# Manus

A general-purpose agent that takes a goal and works through long multi-step tasks on its own.

HTML: https://softbests.com/software/manus
Markdown: https://softbests.com/software/manus.md
Website: https://manus.im

- Category: [Agent infrastructure](https://softbests.com/category/agent-tools)
- Pricing: Freemium
- Platforms: Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android

## Best for

People who want research, slides, reports or a small site produced while they do something else.

## Why it deserves attention

Manus works asynchronously: you give it a goal, it plans, browses, writes files, runs code and assembles the deliverable in its own sandbox, then hands back a result you can review and ask it to revise. It covers research reports, slide decks, websites, design, images, music and video, with a wide-research mode that fans out across many sources, plus Slack integration and API access for teams. It ships as a web app with desktop and mobile clients, and the free tier gives a small credit allowance before paid plans. The trade-offs: work happens in Manus's cloud rather than on your machine, credit consumption is hard to predict for big jobs, and output always needs checking before you send it to anyone.

## Can replace

- ChatGPT Agent

## Related and alternatives

- [Browser Use](https://softbests.com/software/browser-use)
- [Composio](https://softbests.com/software/composio)