General AI assistants
Manus
Short answer
General AI agent with product pages for AI design, slides, web apps, image and music generation, a browser app, a Team plan and an open API. Pricing details were not readable. Free plan not verified. Paid price not verified in US dollars.
Our verdict on Manus
Manus is an agent that can build and publish slides and web pages from a request, though its cost was not verifiable.
- Best for
- Founders delegating slides, web apps and images to an AI agent
- Not for
- Buyers who need to compare prices before trying it
Pros
- One-click publishing and hosting are available for web output.
- An open API, integrations and a Team plan with SSO are listed.
Cons
- Its agent-style chat gives less direct layout control than a canvas editor.
- Pricing details could not be read from official pages.
Based on the vendor's own pages, not hands-on testing.
What is Manus?
General AI agent with product pages for AI design, slides, web apps, image and music generation, a browser app, a Team plan and an open API. Pricing details were not readable.
The vendor describes it as: Less structure, more intelligence.
- Vendor
- Manus AI
- Works through
- Web
- Built for
- Founders, Developers, Students, Small business, Marketers
How much does Manus cost?
Not verified: free plan, cheapest paid plan, free trial, credit-based usage, enterprise plan.
Prices are in US dollars, as shown on the vendor's own page on November 1, 2026. Vendors change them often, so confirm on the pricing page before you buy.
What does Manus make, and from what?
- Output
- Presentation, Web page, Image, Document
- Starting points
- Text prompt, Image reference, Document upload
- Way of working
- Chat-first
What features does Manus have?
5 of 23 tracked features have a verified answer from an official page. The rest are folded under Not verified.
Creating
- Refine the result by chattingYes
Working with others and other tools
- Integrations or pluginsYes
- API accessYes
- Mobile appYes
Shipping the result
- One-click publish or hostingYes
Not verified (18)
We could not read these from an official page. That is neither a yes nor a no.
- Visual editor for the output
- Multi-page output
- Responsive output
- Brand kit or design system
- Template library
- Start from an image or screenshot
- Start from a URL
- Clickable prototypes
- Train a custom style or model
- Real-time collaboration
- Version history
- MCP server
- Import from Figma
- Export to Figma
- Export code
- Custom domain
- Backend and database
- Built-in sign-in or payments
What can you export from Manus?
No export formats could be verified from an official page.
Who owns the output and what happens to your content?
| Single sign-on | Yes |
|---|---|
| Open source | No |
Not verified: Commercial use of output, Trains on your content, SOC 2 stated, GDPR stated, Self-hostable.
Read the vendor's terms and privacy policy before uploading client or confidential work.
What are the alternatives to Manus?
Other tools in General AI assistants, chosen for overlapping output and audience. The order is alphabetical among close matches, not a ranking.
OpenAI
ChatGPT
OpenAI's general assistant with canvas editing for documents and code, image generation and editing, and Codex coding across Free, Go, Plus, Pro and business plans; API-key usage billed at API rates.
- From $8/mo
- Free plan
Partly verified
Anthropic
Claude (Artifacts)
Anthropic chat assistant whose Artifacts, Claude Design, Slides and Docs features produce files and interactive outputs in conversation. Free, Pro, Max and Ultra consumer plans; Team and Enterprise for organizations.
- From $20/mo
- Free plan
Official pages read
AI agent platform for slides, sheets, media and web tasks. Official pages returned HTTP 403, so no vendor-sourced details were verified.
- Price not verified
Little verified
Google
Google Gemini (Canvas)
Google assistant with Canvas, image creation and editing, Deep Research and video generation on paid tiers. Free, AI Plus, AI Pro and AI Ultra consumer plans scale usage limits and Flow credits.
- From $4.99/mo
- Free plan
Official pages read
How they differ from Manus
- ChatGPTHas a verified free plan; none is verified for Manus. Also makes component codeCompare Manus with ChatGPT
- Claude (Artifacts)Has a verified free plan; none is verified for Manus. Also makes component codeCompare Manus with Claude (Artifacts)
- GensparkSuits users exploring agent-built slides, sheets and media from a promptCompare Manus with Genspark
- Google Gemini (Canvas)Has a verified free plan; none is verified for Manus. Also makes videoCompare Manus with Google Gemini (Canvas)
How was this checked?
Verification level: Partly verified. 5 of 23 tracked features have a verified answer. Last checked November 3, 2026. We have not tested Manus hands-on. See the methodology.
- manus.im (read November 1, 2026)
- manus.im (read November 2, 2026)
- manus.im (read November 3, 2026)
- manus.im (read November 3, 2026)
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