Manus

Overview

Manus is a general-purpose AI agent. Instead of answering in chat, it plans and carries out a task in its own cloud environment and hands back a result: a research report, a website, a slide deck, a game or a video. Manus 2.0, announced in September 2026, added a new agent harness (Cascade), a Cloud Computer with Automations, Manus Studio for professional creation and Cue, an app for personal agents.

Main features

• Wide Research: splits large research jobs across many parallel sub-tasks.
• Create: slides, websites with hosting, games, video, AI design, image and music generation.
• Browser work: a browser operator and “My Browser” for tasks that need your logged-in sessions.
• Scheduling: up to 20 concurrent and 20 scheduled tasks on paid plans.
• Where it runs: web, desktop and mobile apps, a Slack integration, a team plan with SSO, and an API.

Pricing

• $20 per month: 4,000 credits a month plus 300 refresh credits every day.
• $40 per month: 8,000 credits a month (customizable tiers).
• $200 per month: 40,000 credits a month for heavy use. Annual billing saves 17%. Team and Enterprise plans are sold separately. Credits are used per task, and long research or build jobs use many more than short ones.

Who it is for

Analysts, marketers, founders and operators who want a finished deliverable — a report, a deck, a landing page — rather than a chat answer, and who are willing to review the agent’s work.

How to start

Give one task with a clear output format and source requirements, watch the first run to see how many credits it uses, then move repeating work to scheduled tasks.

Things to note

Check facts and links in research output before you rely on them. Be careful when letting the agent use logged-in browser sessions or connected accounts.

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