NotebookLM vs YouLearn vs Humata 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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YouLearn
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Humata
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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 YouLearn
youlearn.ai
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Competitor Humata
humata.ai
Humata is an AI document assistant that reads your files and answers questions about them.
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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
520.7Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 26.8%
▲ 17.8%
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6-month growth
-14.7%
-50.5%
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Global rank web
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#93,508
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Avg. last 3 months
210.3M
497.5K
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Bounce rate lower is better
32%
42%
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Pages / visit
5.0
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Visit duration
6m 32s
2m 14s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
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NotebookLMYouLearnHumataChatPDF
063.2M126.5M189.7M253MNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MYouLearn · 1.8MYouLearn · 1.5MYouLearn · 1.2MYouLearn · 885.5KYouLearn · 1.1MYouLearn · 915.8KYouLearn · 743KYouLearn · 529.9KYouLearn · 442KYouLearn · 520.7K100K1M10M100M1BNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MYouLearn · 1.8MYouLearn · 1.5MYouLearn · 1.2MYouLearn · 885.5KYouLearn · 1.1MYouLearn · 915.8KYouLearn · 743KYouLearn · 529.9KYouLearn · 442KYouLearn · 520.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$4.99per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
Free
Free tier
Free trial
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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 FreeExpert $9.99/moTeam $49/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsTextWeb pagesAudio
Web pagesTextDocumentsAudio
TextDocuments
Web pagesTextDocuments
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AudioTextVideo
TextAudio
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVideo EditingVoice & Speech+5 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeVideo EditingWriting & Content+6 more
Productivity & OfficeAI FilesAI PDF
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsWriting & Content+4 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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PDF analysis
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Summarizing
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Document summarization
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PDF summaries
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Note taking
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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.