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Coursera with AI Coaching vs NotebookLM
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Coursera with AI Coaching if…
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: career changers, working professionals
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Choose NotebookLM if…
- you're in its core audience: students, researchers
Side by side
Feature Coursera with AI Coaching NotebookLM
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retentionKept no longer than necessary for collection purposes—
Parent/teacher reports—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb
CategoryLearning & TutoringResearch Assistants
CompanyCoursera, Inc.Google
Based inUnited States—
Founded2012—
Part of——
What the free plans include
Coursera with AI Coaching
- Free courses do not include a certificate
- Preview only the first module of many courses at no cost
- 7-day free trial for a Specialization or Coursera Plus
NotebookLM
Free plan limits aren't published.
Key features
C Coursera with AI Coaching
- Courses from universities and companies like Google, IBM, Stanford
- Professional Certificates and Specializations
- Online bachelor's and master's degrees
- Unlimited course access with Coursera Plus
- Self-paced learning
- iOS and Android mobile apps
- Team and enterprise plans with analytics
N NotebookLM
- Notebooks organized around your uploaded sources
- Answers questions using a Gemini model
- Up to 600 sources per notebook on top tiers
- Notebook sharing, with advanced controls on Enterprise
- Workspace and Workspace for Education access
- Enterprise security controls via Google Cloud
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Coursera with AI Coaching
Free coursesFree
Coursera Plus Monthly€50/month
Coursera Plus Annual€343/year
Coursera for TeamsPer-user pricing
Coursera for EnterpriseCustom
NotebookLM
StandardFree
Plus (Google AI Plus)Price not stated
Pro (Google AI Pro)Price not stated
Ultra (Google AI Ultra)Price not stated
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Coursera with AI Coaching
- Free courses and module previews available
- 7-day free trial on monthly Coursera Plus
- Annual plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee
- Mobile apps for iOS and Android
- The pages reviewed don't describe the AI coaching feature
- Prices are shown in EUR on the page we fetched
- Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
NotebookLM
- Free Standard tier allows 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook
- Paid tiers raise limits to as many as 600 sources per notebook
- Available through Workspace, Workspace for Education and Google Cloud
- NotebookLM help page gives no prices; they sit on separate Google AI plan pages
- Watermarks stay on output in India, South Korea and Vietnam even on paid plans
- Google labels plan limits as subject to change
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