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Manus
General-purpose autonomous agent that runs multi-step tasks
Part of this entry was LLM-drafted and is being polished.
Manus is a general-purpose autonomous agent from Singapore-based Butterfly Effect — give it a goal, it plans, browses, codes, and produces a final artifact (slides, spreadsheet, app, report). Caused major Chinese-sphere buzz in early 2025 and is still iterating fast.
Editor's verdict
Best when you have an underspecified goal and want one tool to do everything (research + slides + spreadsheet). Output quality is variable — sometimes magical, sometimes wildly off. Use it for kickoff / first drafts, refine in dedicated tools (Gamma for slides, Claude for writing). Pricing escalates fast; the $39 tier runs out quickly on heavy days.
Use cases
- multi-step task automation
- research with output artifacts
- asynchronous agent runs
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Last updated: 2026-04-29