Gemini Notebook vs. You.com: data protection per plan
Gemini Notebook (4 plans) and You.com (3 plans) side by side: DPA, training on inputs, hosting and data retention per plan, based on the providers’ public documents. Without rating.
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At a glance
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| Feature | Gemini Notebook | You.com |
|---|---|---|
| Provider based in | Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland | SuSea, Inc., 417 Montgomery Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA |
| Plans recorded | 4 | 3 |
| Hosting | mixed: Gemini Notebook Standard, Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultranot documented: Gemini Notebook in Google WorkspaceEU option: Gemini Notebook Enterprise | US only: all 3 plans |
| Training on inputs | no: all 4 plans | no: all 3 plans |
| DPA | no: Gemini Notebook Standard, Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultrayes: Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace, Gemini Notebook Enterprise | not documented: Free, Pay as you goyes: Enterprise |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standard vs. You.com Free
| Feature | Gemini NotebookGemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account) | You.comFree (Web Search API via MCP) |
|---|---|---|
| differs by plan | no | not publicly documented |
| Details: DPA available | no (the Google Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy apply; no DPA) | not publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA. |
| no | no | |
| Details: Training on inputs | 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'. | Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'. |
| differs by plan | mixed | US only |
| Details: Data residency | 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. | Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented. |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | not publicly documented | Privacy notice: account and profile data… |
| Details: Data retention | not publicly documentedfor sources, notebooks and chats in the personal account (users can delete notes; deleted notes cannot be recovered). Reviewed feedback including content is retained for up to 3 years, disconnected from the Google Account. | Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' |
| differs by plan | 0 EUR | free |
| Details: Price | EUR 0 with a Google Account (subscriptions page gemini.google, German version) | Free (pricing page) |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (notebooks with own sources, chat, audio and video overviews, mind maps, reports, flashcards, infographics, slides; 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook) | yes (Web Search via MCP server, up to 100 requests per day, without API key or account) |
| 7 sources | 7 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- differs by plan
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standardno
- You.com Freenot publicly documented
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standard
no (the Google Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy apply; no DPA)
You.com Freenot publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA.
Training
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standardno
- You.com Freeno
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standard
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'.
You.com FreePrivacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'.
Hosting
- differs by plan
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standardmixed
- You.com FreeUS only
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standard
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.
You.com FreeTerms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
Sub-processors
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standardlist available
- You.com Freelist available
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standard
- not publicly documented (no sub-processor list for consumer services; feedback is reviewed by 'specially trained teams')
You.com Free- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
Retention
- differs by plan
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standardnot publicly documented
- You.com FreePrivacy notice: account and profile data…
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standardnot publicly documentedfor sources, notebooks and chats in the personal account (users can delete notes; deleted notes cannot be recovered). Reviewed feedback including content is retained for up to 3 years, disconnected from the Google Account.You.com FreePrivacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.'
Price
- differs by plan
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standard0 EUR
- You.com Freefree
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standard
EUR 0 with a Google Account (subscriptions page gemini.google, German version)
You.com FreeFree (pricing page)
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standardyes
- You.com Freeyes
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standard
yes (notebooks with own sources, chat, audio and video overviews, mind maps, reports, flashcards, infographics, slides; 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook)
You.com Freeyes (Web Search via MCP server, up to 100 requests per day, without API key or account)
Evidence
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standard7 sources
- You.com Free7 sources
- Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standard
- Privacy and Terms of Use in Gemini Notebook (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Learn about Gemini Notebook's plans (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- What is Gemini Notebook Enterprise? (Google Cloud Documentation)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Frequently asked questions (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google AI plans / Gemini Subscriptions (German version, EUR)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Terms of Service (Effective July 30, 2026)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Privacy Policy: Data transfer frameworksPrivacy policy, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
You.com Free- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-22)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms & Conditions (as of 2024-08-27)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zero Data Retention (ZDR)Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – Resources (DPA, SOC 2 Type 2 Report)Trust Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum (as of 2025-12-12)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
| Feature | Gemini Notebook | You.com |
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| Details: DPA available |
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| noall 4 plans | noall 3 plans | |
| Details: Training on inputs |
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| US onlyall 3 plans |
| Details: Data residency |
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| list availableall 4 plans | list availableall 3 plans | |
| Details: List published |
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| Privacy notice: account and profile data…all 3 plans |
| Details: Data retention |
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| Details: Price |
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| yesall 4 plans | yesall 3 plans | |
| Details: AI features included |
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| 17 sources | 8 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- differs by tool
- Gemini Notebook
- noGemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account), Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)
- yesGemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus), Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)
- You.com
- not publicly documentedFree (Web Search API via MCP), Pay as you go (API)
- yesEnterprise (custom)
- Gemini Notebook
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
no (the Google Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy apply; no DPA)
- Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)
no (the Google Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy apply; no DPA)
- Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)
yes (as a core service under the Workspace contract including the Cloud Data Processing Addendum)
Provider’s DPA - Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)
yes (Generative AI Service under the Google Cloud contract; Cloud Data Processing Addendum)
Provider’s DPA
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
not publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA.
- Enterprise (custom)
yes: public 'SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum' (you.com/dpa, 'Last updated: December 12, 2025', linked in the footer of the pricing page); in the Trust Center, 'You.com DPA - March 2025' and 'You.com DPA - Security Addendum' are also available to view. According to its text, the DPA becomes part of the Master Subscription Agreement or another written/electronic agreement. Pricing page: 'DPA-ready'.
Provider’s DPA - Pay as you go (API)
not publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA.
