Meta AI vs. Gemini Notebook: data protection per plan

not publicly documented (the Meta AI Terms of Service (EU) are a consumer contract with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and refer to Meta's privacy policy for personal data; processor terms are not mentioned there)

yes, if Contributor mode is switched off: section 5 of the terms of use applies to Standard Services 'including where you have changed your Account setting under a Coding Harness Subscription' (then MGPT, Meta as processor). In the preset Contributor mode, the Contributor terms apply (section 6, no personal data).

yes: For Standard Services, the terms of use (section 5.1) incorporate the 'Meta Global Processor Terms' (MGPT, as of 2026-03-20) and the data security terms; Meta acts as processor. For European data, Europe-specific MGPT terms and an addendum on global data transfer apply.

no (the processor terms are incorporated in section 5 only for Standard Services; terms of use 6.2: no sensitive, confidential or personal information may be submitted to discounted services)

no (the Google Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy apply; no DPA)

no (the Google Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy apply; no DPA)

yes (as a core service under the Workspace contract including the Cloud Data Processing Addendum)

yes (Generative AI Service under the Google Cloud contract; Cloud Data Processing Addendum)

Privacy Center 'How Meta uses information for generative AI models' (translated) (q9): training sources include 'interactions with features that are part of AI at Meta' (translated), public information in Meta products, internet content and licensed data. Private messages to friends and family are not used unless they are knowingly shared with the AIs. There is a right to object to the use of interactions with AI at Meta and of public information (via the account or regional forms according to the Privacy Center; applies to future training). In the UK and the EU, no public information from accounts of under-18s.

Subscription docs: Muse Code subscriptions are in Contributor mode by default ('default to Contributor mode'); content is then used to train future Meta models. The mode can be switched off in the settings at any time; thereafter, future content is not used for training.

Terms of use (as of 2026-10-09, 5.1): Meta does not use content from Standard Services to train Meta models. Pricing page: 'In Standard mode, you pay standard prices and your content is not used to train Meta models.' Data commitments: content from paid services is not used for training; customer data (account, roles, profile fields) in no case.

Pricing page: Contributor mode 'at heavily discounted token prices, in exchange for permission to use your content to train future Meta models'. Terms of use (section 6): content of discounted services may be used by Meta for training.

Help 'Privacy and Terms of Use': 'The content in Gemini Notebook will not be used to directly train our foundational AI models, unless you choose to provide feedback.' With thumbs up/down feedback, prompts, sources, uploads and outputs are reviewed by trained teams and used to improve products and machine-learning technologies. Data that Gemini Notebook shares with other Google services (e.g. the Gemini app) is used according to their notices, 'including for product improvement'.

Plans page: 'Your data is protected, and is not used to train Gemini Notebook unless you provide feedback.' With feedback, the full context (queries, uploads, responses) may be reviewed. Help 'Privacy and Terms of Use': no direct use for training the foundational models without feedback; data shared with other Google services is used according to their notices, including for product improvement.

Workspace Privacy Hub: 'your uploads, queries and the model's responses in Gemini Notebook will not be reviewed by human reviewers, and will not otherwise be used to train generative AI models.' Help: no human review and no training even with thumbs up/down feedback.

Plans page (Upgrading via Google Cloud): 'all files, chats and model outputs won't be reviewed by human reviewers or used to improve generative AI models.'

not publicly documented on the retrieved pages.

Region: not publicly documented. According to the docs, subscription features and availability may vary by region.

Region and EU option for the API: not publicly documented. Terms of use (section 6): 'Meta does not receive, determine, or route traffic based on location of your End Users'. The sub-processor list linked in section 5 names data centre operators predominantly in the USA as well as in Denmark, Sweden and Ireland; which of them are used for the Model API is not stated. Model docs: 'Model availability can vary by country' (reference to the Geographic Use Policy).

Region and EU option: not publicly documented.

Gemini Notebook Enterprise documentation (comparison table): with the personal Gemini Notebook, users cannot specify data residency ('Users can't specify'). Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Google Privacy Policy, Data transfer frameworks). Google Privacy Policy (Data transfer frameworks): 'We maintain servers around the world and your information may be processed on servers located outside of the country where you live.' A storage location specific to Gemini Notebook is not documented.

As Standard: data residency cannot be selected for personal accounts (Enterprise documentation); Google LLC certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Google Privacy Policy (Data transfer frameworks): 'We maintain servers around the world and your information may be processed on servers located outside of the country where you live.' A storage location specific to Gemini Notebook is not documented.

not publicly documented: Workspace Privacy Hub: 'Your organization's file sharing and data region settings do not apply to data in Gemini Notebook.' Workspace Admin Help 'Data covered by data regions': Data Regions are not supported for Gemini Notebook. The pages do not name a storage location. Sources added from Drive are stored as a copy with the Gemini Notebook data.

