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Stay free if you only need limited daily credits and basic autonomous tasks. Upgrade if you need extended task runtime for multi-hour jobs and premium model access (frontier llms). Most solo builders can start free.
Why it matters: Closed product — no API, no self-hosting, limited enterprise controls
Available from: Plus
Why it matters: Credit-based limits kick in fast on the free tier
Available from: Plus
Why it matters: Not appropriate for authenticated tasks on sensitive accounts without extra auth layer
Available from: Plus
Why it matters: Occasional plan-loop failures on very long-horizon tasks
Available from: Plus
Manus keeps a persistent virtual computer alive for the whole task — browser sessions, files, running processes — and orchestrates specialized sub-agents behind the scenes. That is meaningfully more autonomous than a chatbot that fires a tool and clears state between turns.
You get a live desktop view and can intervene mid-task, but the planner is not exposed as an editable graph or config. If you need programmatic control over the plan, use a framework like CrewAI, LangGraph, or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
Each task consumes credits based on LLM tokens, browser minutes, and compute — heavier or longer tasks cost more. Free tier is enough to evaluate; expect $19–$39/mo to be the right zone for a serious user, more for teams.
Yes — Manus is an MCP client, so any MCP server (Notion, Linear, your internal API) plugs in through the standard protocol rather than a bespoke plugin system.
Not on consumer tiers. For regulated workloads you need the enterprise plan with SSO, audit logs, and negotiated data-handling terms — evaluate carefully and probably keep sensitive data out of consumer credits.
Start with the free plan — upgrade when you need more.
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Last verified March 2026