The NotebookLM alternative that starts live.
NotebookLM is now called Gemini Notebook. Keep reviewing from your materials, with an AI that cites its sources. Qiplim starts in class, with the whole room, then each learner reviews in Studio, with a link and no Google account.
- No account or app for participants
- Free, no credit card
- Hosted in France
Live
Afterwards, everyone reviews
Multiple choiceThe whole room
Testing yourself helps you remember because…You search for the answer78%You reread faster9%You remember the question13%StudioNo account
Why does testing yourself help you remember?Retrieving the answer from memory makes it stick.Material · p. 4Live sessions on top, with no Google account
Alongside us
Review from your materials, with the live session first.
Your learners get the review formats they already know. You gain the live class with the whole room, and control over what they review.
You keepAs with NotebookLM
- An assistant that answers from your materials, citing the page
- Flashcards, quizzes, audio and video summaries, mind maps and reports, generated from your sources
- Your sources: PDF, slides, web page or video
You gainWhat Qiplim adds
- Live sessions with the whole roomQuiz, word cloud, sticky notes and ranking during class, with a code or a QR code.
- AI role-playA character played by the AI, one conversation per participant, then a debrief report.
- One link, no Google accountYour learners review in Studio without creating an account.
- You prepare, they reviewYou edit the generated formats before sharing them: everyone reviews what you have approved.
- Hosted in FranceIn the Qiplim cloud, with AI served in Europe by Mistral AI.
Qiplim and NotebookLM, point by point.
| Criterion | Qiplim | NotebookLM |
|---|---|---|
| Review from your materialsflashcards, quizzes, summaries | Yes | Yes |
| Answers that cite your sources | Yes | Yes |
| Live activities with the groupquiz, word cloud, sticky notes | Yes | No |
| Role-play with an AIa character, then a debrief | Yes | No |
| Learner access | YesOne link, no account | Google account required |
| Vendor |  France | Google (United States) |
| Hosting | Clever Cloud | |
| AI | Mistral AI | Gemini |
Based on NotebookLM’s public pages, checked in October 2026.
Keep your sources, change tools.
Add your materials
Files, web pages, YouTube videos or audio: upload what you already have. Qiplim reads them and keeps them ready for your questions.
Chat with them
Ask your questions: the assistant answers only from your materials, citing the page. Nothing made up, nothing off-topic.
Generate, share
Quizzes, flashcards, audio summary, video summary: Qiplim generates them, you edit them, then one link is all it takes to share them, with no account for your participants.
Sources · Learning that lasts
3 sources ready · the assistant can answer
Your questions about NotebookLM and Qiplim.
NotebookLM, renamed Gemini Notebook in July 2026, is for studying your own sources on your own. Qiplim also starts from your materials, but for a group: the live class with the whole room, then each person’s review in Studio.
No. They join the live session with a code or a QR code, and review in Studio with a link, with no account.
Not directly. Upload the same sources to a Qiplim project, PDF, slides, web page or video: Qiplim generates the activities from their content, then you edit them.
In France, with Clever Cloud, and the AI that generates your activities is served in Europe by default.
What we experience together stays with us.
- No account or app for participants
- Free, no credit card
- Hosted in France
