Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) vs Tencent ima (腾讯ima)
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
Source-grounded research notebooks with audio, video and slide summari...
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Tencent ima (腾讯ima)
Tencent's knowledge-base AI for search, Q&A and writing
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.3 / 10 | 6.1 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Standard plan free with a Google account: 100 notebooks, 50 sources each, standard compute limits refreshing every five hours | Knowledge bases, AI search, document Q&A and writing are free; the copilot agent spends credits, some granted free in promotions |
| Paid from | S$6.98/month via Google AI Plus (Singapore price), with Google AI Pro at S$28.99/month | ¥5 for 75 copilot credits (China App Store in-app pack) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | Reported in the millions of monthly active users in 2026 | — |
| Founded | 2023 | 2024 |
| Maker | Tencent | |
| Verdict | Gemini Notebook remains one of the most useful free research tools: it answers from your own sources with citations, and its Audio and Video Overviews, slide decks, quizzes and flashcards make study material easier to ab... |
ima is Tencent's knowledge-base AI: collect PDFs, web pages, audio and WeChat Official Account articles, then search, question and write against them with Tencent's HY models or DeepSeek. Few rivals can read WeChat artic... |
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