Kuse vs Manus (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Kuse if

• Fits if you turn piles of project files into slides and reports
• Works for small teams, since the team plan has no per-seat price

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: a one-time 1,800 credits, with no stated refill
• Skip it if you use an Intel Mac, as the Mac app is Apple Silicon only, macOS 14 or later
• Watch out: the pricing page named no plan tiers and showed Malaysian ringgit in one render
• Watch out: team pricing starts at $200 a month, and the Advanced Team plan is $500
• Watch out: both desktop apps are in beta

Pick Manus if

• Fits if you want to hand over a research job and get a finished report back
• Works for teams that want one shared pot of credits and a view of who used what

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're staying free, with one task at a time, 2 scheduled tasks and only the Lite model for agent work
• Skip it if metered plans annoy you, because unused monthly credits don't roll over
• Not for you if you want a desktop app on Linux or an Intel Mac, as only Apple Silicon and Windows downloads are listed
• Watch out: the pricing page lists a 40,000-credit Pro tier, but the help center states prices only for the first two
• Pricey if you need SSO on a small team, at a flat $150 below 30 seats

Kuse

• The pricing page names no plan tiers, only credit amounts, and does not say what a credit buys.
• The pricing page displayed Malaysian ringgit in one render; the US$ figures come from the page's US-dollar markup.
• The Mac app is for Apple Silicon only (macOS 14 or later) and both desktop apps are in beta.
• SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 are listed as in progress, not completed.

Manus

• Usage is metered in credits, and unused monthly credits do not roll over to the next cycle.
• Free accounts are limited to the Manus 2.0 Lite model in Agent Mode, 1 concurrent task and 1,500 daily-refresh credits a month.
• The pricing page lists Pro tiers of 4,000, 8,000 and 40,000 credits a month; the help center states prices only for the first two.
• The macOS desktop download is labeled for Apple Silicon, and no Linux app is listed.

Kuse

Deliverables from your files

Creates documents, spreadsheets and presentations from project materials, plus images and videos for reports, proposals and teaching.

Research and analysis

Plans scale from daily research topics to complex, multi-source and large-scale analysis.

Integrations

The homepage cites over 70 integrations, including Google Drive, Gmail, Notion, Slack, Google Sheets and Outlook.

Web and desktop apps

Works in a browser with no install; macOS and Windows desktop apps (beta) open local project folders you choose.

Team workspace

Team plans pool credits across members, with owner, admin and member roles and monthly credit limits per group or member.

Manus

Agent Mode

Tasks run in a cloud virtual machine that handles file operations, browser automation and code execution. Credits are consumed only while a task is actively processing.

Wide Research

Splits a large research job across many agents working in parallel and returns reports and datasets. The pricing page lists it among the paid Pro features.

Slides, websites and web apps

Generates slide decks from a prompt and builds full-stack web apps with a built-in database, backend and login, which can be deployed and connected to a custom domain.

Browser Operator

A Chrome extension that lets Manus work inside your own browser session, using your existing logins and open tabs once you grant it access.

Scheduled and concurrent tasks

Tasks can run on a schedule and side by side: 2 scheduled tasks and 1 concurrent task on the free plan, 20 of each on Pro.

Connectors and API

Connects to apps such as Gmail, Notion, Slack, Google Calendar and GitHub. A public API can create tasks, send follow-up messages and retrieve results.

Kuse

• 18,000 creditsUS$19.9

  per month, billed monthly

  Advanced AI models, in-depth research, unlimited files per chat and unlimited file upload capacity.

• 38,000 creditsUS$39.9

  per month, billed monthly

  Adds early access to beta features and longer task execution windows. Marked as recommended.

• 198,000 creditsUS$199.9

  per month, billed monthly

  Frontier AI models, higher sandbox session capacity and 24/7 dedicated customer support.

• Team$200

  per month and up, pooled credits

  Shared credits with no per-seat pricing; Pro Team starts at 180K credits, Advanced Team at $500 a month.

Manus

• Free$0

  300 daily refresh credits (1,500 a month at most), 1 concurrent task, 2 scheduled tasks, and only the Manus 2.0 Lite model in Agent Mode.

• ProFrom $20

  per month, billed monthly; 17% less when billed annually

  4,000 credits a month at $20 or 8,000 at $40, plus daily credits, 20 concurrent tasks, 20 scheduled tasks and all Manus 2.0 models.

• TeamFrom $20

  per seat / month, billed monthly; 17% less when billed annually

  Everything in Pro, plus a shared credit pool, usage analytics, access control and a training-data opt-out. SSO costs a flat $150 below 30 seats and is free from 30.

Kuse

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing saves 20%

  The pricing page's yearly toggle is labeled save 20%, and the team page says annual billing saves around 20%.

Manus

• Annual discount

  Save 17% with annual billing

  The pricing page's billing toggle shows a 17% saving when Pro is billed annually, and the help center lists the same discount for the Team plan.

• Startups

  Manus for Startups: 6 months of Team

  Eligible startups get 6 months of the Team plan for up to 20 seats, which Manus values at $4,800. Open applications are paused; new ones come through partner VC referrals.