Distilly Person Profiles vs NotebookLM Research & Podcast Automation

Distilly Person Profiles

By Distilly

Capture how a colleague, mentor, or public figure thinks so your AI can draw on it.

NotebookLM Research & Podcast Automation

By Teng Lin

Have your AI run Google NotebookLM for you: add sources, ask questions, make podcasts.

Distilly Person Profiles

• Builds a profile of your own preferences so a personal AI assistant knows who it works for
• Captures a colleague's workflows, standards, and communication style from their messages and docs
• Researches a public figure's views and ways of thinking from public sources
• Imports PDFs, screenshots, email exports, and chat history from Slack, Lark, or WeChat
• Lets you add new material or correct a profile later, and roll back changes

NotebookLM Research & Podcast Automation

• Creates notebooks and adds sources such as web links, documents, and YouTube videos
• Answers questions using only your sources, with citations back to them
• Runs fast or deep web research on a topic and imports the results as sources
• Generates audio podcasts, videos, slide decks, reports, mind maps, quizzes, and flashcards
• Downloads the finished files to your computer

Reach for Distilly Person Profiles when…

• A teammate is leaving and you want to keep their know-how and context
• You want your AI assistant to understand your role, style, and priorities
• You want to ask how a favorite author or thinker might approach your question
• You are handing over a project and want the knowledge captured in one place

Reach for NotebookLM Research & Podcast Automation when…

• You want a podcast-style audio overview of a stack of articles or reports
• You need to research a topic across many sources and get cited answers
• You're turning course or training material into quizzes and flashcards
• You use NotebookLM a lot and want your AI assistant to do the clicking for you