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Gemini Notebook vs Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

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

Gemini Notebook logo

Gemini Notebook

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

Freemium
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Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) logo

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

Agent-first IDE for running local and cloud coding agents in one place

Freemium
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Verdict

Gemini Notebook is listed under AI Assistants and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) under Coding AI. Gemini Notebook scores higher in FinderAtlas's editorial review (8.7 vs 8.4 out of 10), led by value for money. Both have a free plan or trial. Only Gemini Notebook is available on Web, iOS and Android. Only Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Best overall

Gemini Notebook

  • Students
  • Researchers
  • Educators
  • Analysts

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.

Choose Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) if

  • You want a tool built for managing multiple coding agents.
  • Free plan with unlimited Tab completions and inline edits.
  • Full IDE that stays compatible with VS Code and Windsurf extensions.
Best for beginners
Gemini Notebook
Best for business
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

Features

19 features compared.

  • Source-grounded chat
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Audio Overviews
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Video Overviews
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Study tools
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Reports, slide decks and infographics
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Multiple source types
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Cloud computer
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Gemini app sync
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Sharing and public notebooks
    Gemini Notebook
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Agent Command Center
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Spaces
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Full IDE
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Devin Local
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Agent Client Protocol support
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Tab and Supercomplete
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Fast Context
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Devin Cloud handoff
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • MCP and extensions
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • SWE-2 model
    Gemini Notebook
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available

Pricing

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

  • Pricing model
    Gemini Notebook
    Freemium
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Freemium
  • Free plan
    Gemini Notebook
    Yes
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Yes
  • Starting price
    Gemini Notebook
    $0
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    $0
  • Plans
    Gemini Notebook
    5 plans
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    5 plans

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

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) plans

  • Free

    $0

    Light quota to code with agents

    • Limited model availability
    • Unlimited inline edits
    • Unlimited Tab completions

  • Pro

    Most popular

    $20/month

    Increased quotas and full model availability

    • Frontier models from OpenAI
    • Claude
    • Gemini and SpaceXAI
    • Open source models
    • Free use of SWE-2
    • Devin Cloud access
    • Extra usage at API pricing

  • Max

    $200/month

    Significantly higher quotas for power users

    • Everything in Pro
    • Significantly higher quotas

  • Teams

    $80/month

    $80 per month for the team plan plus $40 per month per full dev seat

    • Everything in Pro
    • Up to 200 users
    • Shared collaboration
    • Centralized billing
    • Admin dashboard with analytics
    • Priority support

  • Enterprise

    Custom/custom

    Contact sales for organization-wide deployment

    • Highest priority support
    • Dedicated account management
    • SAML/OIDC SSO
    • Centralized admin controls
    • Dedicated deployment option

Our ratings

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

Gemini Notebook
8.7overall
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
8.4overall

Gemini Notebook leads in 1 category and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) in 0.

  • Grounded Citation Fidelity

    Gemini Notebook
    8.8
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Audio Overview Quality

    Gemini Notebook
    8.7
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Source Handling

    Gemini Notebook
    8.6
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Output Formats

    Gemini Notebook
    8.8
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Value for Money

    Gemini Notebook leads by 0.7
    Gemini Notebook
    8.5
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    7.8

  • Multi-agent Management

    Gemini Notebook
    Not rated
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    8.7

  • Multi-file Agentic Edits

    Gemini Notebook
    Not rated
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    8.5

  • Editor Experience

    Gemini Notebook
    Not rated
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    8.4

  • Model Choice

    Gemini Notebook
    Not rated
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    8.6

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

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

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

Pros

  • Free plan with unlimited Tab completions and inline edits
  • Full IDE that stays compatible with VS Code and Windsurf extensions
  • One view for managing local, cloud and third-party agents
  • Supports ACP agents such as Codex, Claude Agent and OpenCode
  • Available on macOS, Windows and Linux

Cons

  • Paid plans have daily and weekly usage quotas, and extra usage is billed at API pricing
  • Pro rose to $20 per month, and Max costs $200 per month
  • The rename and the move to devin.ai changed menus, docs and branding, and some names such as the JetBrains plugin still say Windsurf
  • Cascade was retired in favour of Devin Local, so Cascade workflows had to migrate

Platforms

  • Web
    Gemini Notebook
    Supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not supported
  • Windows
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Supported
  • macOS
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Supported
  • iOS
    Gemini Notebook
    Supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not supported
  • Android
    Gemini Notebook
    Supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not supported
  • API
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not supported
  • Browser Extension
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not supported
  • Linux
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Supported
  • JetBrains Plugin
    Gemini Notebook
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Supported

Integrations

Gemini Notebook

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

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

15 integrations
  • Slack
  • Linear
  • Notion
  • Figma
  • Sentry
  • Stripe
  • Vercel
  • Datadog
  • Atlassian
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Codex
  • Claude Agent
  • OpenCode

Company

  • Company
    Gemini Notebook
    Google LLC
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Cognition AI
  • Founded
    Gemini Notebook
    1998
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    2023
  • Headquarters
    Gemini Notebook
    Mountain View, CA
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    San Francisco, CA
  • Monthly users
    Gemini Notebook
    30M+
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    1M+
  • Listing
    Gemini Notebook
    Claimed
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Claimed

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini Notebook better than Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)?

It depends on your workflow. Gemini Notebook is built for summarizing and questioning your own documents. Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is built for managing multiple coding agents.

What are the key feature differences between Gemini Notebook and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)?

Gemini Notebook: Google's Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, answers questions and builds summaries from your own sources. Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf): Agent-first IDE for running local and cloud coding agents in one place.

Does Gemini Notebook or Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) have a free plan?

Yes, both do. Gemini Notebook is freemium and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is freemium, and each has a free plan or trial.

Which is cheaper, Gemini Notebook or Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)?

Both can be used for free. Paid plans differ in limits and features, so compare the tiers in the pricing table above.