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ToolGPAOctober 2026

Manus

The Insider’s Guide

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

Manus, as pictured on manus.im

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI agents, read from Manus’s own pages.

Made by Manus AI (Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd.) · checked Oct 5, 2026 · toolgpa.com

3.2GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02Insider tipsWhat most people miss: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches
  3. 03What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  4. 04What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  5. 05Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  6. 06After you payGetting your money back, getting out, and getting help
  7. 07The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  8. 08Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  9. 09About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from Manus’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Manus’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 5, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

3.2

GPA, above 49 of the 51 other AI agents we grade

Manus is a general-purpose AI agent that takes a goal and works through it on its own, returning finished output such as research reports, slide decks, websites, images and video. It runs in the browser, in desktop apps for macOS and Windows, and on iOS and Android, and a Chrome extension lets it act inside your own logged-in browser tabs. Usage is metered in credits: the free plan has a daily allowance, and the paid Pro and Team plans add monthly credits.

To get you started, here are 10 things to know about Manus, taken from its own pages and our grades.

The part you'll have to learn is the credits.
From our grade for ease of use
  1. 1

    Best for handing over a goal and getting finished work back

    It all runs on credits: unused monthly credits are gone at the end of the cycle, and Free allows one task at a time on the Lite model only.

  2. 2

    Paid plans start at $20 a month

    As its pricing page puts it: $20 per month, billed monthly (Pro with 4,000 credits).

  3. 3

    There is a 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.

  4. 4

    It runs on 5 platforms

    Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android, with a browser extension too.

  5. 5

    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.

  6. 6

    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.

  7. 7

    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.

  8. 8

    Refunds: no set window

    There is no money-back window here. Manus's terms say every payment for a subscription, credits or paid features is final and non-refundable, and that a partial refund is only ever considered in exceptional circumstances at the company's discretion.

  9. 9

    A 3.2 GPA, above 49 of 51

    That is against the other AI agents we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  10. 10

    Keep it

    To replace Manus you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.

Manus at a glance

Pricing
Free plan, from $20 per month, billed monthly (Pro with 4,000 credits)
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
7-day free trial on the $40 per month Pro tier, according to Manus's help center
Runs on
Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Browser extension
Made by
Manus AI (Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd.)
Category
AI Agents
Our grade
3.2 GPA, very good
Store rating
4.7 on the App Store, 38,657 ratings

The report card

Best for handing over a goal and getting finished work back

Manus is an agent you hand a whole job to, such as a research report, a slide deck or a small website, and it works through it in its own cloud computer. It all runs on credits: unused monthly credits are gone at the end of the cycle, and Free allows one task at a time on the Lite model only. Pro starts at $20 a month for 4,000 credits, the help center prices only two of its three tiers, and there's no Linux app.

ToolGPA report cardManusGraded Oct 10, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyCPro starts at $20 a month for 4,000 credits, which is mid-table for this category, and $40 buys 8,000. Paying yearly takes 17% off. Unused monthly credits don't roll over, so a quiet month is money gone.
Free plan and trialCFree refreshes 300 credits a day, up to 1,500 a month, which sounds fine until the rest: one task at a time, 2 scheduled tasks, and only the Manus 2.0 Lite model does agent work. The $40 Pro tier has a 7-day trial.
FeaturesATwo things the other agents here don't offer: Wide Research splits one job across many agents at once, and Browser Operator works inside your own logged-in browser tabs. On top of that, tasks run in a cloud computer that browses, handles files and runs code, and it builds full-stack web apps with a login.
Ease of useA4.7 from about 38,700 App Store ratings. You type a goal and it gets on with it. The part you'll have to learn is the credits.
Platforms and integrationsAWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and a Chrome extension, with connectors for Gmail, Notion, Slack, Google Calendar and GitHub and a public API. No Linux app is listed.
Grade point averageVery good, out of 4.03.2

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who Manus is for

  • 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

Who it is not for

  • 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

Good to know

Good for

  • Handing off multi-step research and getting a finished report back
  • Producing slide decks, websites and simple web apps from a prompt
  • Teams that want pooled credits and usage analytics

Worth knowing

  • 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.

