Manus

Manus is built around one prompt box that asks "What can I do for you?" You describe the outcome, and the agent does the work. Its tagline, "Less structure, more intelligence," sums up the approach: you don't pick a template or wire up steps. You hand Manus a task and it figures out the path. That same entry point produces slides, websites, games, video, designs, images and music. For tasks that live on the web, there's a Manus browser operator and a feature called My Browser, so the agent can act inside a browser instead of only writing text about it.

The mechanic goes further than a single chat turn. Wide Research is pitched as a dedicated research mode. Automations suggest you can set work to run without retyping prompts. Mail Manus and a Slack integration let you send tasks from tools you already have open. There's also an API, plus web, mobile and desktop apps, so the agent isn't tied to one tab. Version 2.0 is the current release, and the company openly positions itself against ChatGPT, Lovable and Replit with its own comparison pages.

The honest caveat is that the public site mostly lists features by name. You'll see what Manus says it can do, but there's little detail on how well each output type holds up or how the agent handles failures mid-task. Paid plans start at $39/mo, which puts it above a basic chatbot subscription. It earns that price if you actually hand off multi-step jobs. If you mostly need quick answers, you're paying for capacity you won't use. Business buyers get a Team plan with SSO, and a Startups program and Trust center are listed for teams that need more than a solo account.