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SurfSense

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Open-source NotebookLM alternative for teams to research and write; clear product.

What it does

SurfSense is a highly customizable AI research agent, connected to external sources such as search engines, Google Drive, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Linear, Jira, ClickUp, Confluence, BookStack, Gmail, Notion, YouTube, GitHub, Discord, Airtable, Google Calendar, Luma, Circleback, Elasticsearch, Obsidian, and more to come. With core features of NotebookLM, you can now connect any LLM to your internal knowledge sources and chat with it in real time alongside your team.

Core features

  • Report generation and exports
  • Knowledgebase search and citation
  • Podcast generation
  • Image generation
  • Real-time collaborative group chats with your team members
  • Long Document Q&A

Use cases

  • Report generations with build in exports of PDF & DOCX and more to come
  • Real-time collaborative group chats with your team members to move fast
  • Multimedia artifacts support podcasts and image generation, with slides and videos to come soon.
  • Access to shared team context so you don't have to wait for your team members to respond.
  • Self-hostable and open source for privacy-focused individuals
  • Connects with more than 20 external connectors and services.

Pricing

Free: 0
Pro: 0

Reviews

Big-picture takes: what it's for and whether it delivers. High-engagement videos from YouTube — not sponsored.

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