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Mem vs Notion vs Gemini Notebook

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.

Compared on
Mem

Free plan · from $9/mo

Notion

Free plan · from $10/member/mo

Gemini Notebook

Free plan · from $4.99/mo

What it isAI notes workspace with an agent that learns from what you saveWorkspace for docs, wikis, databases and projects with built-in AIGoogle's source-grounded research notebook, renamed Gemini Notebook in 2026
Free plan25 messages to Mem, 25 new notes per month, task and project tracking for 25 notes, 15 open tasks and projects, 3 hours of Voice Mode.Pages and blocks unlimited for individuals but limited for workspaces with 2+ members; file uploads up to 5 MB; 7-day page history; up to 10 external guests; 1 chart; Notion AI as a limited trial only.100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 chats per day, 3 Audio Overviews and 3 Video Overviews per day, 10 Deep Research reports per month
Cheapest paid plan$9/mo (Mem Plus)Mem pricing$10/member/mo billed annually (Plus)Notion pricing$4.99/mo (Google AI Plus)Gemini Notebook pricing
What it covers50 messages, 50 new notes and 10 hours of Voice Mode; no annual billing option is shown.Notion AI is only a limited trial on Plus. Full Notion AI starts on Business: $24 per member/month billed monthly, or $20 billed yearly.Upgrades come through Google AI plans, which also cover the Gemini app and cloud storage. Plus raises limits to 200 notebooks, 100 sources per notebook and 200 chats per day.
Free trialNone statedNone statedNone stated
PlatformsmacOS, WindowsWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extensionWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Keeping personal meeting and research notes searchable by asking questions
  • Turning notes into a tracked list of tasks and projects
  • Capturing ideas from web pages and by voice
  • Keeping a team wiki, meeting notes and project tracker in one shared workspace
  • Building simple databases for clients, content calendars or hiring without code
  • Summarising meetings and drafting documents with AI on the Business plan
  • Studying a set of reports or papers and asking questions about them
  • Turning documents into an audio summary to listen to
  • Preparing a briefing from meeting notes and research files
Watch out for
  • Every plan has usage caps on messages, new notes, open tasks and Voice Mode hours
  • Custom routines and connections start on Mem Pro ($29 per month)
  • Plans are for individuals; no team or enterprise plan is listed
  • Notion AI is only a limited trial on Free and Plus; full access starts on Business ($20 per member/month billed yearly)
  • Free plan limits file uploads to 5 MB and page history to 7 days, and block storage is limited once a workspace has 2+ members
  • Custom Agents and premium AI models use Notion credits, which are charged separately
  • The free plan allows 50 sources per notebook and 50 chats per day
  • Audio and Video Overviews are capped at 3 per day on the free plan
  • Watermark removal is limited to Pro and Ultra
Made byMemNotion Labs, Inc.Google

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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