Manus
General-purpose autonomous AI agent.
Watch the demoOfficial walkthroughManus is General-purpose autonomous AI agent. Freemium, with paid plans from $19/mo.
About Manus
Manus is a general-purpose AI agent that can plan and execute multi-step tasks across the web, code and a virtual computer, originally launched by the Chinese startup Butterfly Effect. Given a goal, Manus opens a sandboxed browser and terminal, plans its actions, writes code, scrapes data, fills forms and produces deliverables like reports, websites, slide decks and small applications, all in the background while the user can step away. It targets a wide audience of researchers, analysts, founders and creators who want autonomous help with longer projects, and offers integrations with email, Slack, an API and team workspaces with SSO. After moving its operations and ownership outside China in 2025, Manus has positioned itself as a global agentic AI platform alongside ChatGPT, Lovable and Replit.
Manus pros and cons
Hand-derived from the catalog data, strengths and trade-offs to weigh before signing up.
- Free tier available; paid plans from $19/mo
- Includes an autonomous AI agent for multi-step tasks
- Autonomous task execution
- Browser use
- Code execution
- Competition is strong in this space, see Genspark and n8n AI for comparison
3 plans from Manus
Pulled from Manus’s public pricing page. Prices may change, verify on the vendor’s site before purchasing.
Free
Try Manus AI agent
- Limited daily credits
- Basic task access
- Access to general models
Starter
For individuals
- 3,900 credits/month
- 2 concurrent tasks
- Access to most features
- Priority queue
Pro
Most popular plan
- 19,900 credits/month
- 5 concurrent tasks
- All features unlocked
- Priority support
Manus vs Agents & Automation
Side-by-side with the top 3 other agents & automation in this category.
| Picked from the top tools in agents & automation | General-purpose autonomous AI agent. | An autonomous AI "super agent" that researches and completes multi-step tasks. | Open-source workflow automation with AI nodes. | Visual automation platform with AI modules. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTS AT | $19/mo | Free tier; paid plans | $20/mo | $9/mo |
| PRICING | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| AI AGENT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EDITOR'S PICK | No | No | No | No |
| KEY FEATURES | Autonomous task execution, Browser use, Code execution | Multi-step autonomous agent, Generates reports, sheets & slides, AI phone calls | Self-hosted, LangChain nodes, Vector store nodes | Visual scenarios, AI modules, HTTP module |
| BEST FOR | Research, Task automation, Data analysis | Autonomous deep research, Report & deliverable generation, Spreadsheet / slide building | AI workflows, Self-hosted automation, RAG pipelines | Complex automations, AI workflows, Data sync |
| WORKS WITH | #agent#autonomous#general-purpose | #agent#research#automation#autonomous | #automation#open-source#self-hosted | #automation#workflow#visual |
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