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SNotebookLM vs Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose NotebookLM if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: students, researchers
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Choose Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: tax professionals, small and mid-market cpa firms
Side by side
Feature NotebookLM Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge
Pricing modelFreemiumContact for pricing
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retention—Per enterprise records retention schedule, varies by Service and record type
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryResearch AssistantsFinance & Accounting
Rank in its category—#3 of 10
CompanyGoogleThomson Reuters Corporation
Based in—Canada
Founded—2008
Part of—The Woodbridge Company
Key features
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
T Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge
- AI tax answers grounded in Checkpoint content
- Citations showing the source of each answer
- Document upload and summarization
- Shared workspaces for team collaboration
- Workflow automation for everyday tax tasks
- Tax and accounting APIs through the Thomson Reuters developer portal
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
NotebookLM
StandardFree
Plus (Google AI Plus)Price not stated
Pro (Google AI Pro)Price not stated
Ultra (Google AI Ultra)Price not stated
EnterpriseCustom
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge
CoCounsel Tax EssentialsCustom
Strengths and limitations
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
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge
- Answers come with citations to authoritative Checkpoint content
- The Essentials plan is designed for firm-wide use
- Users can be upgraded as firm needs grow
- No prices published; pricing requires contacting sales
- Essentials is capped at 20 citation-backed answers per user per week
- Checkpoint Edge is not listed among the products offering free trials or demos
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