Manus is an autonomous general AI agent and assistant that runs complete workflows for you, turning a plain-language goal into a finished deliverable. Built by Monica Technology, it plans, browses, writes code, and returns research reports, slide decks, or small web apps without step-by-step hand-holding. Independent tests completed a 12-source competitive report in about 22 minutes, work that would take a human analyst several hours.
Core Features
- Goal-driven execution: submit an objective and Manus breaks it into steps, runs them in a cloud sandbox, and delivers the output.
- Wide Research: aggregates and cross-references dozens of sources into a cited report.
- App and deck building: produces simple websites, presentations, and spreadsheets from a brief.
- Credit-based, not per-seat: you pay for compute consumed, with up to 20 concurrent tasks on paid plans.
- Channels: web, desktop, mobile, plus Slack and email triggers for scheduled jobs.
Use Cases
- Analysts who need multi-source competitive research turned into a shareable report.
- Solo founders prototyping a landing page or internal tool from one prompt.
- Teams running recurring monitoring or data-gathering jobs unattended.
Pricing
Manus is freemium. The Free plan grants 300 daily refresh credits plus a one-time 1,000-credit starter pack and one concurrent task. Paid tiers run $20 per month for 4,000 credits, $40 per month for 8,000, and $200 per month for 40,000, all with up to 20 concurrent runs. A Team plan starts at $20 per seat per month.
Our Take
Best for knowledge workers who want whole jobs done, not chat replies. Trade-off: credits do not roll over and complex runs can surprise you on cost, so treat the free tier as a real evaluator. See related productivity tools.
