Manus
Canonical page on the main site: sinoaihub.com/agents/manus
Type
agent
Key facts
- Company: Butterfly Effect (Manus)
- Type: autonomous
- Capabilities: tool calling, computer use, memory, planning
- Open source: no (proprietary)
- Pricing: Subscription-based tiers (manus.im/pricing).
Company
Description
Manus is a general-purpose autonomous AI agent developed by Butterfly Effect, a company founded in China and based in Singapore (also known for Monica.im). Positioned as 'the action engine that goes beyond answers,' it executes tasks, automates workflows, and operates a browser; Manus 2.0 (2026) adds slides, website, game and video creation, a browser operator, Wide Research, Mail Manus and Slack integration, with an API at open.manus.ai.
Agent Type
autonomous
Tool Calling
Yes
Computer Use
Yes
Memory
Yes
Planning
Yes
Api
Yes
Pricing
Subscription-based with tiered plans (pricing at manus.im/pricing); a Team plan and Startup program are offered; API access is via open.manus.ai.
Deployment
cloud
Open Source
No
License
proprietary
Documentation
https://manus.im/docs
Use Cases
- Autonomous task execution across documents and websites
- Building slides, websites and simple games
- Browser-based automation via the Manus browser operator
- Deep research via Wide Research
- Email and Slack workflow automation
Limitations
- Underlying model orchestration is not documented on the official site (third-party sources describe Claude and Qwen routing)
- Subscription pricing tiers are rendered client-side and were not extracted from the pricing page
- Cloud-only; no self-hosted or open-source edition
- Builds no foundation models of its own — it is dependent on third-party model availability
Verification Status
verified
Last Verified
2026-09-30
Source history
No documented source-change events located as of 2026-09-30.
Sources
| evidence_id | source_name | source_url | source_type | published | verified | confidence | conflict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| src-agents-manus-1 | Manus official site | https://manus.im/ | Official | — | 2026-09-30 | high | — |
| src-agents-manus-2 | Manus pricing | https://manus.im/pricing | Official | — | 2026-09-30 | high | — |
| src-agents-manus-3 | Manus API documentation | https://open.manus.ai/docs | Official documentation | — | 2026-09-30 | high | — |
| src-agents-manus-4 | Manus (AI agent) — Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manus_(AI_agent) | Literature | — | 2026-09-30 | medium | — |