vs
Gemini Notebook vs Undermind
Gemini Notebook scores higher overall (8.8 vs 7.7), but the right pick depends on what you need.
Choose Gemini Notebook if…
Students and researchers who already have their sources and want to understand, question and summarise them
8.8/10★★★★★Full review →Choose Undermind if…
Scientists doing thorough literature searches, especially across disciplines
7.7/10★★★★★Full review →Side by side
| Gemini Notebook | Undermind | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.8/10 | 7.7/10 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 10 | #6 of 10 |
| Price | Freemium · from $4.99/month | Freemium · from $16/month |
| Free version | 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook and standard usage limits | Searches, chat and reports with standard rate limits |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web, Other |
| Made by | Undermind | |
| Research quality | 9 | 8 |
| Ease of use | 9 | 8 |
| Features | 7 | 7 |
| Value for money | 9.5 | 8.5 |
| Platforms | 9.5 | 6 |
Gemini Notebook: what the AI does
- Answers grounded only in your sources, with clickable citations
- Audio Overviews and Video Overviews
- Reports, quizzes, flashcards and slide decks from your sources
- Code execution for data analysis on uploaded data
- Notebooks synced with the Gemini app
- Low hallucination risk because answers come only from your sources
- Citations jump straight to the quoted passage
- Generous free plan and very cheap paid entry
- Turns the same sources into audio, video and study formats
- Not a discovery tool: you have to collect the sources first
- Slide-deck revisions don't consult your sources, per one review
- Usage is now compute-based, so it's hard to predict how much you get
Undermind: what the AI does
- Agentic search that follows citation trails
- Cited reports with in-line references
- Custom tables from the literature
- Alerts on new papers in your topics
- Connector for Claude, ChatGPT and other agents
- Finds relevant work that keyword search misses
- Asks clarifying questions before searching
- Reasonably priced Pro plan with a usable free tier
- Slower per query than ordinary search engines
- Newer product with a shorter track record
- Web only, with no mobile apps