
Manus
General-purpose AI agent that carries out tasks such as research, slides, websites and design
Best for
People who want to hand off multi-step work such as research reports, slide decks, simple web apps or design drafts to an autonomous agent.
Overview
Manus is an autonomous AI agent that takes a request and produces finished work such as slides, websites, research reports, images and videos. The current lineup is Free, Pro (from $20/month for 4,000 credits, or from $40/month for 8,000 credits) and Team (from $20 per seat/month), with a 17% discount for annual billing.
Strengths and limits
- One agent covers many outputs: slides, websites and web apps, images, video, music and Wide Research
- Pro plans allow 20 concurrent tasks and 20 scheduled automations
- Team plan adds SSO, data-training opt-out, usage analytics and shared slide templates
- Web, mobile and desktop apps, plus Slack integration and an API
- Credit-based usage; complex tasks can consume many credits and monthly credits are capped by plan
- Free plan is limited to Lite in Agent Mode, one concurrent task and two automations
- Ownership changed during 2026 (Meta acquisition later unwound), so terms and data policies may shift
What the free plan includes
Free plan with Chat Mode and Manus 2.0 Lite in Agent Mode, 300 daily refresh credits, 1 concurrent task and 2 scheduled automations.