AI agent workspace ('Super Agent') for research, slides, sheets, calls and content generation.
Manus
AI Chat & General AssistantsManus is an autonomous AI agent that plans a task, works through it in its own cloud computer and returns finished output such as reports, slides, spreadsheets or deployed websites. It offers a quick chat mode, an agent mode and Wide Research, which runs many sub-agents in parallel. Usage is billed in credits, with a daily free allowance.
Pricing
Manus pricing
Free plan: yes (daily credits); paid from ~$19-20/mo (Basic/Plus/Pro tiers, credit-based)
Last checked September 2026 · Confirm on manus.im
Features
What Manus does
- Agent mode that browses, writes code and uses tools in a cloud sandbox
- Wide Research running many sub-agents in parallel
- Generates slide decks, documents and spreadsheets
- Builds and deploys websites and full-stack web apps
- Desktop app that can work with files on your computer
- Scheduled tasks and connectors such as Gmail and Google Calendar
Pros
- Handles long tasks with little supervision
- Shows its step-by-step progress so you can follow and intervene
- Can deliver deployed websites, not just code
- Free daily credits for trying it out
Cons
- Credit consumption is hard to predict for complex tasks
- Tasks can run long and occasionally fail partway through
- Not built for quick back-and-forth chat compared with mainstream chatbots
- Corporate ownership has shifted during 2026, which may concern some buyers
Fit
Who Manus is for
Look elsewhere if: People who want fast conversational answers, voice chat or predictable flat-rate pricing are better served by a standard chatbot.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Team and Enterprise plans; SSO via WorkOS is free at 30+ seats, otherwise a flat add-on fee.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
- Team plan (add-on)
- SCIM user provisioning
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- SOC 2
- Type II
- ISO 27001
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- HIPAA (BAA available)
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- GDPR DPA
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- Data residency options
- —
- No training on your data
- Yes
- Audit logs
- —
- Admin controls
- Yes
- Deployment
- Cloud
From the vendor's own security documentation (trust center). "—" = not confirmed. Verify during your security review. Compare all tools.
| Chat Assistants feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| Web search with sources | Yes |
| Image generation | Yes |
| Voice conversations | No |
| File & PDF analysis | Yes |
| Custom assistants / GPTs | No |
| Runs code / data analysis | Yes |
| Deep research mode | Yes |
| Mobile apps | Yes |
| Developer API | Yes |
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