CodeRabbit vs Gemini Notebook

Features, pricing, ratings, and pros and cons, side by side.

CodeRabbit logo

CodeRabbit

AI code review that checks, explains and prioritizes every pull request before merge

Free trial
Gemini Notebook logo

Gemini Notebook

Google's Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, answers questions and builds summaries from your own sources

Freemium

Verdict

CodeRabbit is listed under Coding AI and Gemini Notebook under AI Assistants. Gemini Notebook scores higher in FinderAtlas's editorial review (8.7 vs 8.0 out of 10), led by value for money. Only Gemini Notebook has a free plan or trial. Only CodeRabbit is available on CLI, VS Code Extension and Slack App and offers an API. Only Gemini Notebook is available on iOS and Android.

Best overall

Gemini Notebook

  • Students
  • Researchers
  • Educators
  • Analysts

Choose CodeRabbit if

  • You want a tool built for Teams with high pull request volume, including AI-generated code, that want automated first-pass review and merge checks.
  • Supports four Git hosts (GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket), which is broader than GitHub-only reviewers.
  • Review is available in the pull request, the CLI and IDEs, including Cursor and Windsurf.

Choose Gemini Notebook if

  • You want a tool built for summarizing and questioning your own documents.
  • Answers cite the uploaded sources, so claims can be checked against the original text.
  • Free Standard tier with 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook.
Best value
Gemini Notebook
Best for beginners
CodeRabbit
Best for business
CodeRabbit

Features

18 features compared.

  • Pull Request Reviews
    CodeRabbit
    Available
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
  • Pre-Merge Checks
    CodeRabbit
    Available
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
  • Triage
    CodeRabbit
    Available
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
  • Explain
    CodeRabbit
    Available
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
  • Security Scanning
    CodeRabbit
    Available
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
  • CLI and IDE Reviews
    CodeRabbit
    Available
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
  • Review Profiles
    CodeRabbit
    Available
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
  • Learning From Feedback
    CodeRabbit
    Available
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
  • Engineer Agent
    CodeRabbit
    Available
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
  • Source-grounded chat
    CodeRabbit
    Not available
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
  • Audio Overviews
    CodeRabbit
    Not available
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
  • Video Overviews
    CodeRabbit
    Not available
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
  • Study tools
    CodeRabbit
    Not available
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
  • Reports, slide decks and infographics
    CodeRabbit
    Not available
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
  • Multiple source types
    CodeRabbit
    Not available
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
  • Cloud computer
    CodeRabbit
    Not available
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
  • Gemini app sync
    CodeRabbit
    Not available
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
  • Sharing and public notebooks
    CodeRabbit
    Not available
    Gemini Notebook
    Available

Pricing

Plans as listed by each vendor. Check their sites for current prices.

  • Pricing model
    CodeRabbit
    Free trial
    Gemini Notebook
    Freemium
  • Free plan
    CodeRabbit
    No
    Gemini Notebook
    Yes
  • Starting price
    CodeRabbit
    $30
    Gemini Notebook
    $0
  • Plans
    CodeRabbit
    4 plans
    Gemini Notebook
    5 plans

CodeRabbit plans

  • Essentials

    $30/user/mo

    Agentic reviews for small teams

    • Reviews in PR
    • CLI and IDE
    • 1 linked repo
    • 5 PR reviews per dev per hour
    • pre-merge checks
    • security code review
    • Jira and Linear integration
    • usage analytics
  • Team

    $60/user/mo

    Adds test generation and PR triage

    • Everything in Essentials
    • 5 linked repos
    • 8 PR reviews per dev per hour
    • automated test generation
    • finishing touches
    • post-merge actions
    • Triage in Slack
  • Advanced

    $72/user/mo

    Adds security-informed prioritization and architecture review

    • Everything in Team
    • 10 linked repos
    • 10 PR reviews per dev per hour
    • Blast Radius audit
    • continuous security monitoring
  • Enterprise

    Custom/contact sales

    Large organizations with admin and compliance needs

    • Everything in Advanced
    • 20 linked repos
    • multi-org administration
    • SSO
    • custom roles
    • audit logs
    • API access
    • support SLA
    • custom deployment

Gemini Notebook plans

  • Standard

    $0

    Free with a Google Account

    • 100 notebooks
    • 50 sources per notebook
    • Audio Overviews
    • Chat with citations
  • Plus

    $4.99/month

    Through the Google AI Plus subscription

    • 200 notebooks
    • 100 sources per notebook
    • Early access to features
    • 2x higher usage than Free
  • Pro

    Most popular

    $19.99/month

    Through the Google AI Pro subscription

    • 500 notebooks
    • 300 sources per notebook
    • Higher Gemini model access
    • Priority access to new features
    • Watermark removal
    • 4x higher usage than Free
  • Ultra 5x

    $99.99/month

    Through the Google AI Ultra subscription

    • 500 notebooks
    • 500 sources per notebook
    • Highest Gemini model access
    • 5x higher usage limits than AI Pro
    • Cloud computer for code execution
  • Ultra 20x

    $199.99/month

    Through the Google AI Ultra subscription at the higher tier

    • 500 notebooks
    • 600 sources per notebook
    • Highest Gemini model access
    • 20x higher usage limits than AI Pro
    • Cloud computer for code execution

Our ratings

Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team. Last reviewed November 2026.

