NotebookLM
Grounded research notebook with audio and video overviews.
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NotebookLM vs Exa
NotebookLM (Google) and Exa (Exa) both sit in Search & Research. NotebookLM is the cheaper entry point at Free, Pro via Google AI Plus. Exa shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (1 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | NotebookLM | Exa Exa |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Search & Research | Search & Research |
| Version | 2025 | 3.0 |
| Entry cost | Free, Pro via Google AI Plus | Free tier · from $1,000/mo |
| Pricing tiers | — | Starter free · Developer free · Enterprise $1000 |
| Model stack | Gemini 3 | agentic models · embedding · Exa 3.0 · Exa Agent API · Exa Auto · Exa Custom Search Models · Exa Deep · Exa Instant · Exa neural search models · Exa Search · Exa Search API · Exa Search Embedding Model · Exa Search Model · Exa Search Models · Exa Search Neural Model · neural search model |
| Context window | — | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 1 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Source grounding, Audio overviews, Mind maps | Neural search, Contents retrieval, Websets, Answer endpoint, Research API, Web Search API, Deep Research, Structured JSON Extraction |
Exa
Embeddings-based web search designed to feed retrieval pipelines and agents.
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