Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Sharly Ai
Sharly AI clearly comes out ahead of NotebookLM on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $14/mo for NotebookLM and $12.50/mo for Sharly AI.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | ai tool | saas tool |
| Company | Sharly | |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsAI & Machine Learning | Data & AnalyticsDevelopment |
| Categories | ai-researchai-productivityai-chatbot | ai-research |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | notebooklm | sharly-ai |
|---|---|---|
| 2X More Generations Vs Standard Plan | ||
| 5 Docs/Day | ||
| 50X More Generations Vs Standard Plan | ||
| Admin Dashboard + Role-Based Access | ||
| 5X More Generations Vs Standard Plan | ||
| Advanced Security Protocols | ||
| Access To Google'S Gemini Models | ||
| Analytics & Citation History | ||
| Customizable Response Styles (Tone And Length) | ||
| High Quality Answers | ||
| Deep Research | ||
| Instant Summaries And Ai Answers | ||
| Early Access To New Features | ||
| Knowledge Retention | ||
| Enterprise-Grade Security And Data Privacy | ||
| Multi-Format Upload (Pdf, Docx, Notion) | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| No Training Data For Llms | ||
| Everything In Plus | ||
| Private Deployments + Dedicated Support | ||
| Everything In Pro | ||
| Reasoning Capabilities | ||
| Higher Access To Gemini Models | ||
| Semantic Extraction | ||
| Highest Access To Gemini Models | ||
| Sso / Saml | ||
| Included With Google Ai Ultra | ||
| Team Annotations | ||
| Included With Google One Ai Premium / Google Ai Pro | ||
| Unlimited Documents & Chats |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Sharly AI comes out ahead overall, though NotebookLM can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
NotebookLM's paid plans start at $14/mo and Sharly AI's start at $12.50/mo, so Sharly AI is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both NotebookLM and Sharly AI offer a free tier.
Sharly AI exposes a public API. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
