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Let your users interact with source content using language models

As an admin, you can control who uses NotebookLM in your organization.

NotebookLM is an AI-powered research assistant designed to help you refine and organize your ideas. With NotebookLM, you can:

Easily upload PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs, or Google Slides or discover new sources.
Experience Gemini's advanced reasoning and interaction capabilities across different ways of communication like text, graphs, images, audio, and in many languages.
Chat with your notebook to get grounded information based on your sources with clear in-line citations for accuracy, transparency, and trust.
Transform your sources into approachable formats such as study guides, briefings, audio overviews, mind maps, and more.

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NotebookLM features & access by Workspace edition
How NotebookLM stores your data
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NotebookLM features by Workspace edition

	Standard access to features	Standard access to features with enterprise-grade security & privacy	Higher level access to features with enterprise-grade security & privacy	Expanded Level access to features with enterprise-grade security & privacy	Highest level access to features with enterprise-grade security & privacy
Editions:	NotebookLM as an additional service with: Business Base Essentials Starter Workspace Individual G Suite Cloud Identity Chrome Enterprise Android Enterprise	NotebookLM as a core service with: Business Starter Enterprise Essentials Enterprise Essentials Plus Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus Nonprofits Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus	NotebookLM as a core service with: Business Plus Business Standard Enterprise Plus Enterprise Standard Gemini for Business /Enterprise (no longer available for purchase) Google AI Pro for Education	NotebookLM as an add on with: AI Expanded Access	NotebookLM as an add on with: AI Ultra Access
Features and Usage Limits See table below for detailed breakdown.
Limits	Standard Access	Standard Access	Higher Level Access	Expanded Level Access	Highest Level Access
Applicable Terms of Services & Data Handling
Terms of Service	Google Terms of Service	Education editions: Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service Workspace editions: Google Cloud Terms of Service	Education editions: Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service Workspace editions: Google Cloud Terms of Service	Workspace editions: Google Cloud Terms of Service	Workspace editions: Google Cloud Terms of Service
Data Protections	Your data is protected, and is not used to train NotebookLM unless you provide feedback. When you share feedback to help us improve, we may review the full context of that interaction, including your queries, uploads, and the model's responses. Learn more. To ensure safety and reliability, we may process your data to prevent fraud, abuse, and technical issues.	Enterprise-grade security and privacy: Your uploaded files, chats and model outputs won't be reviewed by human reviewers or used to improve generative AI models. Workspace: Our Privacy Policy describes how Google Cloud handles your data when you interact with NotebookLM. Education: The Google Workspace for Education Privacy Notice describes how Google Cloud handles your data when you interact with NotebookLM. Learn more at the Google Workspace for Education Privacy Center.

Usage Limits Breakdown

Usage Limits (Subject to Change)
	Standard Access	Higher Level Access	Expanded Level Access	Highest Level Access
Notebooks	100/user	500/user	500/user	500/user
Sources	50/notebook	300/notebook	400/Notebook	600/notebook
Chats	50/day	500/day	1k/day	5K/day
Audio Overviews	3/day	20/day	40/day	200/day
Video Overviews	3/day	20 /day	40/day	200 /day Cinematic Video Overviews: 20/day
Reports	10/day	100/day	200/day	1K/day
Flashcards	10/day	100/day	200/day	1K/day
Quizzes	10/day	100/day	200/day	1K/day
Mind Maps	No Limits	No Limits	No Limits	No Limits
Deep Research	10/month	20/day	30/day	200/day
Data Tables	Limited	Higher Limits	Expanded Limits	Highest Limits
Infographics	Limited	Higher limits	Expanded Limits	Highest limits
Slide Decks and Revisions	Limited	Higher limits	Expanded Limits	Highest limits (with length controls)
Premium Features
Custom Chat, Analytics, Advanced Sharing	Advanced sharing available to paid users. Custom chat and analytics are available to everyone.
Gemini Model	Access to Gemini models	Higher access to Gemini models	Higher access to Gemini models	Highest access to Gemini models
Earlier Access to Key Features	Standard	Priority	Priority	Priority
Watermark Removal	No	No	No	Yes, for Infographics and Slide Decks

NotebookLM features & access by age

Updated as of November 19, 2025.

Feature	Users under 18	Users 18 and over
NotebookLM access	✔	✔
Audio Overviews	✔	✔
Interactive Mode in Audio Overviews		✔
Flashcards	✔	✔
Quizzes	✔	✔
Reports	✔	✔
Sources	✔	✔
Video Overviews	✔	✔
Chat	✔	✔
Deep Research		✔
Infographics		✔
Slides		✔

For more details on age-based access, go to Control access to Google services by age.

How NotebookLM stores your data

When users import files from Drive, NotebookLM creates a new copy of each file. This new file is stored with the user's NotebookLM data, not in their Drive. Your organization's file sharing and data region settings do not apply to data in NotebookLM.