NotebookLM vs Open Notebook vs Cortex | BodhiGPT 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
ONOpen Notebook
Competitor 2
Cortex | BodhiGPT
Competitor 3
Claude
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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 ONOpen Notebook
open-notebook.ai
Open Notebook is an open-source AI note-taking and research platform built around privacy.
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Competitor Cortex | BodhiGPT
bodhigpt.com
Cortex by BodhiGPT turns podcasts, YouTube videos, web links, books and more into lasting knowledge.
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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
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950.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 26.8%
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▼ 2.0%
6-month growth
-14.7%
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+54.8%
Global rank web
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#40
Avg. last 3 months
210.3M
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955.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
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26%
Pages / visit
5.0
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4.5
Visit duration
6m 32s
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6m 14s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
NotebookLMOpen NotebookCortex | BodhiGPTClaude
0242.3M484.7M727M969.3MNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MCortex | BodhiGPT · 1.1KClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2M1K10K100K1M10M100M1BNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MCortex | BodhiGPT · 1.1KClaude · 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
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4.99per month · free tier available
Free
$14.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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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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Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioDocumentsTextWeb pages
Web pagesTextDocuments
Web pages
CodeTextImagesDocuments
Output
VideoAudioText
TextAudio
Text
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
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Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVideo EditingVoice & Speech+5 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVoice & SpeechAI Note Taker+2 more
Video EditingVoice & SpeechWriting & ContentAI Summarizer+2 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Summarizing
Research
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Video summaries
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PDF analysis
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Note taking
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Podcasts
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Document summarization
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Coding
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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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Essay writing
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Large language models
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Paraphrasing
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Podcast summaries
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Writing
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YouTube summaries
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Blogging
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Book summaries
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Code documentation
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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