Part 02 · Tips

Insider tips

What most people miss: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches

7

Things most people miss, each from its own help pages

The things about Manus that are easy to miss until they cost you: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches at renewal or when you leave. Each one is from Manus’s own pages, linked beside it.

Read on Oct 17, 2026. Read from Manus's help centre (credits, cancelling, upgrades, refunds, Mail Manus, task privacy) and its Cloud Browser docs on 17 October 2026. Not tried out: these tips are what its own pages say.

  1. 1

    Renewal

    Cancel the Pro trial before it charges, or that month is paid

    Its help page on cancelling says a trial you cancel before the charge costs nothing. Cancel after the charge and there's no refund, it just won't renew. So if you're only having a look, put a reminder in for day six.

    help.manus.im
  2. 2

    Leaving

    Extra credits you bought switch off when your paid plan does

    Add-on credits carry over month to month, but only while you're paying. Drop to Free or let the plan lapse and they go inactive. They come back if you subscribe again. Monthly credits that already reset to zero don't.

    help.manus.im
  3. 3

    Pay less

    Upgrading mid-month only costs you the days that are left

    Its upgrade article does the sum: move from the $20 Pro to the $40 one halfway through a month on the web and you pay $10 and get 2,000 more credits. Downgrades wait until your next renewal. Make any change where you first paid, as it won't switch across platforms.

    help.manus.im
  4. 4

    Pay less

    Ask for your credits back when a task breaks on Manus's side

    Its refund policy gives back all the credits when a review finds a bug, a tool misfiring or a task that stopped with nothing delivered. It isn't automatic: you send a request with that task's link. A vague prompt or a result you didn't like doesn't count.

    help.manus.im
  5. 5

    Privacy

    Log Manus out of the sites you signed in to in its browser

    Sign in to an account inside its Cloud Browser and Manus can keep using that session in later tasks. Its docs put the list under Settings, Cloud Browser, Logged-in Accounts, where you can log out of one site or clear every session.

    manus.im
  6. 6

    Easy to miss

    Forward an email to Manus and it turns into a task

    Under Settings, Mail Manus, you approve up to 10 addresses you send from and get your own Manus address. Workflow Emails each carry standing instructions, say, turn whatever arrives into slides. Free accounts get 3 of those, paid plans 30.

    help.manus.im
  7. 7

    Privacy

    On a Team plan, the owner can read every step of your tasks

    Its help page says a Team Owner can see all members' session data, task steps and content included, and can export it. Admins see less. Personal tasks are private by default, so keep anything private in your own account.

    help.manus.im

Part 03 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$20

A month to start. There is a free plan too

Manus has a free plan. Paid plans start at $20 per month, billed monthly (Pro with 4,000 credits).

Unused monthly credits don't roll over, so a quiet month is money gone.
From our grade for value for money

  • 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.

  • Pro

    From $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.

  • Team

    From $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.

The 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.

Trying it first

7-day free trial on the $40 per month Pro tier, according to Manus's help center

Read from help.manus.im on Oct 5, 2026.

Ways to pay less

  • 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.

    Stated on manus.im

  • 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.

    Stated on manus.im

What the app costs elsewhere

Each country’s App Store price for “Manus Pro”, against $39.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.

CountryPrice thereIn dollarsAgainst the US
IndonesiaRp 349ribu$19.5251% less
Philippines₱ 1,290.00$20.5349% less
India₹ 1,999$20.6748% less
Canada$49.99$35.1412% less
Mexico$899.00$49.4024% more
BrazilR$ 249,90$49.9325% more
Germany44,99 €$50.4226% more
United Kingdom£39.99$52.8732% more

Part 04 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

6

Places it runs: Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and Browser extension

General AI agent for research, slides, websites and browser tasks. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI agents, app builder, research, presentations.

