Manus vs Meta Muse

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

Manus

General AI agent for research, slides, websites and browser tasks

Free plan · from $20/mo

Meta Muse

Meta's personal AI agent for everyday tasks, goals and purchases

Free plan · from $20/mo

Where they differ

Manus starts at $20 per month, billed monthly (Pro with 4,000 credits). Meta Muse starts at $20 per month (Power).
Only Manus lists a Windows app.
Only Manus lists a browser extension.
Manus also covers app builder and presentations.
Meta Muse also covers chat assistant and goals.

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	Manus	Meta Muse
Pricing	Free plan	Free plan
Starts at	$20 per month, billed monthly (Pro with 4,000 credits)	$20 per month (Power)
Free plan	300 refresh credits a day, capped at 1,500 a month, with 1 concurrent task, 2 scheduled tasks, Chat Mode and only the Manus 2.0 Lite model in Agent Mode.	Free with a usage limit. When you reach it you can wait for the limit to refresh or upgrade to a paid plan; Meta's help article does not give the size of the free allowance.
Free trial	7-day free trial on the $40 per month Pro tier, according to Manus's help center	None listed
Web
macOS
Windows
iOS
Android
Browser extension
Made by	Manus AI (Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd.)	Meta
Price read from	help.manus.im	meta.com
Checked	Oct 5, 2026	Oct 5, 2026

Manus

Meta Muse

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.

Meta Muse

Meta says Muse is rolling out in the US, and that Muse and its subscriptions are in limited testing and not available in all locations.
The size of the free allowance is not published in the help article; Power and Max are capped at 500M and 3B Muse tokens a week.
A Meta account is required, and subscribers must be 18 or the age of majority in their country.
The App Store lists the iOS app as iPhone only, requiring iOS 18 or later; the only desktop download offered is for macOS.

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.

Meta Muse

Muse Secure VM: Each user gets a persistent, isolated Linux computer in the cloud with a full browser, shared with the agent, and can step in at any point while a task runs.
Goals and background work: Given a goal, Muse builds an action plan, tracks progress and takes on tasks along the way. It keeps working after the app is closed and returns when it needs approval.
Connectors and self-built tools: Connects to email, calendar, Instagram and other apps, with the level of access set by the user. If a task needs a tool that does not exist, Muse builds one.
Approvals and audit trail: Asks before sensitive actions such as sending an email or making a purchase, with options to allow once, always allow or deny, and keeps a record of what it has done and plans to do.
Purchases through Link: Checks out with Link, built by Stripe, using a one-time card number so the merchant and the agent never see the real card. Eligible purchases carry Link's purchase protections.
Mobile, Mac, web and WhatsApp: Conversations work like messaging a person, in the mobile app, on muse.ai or directly in WhatsApp. The Mac app also works with local files, apps and browser tabs.

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.

Meta Muse

Free$0
Free use up to a usage limit that refreshes; the size of the allowance is not stated in Meta's help article.
Power$20
per month
A weekly allowance of 500M Muse tokens. Renews automatically each month until canceled.
Max$100
per month
A weekly allowance of 3B Muse tokens. Renews automatically each month until canceled.

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.

Meta Muse

No public discounts listed.