Manus

What is Manus?

Manus is a general AI agent that completes multi-step tasks for you. Its site calls it an action engine that goes beyond answers to execute tasks and automate workflows, and it currently promotes a release named Manus 2.0.

It works by planning and acting. You describe an outcome, such as a market report or a landing page, and Manus breaks it into steps, browses the web, writes and runs what is needed, then returns a finished file or site. Tasks are paid for with credits.

Key Features

Manus’s key features are Wide Research, slide, website and game building, design and media generation, a browser operator, Mail Manus, Slack and API access, and apps for web, mobile and desktop.

• Wide Research: Researches a topic across many sources and compiles the findings into one report, which suits market scans and competitor comparisons.
• Slides: Builds a full presentation from a written request, so the output is a deck you can edit, not an outline in chat.
• Websites and games: Builds working web pages from a description. The official site also lists “Create games”, marked as new.
• Design and media: Creates designs, images, video and music. The site lists an AI image generator, an AI music generator and a video editor.
• Browser operator: Carries out tasks in a browser for you, such as navigating sites and filling in forms, and is offered as a browser extension.
• Mail Manus: Starts a task from an email, which lets you hand work to the agent without opening the app.
• API and Slack: Connects the agent to your own workflows through a public API with developer documentation and a Slack integration.
• Team plan and SSO: Supports shared use in a company. The site lists a Team plan and single sign-on.

Pros

Manus’s main advantages are finished outputs such as reports, decks and sites, a broad scope in one agent, a free plan for testing, add-on credits that never expire, and access on web, mobile and desktop.

• Finished outputs: Delivers files and working sites, not only text answers, so a single request can end with a report, a slide deck or a page.
• Broad scope: Covers research, slides, websites, games, design, video and browser automation in one agent, which reduces switching between specialist tools.
• Free plan: Lets you test real tasks without paying. Third-party pricing guides report 300 credits refreshed each day on the Free plan.
• Add-on credits do not expire: Keeps purchased credit packs until you use them. The Manus documentation says add-on credits never expire.
• Many surfaces: Runs as a web app, mobile app, desktop app and browser extension, and accepts tasks by email and Slack.
• Developer and team options: Offers an API, a Team plan with a shared credit pool and SSO for companies that want central control.

Cons

Manus’s main drawbacks are credit costs that are hard to predict, monthly plan credits that reset, prices that the official documentation does not state in figures, the need to review long runs and its 2026 ownership upheaval.

• Credit costs are hard to predict: Charges by task complexity, as the Manus documentation states, so you cannot know the cost of a job before it runs. One third-party guide estimates 11 to 14 credits per active minute.
• Plan credits reset monthly: Does not carry unused plan credits forward. The documentation says plan credits reset each month.
• Prices are hard to confirm: Gives no figures in its plan documentation, and the pricing page did not render prices in our October 2026 check, so the $20, $40 and $200 tiers come from third-party guides.
• Results need review: Can go wrong during long autonomous runs, so check facts, figures and any action taken in a browser before you rely on the output.
• Ownership upheaval: Went through a blocked acquisition in 2026. Meta agreed to buy Manus in December 2025, China blocked the deal in April 2026, and the company resumed independent operations by early September 2026.
• Prices may shift: Has changed its plans several times, and guides disagree on details such as Team credits per seat, so confirm the current terms before paying.

Who is Using Manus?

• Analysts and consultants: Produce research reports and decks.
• Founders and marketers: Build pages and campaign material.
• Operations teams: Automate repetitive browser work.
• Developers: Call the agent through its API.

Pricing

Manus has a free plan, and paid plans are reported to start at $20 per month. The official pricing page did not load in October 2026, so these prices come from third-party guides.

Annual billing is reported to cost about 17% less.

Disclaimer: Pricing can change. Check the official Manus website.

What Makes Manus Unique?

Manus stands out for delivering finished work from a single request. Its recent history is unusual too. Meta agreed to acquire it in December 2025, Chinese regulators blocked the deal in April 2026, and by early September 2026 Manus had resumed independent operations under its founders.

Compatibilities and Integrations

• Platforms: Web app, mobile app, desktop software and browser extension.
• Workflows: Slack and email.
• Developers: API access.
• Other connectors: News reports mention Gmail, GitHub, Shopify and Similarweb.

Manus Tutorials

You can start with Manus in a few minutes:

1. Sign up at manus.im.
2. Describe one task with a clear end result.
3. Watch the agent plan and work, and correct it if needed.
4. Download the output and check facts and figures.

How We Rated It

Summary

Manus is one of the most capable general agents for research, slides and simple sites. Start on the free plan to see real credit usage. Given the ownership changes in 2026, read the current terms and privacy policy before uploading sensitive work.