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ROpen-source networked note-taking with daily notes, backlinks and local Markdown
Freemium
Evernote vs NotebookLM
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Evernote if…
- you work on iOS, Android, macOS
- you're in its core audience: students, knowledge workers
N
Choose NotebookLM if…
- you're in its core audience: students, researchers
Side by side
Feature Evernote NotebookLM
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$14.99/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Security and complianceISO 27001, GDPR—
Meeting transcription—
AI Q&A over notes—
MCP connector—
Web clipper—
Shared workspaces—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, ChromeWeb
CategoryNotes & KnowledgeResearch Assistants
CompanyBending Spoons US Inc.Google
Based inUnited States—
Founded——
Part ofBending Spoons—
Key features
E Evernote
- Notebooks, spaces and tags for organizing notes
- Tasks and built-in calendar with external calendar sync
- Web Clipper for Chrome, Firefox and Safari
- AI Assistant, semantic search and AI Transcribe
- Document scanning and offline notes
- Real-time collaboration with comments and task assignment
- Integrations with Gmail, Google Drive, Outlook and Slack
- MCP connection to external AI tools
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.
Evernote
FreeFree
Starter$14.99/mo
Advanced$24.99/mo
FlexiblePer seat
UnlimitedCustom
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
Evernote
- Free plan available
- Apps for web, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android
- Paid plans come with a 7-day free trial, and Enterprise gets 14 days
- Eligible college students get 40% off a year of Advanced
- Free plan is limited to 50 notes, 1 notebook and 1 device
- Starter syncs on only 3 devices
- AI Cleanup is mobile only
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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