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Comparator · Research & search

Linkly AI$29/yr (Pro)vs

Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)Free tier

Starting price$29/yr · free

Free tieryes · yes

Plans documented2 · 5

Platforms1 · 2

Comparison of Linkly AI, Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
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Category	Research & search	Research & search
Main use cases	Give coding agents access to local documents Full-text and semantic search across personal files Clip web pages into a local Markdown library Share curated knowledge libraries	Studying class materials with flashcards and audio recaps Literature reviews across many sources Building public Q&A notebooks from help docs Sales prep from product specs and call transcripts Turning training manuals into video overviews
Best for	Developers using AI coding agents, Researchers with large local document collections	Students, Researchers, Teams working from document collections
Platforms	Desktop	Web, Mobile
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free: $0 forever (local features). Pro: $29/year early-bird (regular $66/year). Checked Sep 29, 2026. Official pricing ↗	See official pricing US prices not confirmed Official pricing ↗
Key features	Automatic local indexing of common file formats Full-text, semantic and outline search MCP and CLI access for AI agents Browser extension saving pages as Markdown Offline use for local features MCP Tunnel for cloud access (Pro)	Answers grounded in uploaded sources Audio Overviews Video Overviews Flashcards, Reports and Slides generation Source Discovery and Deep Research Public notebook sharing (consumer accounts)
Pros	All local features free and usable offline Downloads offered for macOS, Windows and Linux Integrates with many agent tools via MCP 7-day refund on Pro	Free tier with up to 50 sources per notebook Paid tiers raise the limit to up to 600 sources per notebook Available for businesses and schools via Google Workspace States organization data is not used to train models
Limitations	Cloud library usage limited on Free Frontier AI models only on Pro Cloud audio/video transcription listed as coming soon No Team plan price shown	Free tier has standard usage limits for chat and generation Google AI Plus/Pro/Ultra plans only available in specific regions Public sharing not enabled for organization accounts Requires a Google account
Ratings	Editorial Not yet reviewed Users No user reviews yet	Editorial Not yet reviewed Users No user reviews yet
Review status	Listed Verified Oct 1, 2026	Listed Verified Oct 1, 2026