On top of that, tasks run in a cloud computer that browses, handles files and runs code, and it builds full-stack web apps with a login.
From our grade for features
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.

Where it runs

  • Web
  • macOS
  • Windows
  • iOS
  • Android
  • Browser extension

What it works with

  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • Notion
  • Slack
  • GitHub
  • Stripe
  • HubSpot

Who makes Manus

Manus is made by Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd., a Singapore company whose founders started it in China. It earns money from Pro and Team subscriptions that come with monthly credits for its AI agent, alongside a free plan. Meta bought it in December 2025, and the deal was unwound in 2026 on China's order.

Founded
2022techcrunch.com
Based
Singaporemanus.im
Ownership
Privately held. Privately held: Manus says it resumed independent operations on 1 September 2026, after China ordered Meta's December 2025 acquisition withdrawn. TechCrunch names Tencent, HSG and ZhenFund as existing shareholders.manus.im
Funding
Butterfly Effect raised more than $500 million in October 2026, led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital with Tencent, HSG and ZhenFund taking part, TechCrunch reported from its WeChat post; it gave no valuation. Bloomberg reported a $75 million round led by Benchmark in April 2025. Meta's purchase, reported at $2 billion, was unwound.techcrunch.comtechcrunch.comtechcrunch.commanus.im
Founders and leaders
Hiring
22 open roles across 4 teams: 10 in product, 7 in engineering, 3 in operations and 2 in partnerships, including a few internshipscareers.manus.im
Lately
Follow

Read on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports. What is not stated there is left out.

Part 05 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

49/51

Other AI agents it is graded above

Manus's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 49 of the 51 other AI agents we grade, and level with 2.

It stands best on ease of use (A, above 49 of 51) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 9).

Its paid plans start at $20 a month, against a middle price of $21.25 for the category: 15 of the 44 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 4.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 52 AI agents we grade, cut by the letter each got. Manus’s own letter is outlined.

  • CValue for moneyAbove 14 of 51
  • CFree plan and trialAbove 9 of 51
  • AFeaturesAbove 47 of 51
  • AEase of useAbove 49 of 51
  • APlatforms and integrationsAbove 43 of 51

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 49 AI agents. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Manus is the marked dot.

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$5$10$20$50$100$200More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessManusGensparkLobeHubOpenClawViktor

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Keep it

To replace Manus you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.

It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.2 is higher than 49 of the 51 other AI agents we grade. It costs $240 a year.

What you could not

  • An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
  • A library of papers and sources to search.
  • A tool that builds and hosts other apps.
  • A slide editor.
  • Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
  • It plugs into other products, Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Drive among them, and has an API.
  • The depth: we grade its features A, which means it covers the whole job.

What this rests on. Manus’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.

Part 06 · Refunds

After you pay

Getting your money back, getting out, and getting help

CRefunds
CSupport

What happens once you have paid: whether you can get your money back, how to leave, and how to reach a person when something goes wrong. Each is graded from Manus’s own terms and help pages.

Refunds and cancelling

CGrade

Ordinary · checked Oct 18, 2026

There is no money-back window here. Manus's terms say every payment for a subscription, credits or paid features is final and non-refundable, and that a partial refund is only ever considered in exceptional circumstances at the company's discretion. What saves it from worse is that you cancel yourself from the account page and keep the plan until the period you paid for runs out. Ordinary for subscription software, so a C.

Refund window
No set window
How you cancel
Yourself, in settings
Getting your money back

The terms say that except where the law requires it, all payments for subscriptions, credits and other paid features are final and non-refundable, because once access has been granted Manus treats its side as performed. It may consider a partial refund in exceptional circumstances at its sole discretion, worked out on unused credits and excluding discounts and tax, and reserves the right to refuse one.

Stated on manus.im
How to cancel Manus

A subscription bought through Stripe is cancelled inside Manus: open your profile avatar, go to Account, then Upgrade or Manage, and choose Downgrade to Free. Subscriptions bought through the App Store or Google Play are cancelled in that store, and the help page notes that uninstalling the app does not cancel anything. The terms instead say you can cancel a renewal by emailing the company.