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
Training
- Gemini Notebooknoall 4 plans
- You.comnoall 3 plans
- Gemini Notebook
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
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'.
- Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)
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.
- Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)
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.
- Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)
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.'
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'.
- Enterprise (custom)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. Additionally with ZDR: requests are not used for training, not sold to third parties and not sent to Google or Bing (documentation). MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5).
- Pay as you go (API)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5). By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'.
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
Hosting
- differs by tool
- Gemini Notebook
- mixedGemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account), Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)
- not publicly documentedGemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)
- EU optionGemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)
- You.comUS onlyall 3 plans
- Gemini Notebook
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
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.
- Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)
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.
- Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)
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.
- Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)
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.
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Enterprise (custom)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Pay as you go (API)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
Sub-processors
- Gemini Notebooklist availableall 4 plans
- You.comlist availableall 3 plans
- Gemini Notebook
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
- not publicly documented (no sub-processor list for consumer services; feedback is reviewed by 'specially trained teams')
- Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)
- not publicly documented (no sub-processor list for consumer services)
- Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)
- 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
- Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)
- Google Cloud Subprocessors list (for Google Cloud services; an allocation specific to Gemini Notebook is not shown there)
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
- Enterprise (custom)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
- Pay as you go (API)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
Retention
- differs by tool
- Gemini Notebook
- not publicly documentedGemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account), Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account), Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)
- Workspace Privacy Hub: prompts and…Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)
- You.comPrivacy notice: account and profile data…all 3 plans
- Gemini Notebook
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)not publicly documentedfor sources, notebooks and chats in the personal account (users can delete notes; deleted notes cannot be recovered). Reviewed feedback including content is retained for up to 3 years, disconnected from the Google Account.
- Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)not publicly documentedfor sources, notebooks and chats in the personal account. Reviewed feedback including content is retained for up to 3 years, disconnected from the Google Account.
- Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)Workspace Privacy Hub: prompts and responses in Gemini Notebook 'Not retained after session ends'; uploaded files and notebooks follow section 6 (Data Deletion) of the Cloud Data Processing Addendum, users can delete them or export them via Takeout. CDPA sections 6.1/6.2: deletion within a maximum of 180 days after a deletion instruction or after the end of the contract (plus a recovery period of up to 30 days).
- Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)not publicly documentedas a product-specific period; data is held in the customer's Cloud project. CDPA sections 6.1/6.2: deletion within a maximum of 180 days after a deletion instruction or after the end of the contract (plus a recovery period of up to 30 days).
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.'
- Enterprise (custom)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' According to the documentation, ZDR applies to the Web Search API and Answer API and is activated by You.com on request (no self-service switch). MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'.
- Pay as you go (API)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'.
Price
- differs by tool
- Gemini Notebook
- 0 EURGemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
- several tiersGemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)
- Per user/month with monthly billing…Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)
- 9 USD/user/moGemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)
- You.com
- freeFree (Web Search API via MCP)
- customEnterprise (custom)
- several tiersPay as you go (API)
- Gemini Notebook
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
EUR 0 with a Google Account (subscriptions page gemini.google, German version)
- Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)
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
- Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)
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.
- Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)
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)
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Free (pricing page)
- Enterprise (custom)
Custom (pricing page: 'Custom, Talk to our humans')
- Pay as you go (API)
Web Search API 5 USD per 1,000 calls; Contents API 1 USD per 1,000 pages; Answer API 5 USD per 1,000 calls; Research API per 1,000 calls: Lite 12 USD, Standard 50 USD, Deep 100 USD, Exhaustive 450 USD, Frontier 1,200 USD; Finance Research Deep 110 USD, Exhaustive 500 USD per 1,000 calls; no minimum purchase, no platform fee (pricing page, in USD); according to MSA (Online) 5.8, the fees do not include any taxes, including value-added tax ('value-added')
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
- Gemini Notebookyesall 4 plans
- You.comyesall 3 plans
- Gemini Notebook
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
yes (notebooks with own sources, chat, audio and video overviews, mind maps, reports, flashcards, infographics, slides; 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook)
- Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)
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)
- Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)
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)
- Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)
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)
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
yes (Web Search via MCP server, up to 100 requests per day, without API key or account)
- Enterprise (custom)
yes (all APIs; according to the pricing page, custom load capacity and SLA support)
- Pay as you go (API)
yes (Web Search, Contents, Answer, Research and Finance Research API; all endpoints, SDKs and MCP)
- Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)
Evidence
- Gemini Notebook17 sources
- You.com8 sources
- Gemini Notebook
- Privacy and Terms of Use in Gemini Notebook (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Learn about Gemini Notebook's plans (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- What is Gemini Notebook Enterprise? (Google Cloud Documentation)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Frequently asked questions (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Use Gemini Notebook with a work or school Google account (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub (Last updated October 6, 2026)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Workspace Data Regions: Data covered by data regionsDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Workspace pricing (German version, EUR)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google AI plans / Gemini Subscriptions (German version, EUR)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Terms of Service (Effective July 30, 2026)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Cloud Data Processing Addendum (Last modified June 8, 2026)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Workspace Third-Party SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data residency for Gemini Enterprise Standard and Plus Editions and Gemini Notebook EnterpriseDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Privacy Policy: Data transfer frameworksPrivacy policy, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud product page)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Cloud SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Get licenses for Gemini Notebook EnterpriseDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
You.com- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-22)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms & Conditions (as of 2024-08-27)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zero Data Retention (ZDR)Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – Resources (DPA, SOC 2 Type 2 Report)Trust Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum (as of 2025-12-12)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Master Services Agreement (Online), MSA v.121525 (December 2025)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
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