoteGPT · 7.7MNoteGPT · 9.1MNoteGPT · 10.6MNoteGPT · 12.1MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.4MNoteGPT · 9.3MNoteGPT · 8MNoteGPT · 7.3MManus · 14.8MManus · 14.4MManus · 18.6MManus · 21.1MManus · 28.8MManus · 29.4MManus · 28MManus · 23.2MManus · 19.6MManus · 25MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$4.99per month · free tier available
$9per month
$16per month · free tier available
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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
Pro $9/moUnlimited $19.92/moMax $69/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsAudioTextWeb pages
VideoWeb pagesTextDocumentsAudio
DocumentsImagesText
DocumentsTextWeb pages
Output
AudioTextVideo
TextSlidesImagesDocumentsData
VideoSlidesDocumentsAppsImages
AudioText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVideo EditingVoice & Speech+5 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVideo Editing+16 more
Audio & MusicDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeImage Generation+15 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVoice & SpeechAI Note Taker+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Note taking
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Summarizing
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PDF analysis
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Presentations
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Transcription
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Website building
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Coding
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Education
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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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Community on aitoolstime
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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.