  1. Open Manus and click your profile avatar in the top right corner
  2. Click Account, then open Upgrade or Manage
  3. Click Downgrade to Free in the bottom right corner
  4. Follow the prompts to finish cancelling the current subscription
Stated on help.manus.im
What you keep afterwards

Manus says membership benefits, including access to credits, end as soon as the subscription ends, and that unused monthly credits are reset to zero at the end of the cycle and cannot be reinstated. Add-on and event credits become inactive once the account falls back to Free, though they can be reactivated if you subscribe again. A separate help article covers deleting the account itself.

Stated on help.manus.im
Renewals

The terms say a subscription renews automatically at the end of each billing cycle for a period of the same length, at the fee current at that time, unless you opt out. The cancellation help page adds that cancelling after a billing attempt only stops future renewals and that the amount already charged is not refunded. No reminder before a renewal is mentioned.

Stated on manus.im

In your favour

  • You cancel it yourself from the account page rather than having to email anyone.
  • The plan runs to the end of the period you have already paid for.
  • Cancel during the seven-day Pro trial, before the first charge, and nothing is taken.
  • Add-on and event credits come back to life if you subscribe again later.

Watch out for

  • No refund window at all: the terms call every payment final and non-refundable.
  • A partial refund is at Manus's sole discretion, and it reserves the right to refuse one.
  • Unused monthly credits are reset to zero when the subscription ends and cannot be reinstated.
  • Renewals are charged at the fee current then, with no reminder promised before the charge.

Customer support

CGrade

Ordinary · checked Oct 18, 2026

A large, well-organised help centre in fourteen languages, and a chat button on every page of it. What you do not get is any idea of the wait: no page states support hours, and none states a reply target. Manus's own refund article describes giving your details to an AI chatbot after which the team makes contact, which is a ticket by another name. That is where most tools sit, so a C.

Ways to get help

  • Live chat

    The help centre's front page offers to start a chat with the support team. Manus's refund article describes the same route as giving your order number, account and reason to a Help Centre AI chatbot, after which the support team contacts you as soon as it can.

    Stated on help.manus.im

  • Help centre

    A help centre in fourteen languages with collections on billing, the account, logging in, plans and features, including 28 billing articles covering cancelling, refunds, invoices and what happens to credits.

    Stated on help.manus.im

Not listed on Manus’s pages: phone, email, contact form or ticket.

When people answer

Its pages do not say.

How fast it says it replies

Its pages do not say.

What depends on your plan

The help centre's front page offers the same chat and the same option to schedule a call with a Manus expert to anyone who visits, without naming a plan. The pricing article sets out what Free, Pro and Team buy and mentions no difference in support between them.

Stated on help.manus.im

In your favour

  • The help centre is large and well sorted, with 28 articles on billing alone.
  • It reads in fourteen languages, not just English.
  • Anyone can start a chat or book a call with a Manus expert from the help centre's front page.
  • The billing articles answer cancelling, refunds and credits directly rather than burying them.

Watch out for

  • No page states support hours, for any plan.
  • No page states a reply target: the refund article says only that the team will contact you as soon as possible.
  • The chat starts with an AI chatbot that collects your details before a person is involved.
  • There is no published email route or ticket form outside that chat.

What these two grades rest on. Read on 18 October 2026: Manus's terms of service, including its subscription, credit and refund policy sections, the help centre's billing collection and its articles on cancelling a subscription, requesting a membership refund, what happens to credits after cancelling, and current membership pricing, plus the help centre's front page. Nobody here cancelled a plan or contacted its support. They are graded apart from the five that make the GPA. How we grade refunds and support.

Part 07 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

Genspark, Flowith, Skywork, MiniMax Agent and Kortix

The 5 tools Manus is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

  • 3.2GPA

    Genspark

    Free plan · from $19.99/mo

    AI workspace with an agent for research, slides, sheets and docs.

