Is there a NotebookLM student discount?
No student discount is needed for the core product — Gemini Notebook is free with any Google account, including student accounts. Google periodically offers students free or discounted access to its paid AI plans, which raise notebook limits, but availability varies by country and school.
In more detail
Students ask about a discount because they assume the notebook is a paid product; it is not. The standard tier costs nothing and covers the workflows most coursework needs: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 chat queries a day, and 3 Audio Overviews a day. That is enough for one notebook per course, with lecture slides, readings, and your own notes in each. Where a discount can matter is the paid Google plans that raise those limits — Google has run student promotions offering free or reduced-price access in several countries, but terms change and eligibility usually requires a verified school email. Check Google's current student offer page rather than trusting a third-party summary. If your school account is managed by Google Workspace for Education, your administrator may already have enabled higher limits. Gemini Notebook Toolkit's free tier covers 50 captures a month, which fits a typical semester of light collecting.
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