CodeRabbit
8.0overall
Gemini Notebook
8.7overall

CodeRabbit leads in 0 categories and Gemini Notebook in 1.

  • Ease of Use

    CodeRabbit
    8.3
    Gemini Notebook
    Not rated
  • Feature Depth

    CodeRabbit
    8.6
    Gemini Notebook
    Not rated
  • Value for Money

    Gemini Notebook leads by 1.3
    CodeRabbit
    7.2
    Gemini Notebook
    8.5
  • Performance & Speed

    CodeRabbit
    8.0
    Gemini Notebook
    Not rated
  • Documentation & Support

    CodeRabbit
    8.1
    Gemini Notebook
    Not rated
  • Grounded Citation Fidelity

    CodeRabbit
    Not rated
    Gemini Notebook
    8.8
  • Audio Overview Quality

    CodeRabbit
    Not rated
    Gemini Notebook
    8.7
  • Source Handling

    CodeRabbit
    Not rated
    Gemini Notebook
    8.6
  • Output Formats

    CodeRabbit
    Not rated
    Gemini Notebook
    8.8

Scores weigh documented features, plan value, platform coverage, integrations and user feedback. A missing score means we have not rated that area yet.

Pros and cons

CodeRabbit

Pros

  • Supports four Git hosts (GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket), which is broader than GitHub-only reviewers.
  • Review is available in the pull request, the CLI and IDEs, including Cursor and Windsurf.
  • Free reviews for public repositories.
  • Adjustable review profiles (Quiet, Chill, Assertive) to control comment volume.
  • Frequent releases, with changelog entries on October 5, 8, 14 and 19, 2026.

Cons

  • No permanent free tier for private repositories; the lowest paid plan is $30 per user per month.
  • Essentials limits teams to 1 linked repository and excludes unit test generation and Triage.
  • Reviews are rate-limited per developer per hour, with $0.25 per file charged beyond the included limit.
  • SSO, audit logs and API access are Enterprise-only, and Enterprise pricing is not published.

Gemini Notebook

Pros

  • Answers cite the uploaded sources, so claims can be checked against the original text
  • Free Standard tier with 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook
  • Wide range of outputs, including Audio Overviews, Video Overviews, mind maps, flashcards, quizzes and slide decks
  • Accepts PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs and Google Slides
  • Available on web, iOS and Android, and synced with the Gemini app

Cons

  • Works from the sources you add and is not built for live web news search
  • Higher limits require a Google AI subscription; Ultra starts at $99.99 per month
  • The cloud computer for code execution started with Ultra and Workspace AI Ultra Access customers, with Pro rollout still described as upcoming
  • No public API for the consumer product, and the renamed brand can make older guides and app listings confusing

Platforms

  • Web
    CodeRabbit
    Supported
    Gemini Notebook
    Supported
  • Windows
    CodeRabbit
    Not supported
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
  • macOS
    CodeRabbit
    Not supported
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
  • iOS
    CodeRabbit
    Not supported
    Gemini Notebook
    Supported
  • Android
    CodeRabbit
    Not supported
    Gemini Notebook
    Supported
  • API
    CodeRabbit
    Supported
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
  • Browser Extension
    CodeRabbit
    Not supported
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
  • CLI
    CodeRabbit
    Supported
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
  • VS Code Extension
    CodeRabbit
    Supported
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
  • Slack App
    CodeRabbit
    Supported
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported

Integrations

CodeRabbit

8 integrations
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Azure DevOps
  • Bitbucket
  • Jira
  • Linear
  • Slack
  • Discord

Gemini Notebook

4 integrations
  • Google Docs
  • Google Slides
  • YouTube
  • Gemini app

Company

  • Company
    CodeRabbit
    CodeRabbit
    Gemini Notebook
    Google LLC
  • Founded
    CodeRabbit
    2023
    Gemini Notebook
    1998
  • Headquarters
    CodeRabbit
    Not listed
    Gemini Notebook
    Mountain View, CA
  • Monthly users
    CodeRabbit
    Not listed
    Gemini Notebook
    30M+
  • Listing
    CodeRabbit
    Claimed
    Gemini Notebook
    Claimed

Frequently asked questions

Is CodeRabbit better than Gemini Notebook?

It depends on your workflow. CodeRabbit is built for Teams with high pull request volume, including AI-generated code, that want automated first-pass review and merge checks. Gemini Notebook is built for summarizing and questioning your own documents.

What are the key feature differences between CodeRabbit and Gemini Notebook?

CodeRabbit: AI code review that checks, explains and prioritizes every pull request before merge. Gemini Notebook: Google's Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, answers questions and builds summaries from your own sources.

Does CodeRabbit or Gemini Notebook have a free plan?

Gemini Notebook has a free plan or trial; CodeRabbit is paid only.

Which is cheaper, CodeRabbit or Gemini Notebook?

CodeRabbit starts at $30 and Gemini Notebook starts at $0. See the pricing table above for what each tier includes.