Enterprise documentation: data stays in the customer's Google Cloud project; Gemini Notebook Enterprise is available in the 'eu' and 'us' multi-regions and 'global', with data residency commitments for storage (at rest) and ML processing depending on the location; for data in the EU, licences from an 'eu' subscription are required. Google recommends 'global' if there are no regulatory reasons for a region.

• According to the list linked in the terms of use (title 'Meta Horizon Managed Solutions – List of Sub-processors' (translated), valid from 2023-11-13): data centre infrastructure by Andale, Greater Kudu, Goldframe, Morning Hornet, Offprints, Omanyte, Paile, Raven Northbrook, Scout Development, Siculus, Sidecat, Stadion, Starbelt, Vitesse, Winner (d/b/a Ernst), Woolhawk (each USA), Cassin Networks (Denmark), Pinnacle Sweden (Sweden), Runways Information Services (Ireland)
• Meta subsidiaries according to the same list: Meta Platforms, Inc. and Meta Operations, LLC (USA), Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Ireland), Meta Canada, Meta France, Meta Germany, Meta Italy, Meta Netherlands, Meta Poland, Meta Spain, Meta UK, Meta Singapore, Meta Platforms International Operations Philippines

• not publicly documented (no sub-processor list for consumer services; feedback is reviewed by 'specially trained teams')

• not publicly documented (no sub-processor list for consumer services)

• Google Workspace Third-Party Subprocessors (applies to all Workspace core services, i.e. also Gemini Notebook): including Accenture, Cognizant, EPAM, Deloitte, GlobalLogic for technical support with processing in, among others, the US, India, Canada, Japan, Romania and Bulgaria

• Google Cloud Subprocessors list (for Google Cloud services; an allocation specific to Gemini Notebook is not shown there)

not publicly documented on the retrieved pages

Flat monthly price in USD (Help Center 'What is a Muse Code subscription?'): Everyday Usage USD 5/month, High Usage USD 15/month (5x usage), Power Usage USD 50/month (20x), Maximum Usage USD 200/month (80x); automatic monthly renewal; not stated whether VAT is included. According to the docs, benefits and availability may vary by region.

Per 1M tokens, in USD (pricing page): Muse Spark input USD 1.25, cached input USD 0.15, output USD 4.25; Muse Wonder input USD 4.00, cached input USD 0.20, output USD 20.00; no surcharge for long context. Muse Image USD 0.01 per image; Muse Voice Transcribe USD 0.18 per hour (ZDR at the same price); web search grounding USD 2.50 per 1,000 search queries; SAM 3.1 USD 2.50 per 1,000 images, USD 0.20 per 1,000 video frames; no minimum commitment. Taxes are added (terms of use 13.1: the customer bears applicable sales, value added or similar taxes).

Per 1M tokens, in USD (pricing page): input USD 0.10, cached input USD 0.002, output USD 0.20. Taxes are added (terms of use 13.1: the customer bears applicable sales, value added or similar taxes).

EUR 0 with a Google Account (subscriptions page gemini.google, German version)

Google AI Plus EUR 4.99/month; Google AI Pro EUR 21.99/month; Google AI Ultra EUR 99.99/month (5x the limits of AI Pro) or EUR 219.99/month (20x) (subscriptions page gemini.google, German version, as of 2026-10-18); Gemini Notebook is included in the subscriptions

Per user/month with monthly billing, excl. taxes: Business Starter EUR 6.80; Business Standard EUR 13.60; Business Plus EUR 21.10; introductory discounts for new customers (Workspace pricing page, German version, as of 2026-10-18). Enterprise editions via sales.

USD 9 per licence per month, minimum 15 licences, 30-day trial (Google Cloud product page); monthly or annual subscriptions, up to 5,000 licences per subscription (licensing documentation; the documentation states a 14-day trial)

yes (Meta AI assistant in Meta products and on meta.ai; part of 'AI at Meta' (translated) according to the Privacy Center)

yes (coding agent Muse Code with Muse Spark, Muse Wonder and Muse Image; Power and Maximum additionally Muse Wonder Full; use only via the Muse Code CLI)

yes (models muse-wonder-1.0 ('in preview' according to the model docs), muse-spark-1.3, -1.2, -1.1; image model Muse Image, Muse Voice Transcribe, SAM 3.1; web search grounding)

yes (muse-spark-1.3-contributor, muse-spark-1.2-contributor; not for Muse Wonder and Muse Voice Transcribe)

yes (notebooks with own sources, chat, audio and video overviews, mind maps, reports, flashcards, infographics, slides; 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook)

yes (as Standard with higher limits and premium features: Plus 200 notebooks/100 sources, Pro 500/300, Ultra 500/500 or 600; earlier access to features, advanced sharing, with Pro/Ultra removal of the visible watermark)

yes (Gemini Notebook as a Workspace core service; Business Starter with standard access, Business Standard and Plus with extended access and higher limits per edition)

yes (Gemini Notebook with at least the same limits as the consumer version, additionally DOCX/PPTX/XLSX sources, sign-in via Cloud Identity or external IdP, VPC Service Controls, IAM, CMEK, audit logs, API)