    • Only Genspark lists a Linux app.
    • Manus also covers app builder.
    • Genspark also covers meeting notes, chat assistant, documents and spreadsheets.
    Manus and Genspark compared in full
  • 2.2GPA

    Flowith

    Free trial · from $17.91/mo

    Canvas-based AI workspace with a long-running agent called Neo.

    • Manus has a free plan. Flowith does not, though it has a free trial.
    • Only Manus lists macOS, Windows and Android apps.
    • Only Manus lists a browser extension.
    Manus and Flowith compared in full
  • 2.8GPA

    Skywork

    Free plan · from $19.99/mo

    AI workspace agent that produces slides, docs, sheets and websites.

    • Only Manus lists a macOS app.
    • Only Manus lists a browser extension.
    • Manus also covers app builder.
    Manus and Skywork compared in full
  • 2.4GPA

    MiniMax Agent

    Free plan · from $220/yr

    General-purpose AI agent for research, coding, websites and media.

    • Only Manus lists a browser extension.
    • MiniMax Agent also covers workflow automation.
    Manus and MiniMax Agent compared in full
  • 2.2GPA

    Kortix

    Free plan · from $40/mo

    Open-source platform for running AI agents from a git repo you own.

    • Only Manus lists iOS and Android apps.
    • Only Manus lists a browser extension.
    • Only Kortix lists a Linux app.
    Manus and Kortix compared in full

Part 08 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

19

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is Manus free?

Manus has a 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.

How much does Manus cost?

Manus lists 3 plans. Free: $0.

What platforms does Manus work on?

Manus is available on Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android. It also has a browser extension.

Does Manus offer any discounts?

Manus publicly lists the following: Save 17% with annual billing; Manus for Startups: 6 months of Team.

How is Manus rated?

Manus's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 out of 5 from 38,657 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 5, 2026.

Does Manus have a Linux app?

No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Manus is listed for Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.

Is Manus open source?

Manus is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.

Does Manus have an API?

Yes. Manus offers a public API, according to its own site.

What does Manus integrate with?

Manus's listing names Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Notion, Slack, GitHub, Stripe and HubSpot.

Does Manus have a free trial?

Yes. 7-day free trial on the $40 per month Pro tier, according to Manus's help center.

Who makes Manus?

Manus is made by Butterfly Effect. Privately held: Manus says it resumed independent operations on 1 September 2026, after China ordered Meta's December 2025 acquisition withdrawn.

What are the alternatives to Manus?

The closest alternatives to Manus in our directory are Genspark, Flowith, Skywork, MiniMax Agent and Kortix.

Does Manus give refunds?

The terms say that except where the law requires it, all payments for subscriptions, credits and other paid features are final and non-refundable, because once access has been granted Manus treats its side as performed.

How do I cancel Manus?

A subscription bought through Stripe is cancelled inside Manus: open your profile avatar, go to Account, then Upgrade or Manage, and choose Downgrade to Free.

What happens to my data if I cancel Manus?

Manus says membership benefits, including access to credits, end as soon as the subscription ends, and that unused monthly credits are reset to zero at the end of the cycle and cannot be reinstated.

How do I contact Manus support?

Manus's pages list these ways to get help: live chat and help centre. No phone, email or contact form or ticket was listed, as read on Oct 18, 2026.

How does Manus compare with other AI agents?

Manus's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 49 of the 51 other AI agents we grade, and level with 2.

Is Manus good value for money?

ToolGPA grades Manus C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $20 a month, against a middle price of $21.25 for the category: 15 of the 44 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of Manus?

To replace Manus you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Manus’s own pages on Oct 5, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Manus's own pages on 5 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-03-09.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Manus AI (Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd.). Prices change, so check manus.im before you buy.

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About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

3,189

Tools graded, in 94 categories

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

  • 3,189

    tools graded

  • 94

    categories

  • 426

    price changes on record

  • 579

    apps priced in 12 countries

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Prices and grades as they are today

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Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Manus’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Manus is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Manus AI (Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd.). Prices and plans change: check manus.im before you buy.