“Less structure, more intelligence.”
Manus is an autonomous AI agent that not only responds, but also plans tasks, executes them, and delivers finished work results.
Officially, Manus describes itself as a “virtual colleague with its own computer” with a sandbox, internet access, a persistent file system, and the ability to install software, operate websites, analyze data, create slides, and run workflows. The product covers a web app, website builder, browser automation, email/Slack integration, data sources, and API.Manus
Less structure, more intelligence
Automation, Data Analysis, AI Agents, Programming, Research, Website Creation
Additionally, the Help Center states: daily free credits must be claimed, are valid only for that day, and Free users have a monthly Daily Credit usage limit of 1,500 credits. Subscription Pro 20 USD/month: from 4,000 credits/month, Chat Mode, Manus 1.6 Max/1.6/1.6 Lite in Agent Mode, Advanced Research, Professional Website Deployment, Slide Generation, Wide Research, 20 Concurrent Tasks, 20 Scheduled Tasks, beta features; 17% discount with annual billing.
Pro 40 USD/month: from 8,000 credits/month, same feature class, according to the Help Center with a 7-day trial; also 17% annual discount. Team from 20 USD/seat/month: includes Pro features plus SSO, Data Training Opt-Out, Team Usage Analytics, Internal Access Control, Shared Slide Templates. Other Credit add-ons are officially available; according to the docs, they can be purchased additionally and “never expire,” but according to the Help Center they can only be used with an active paid plan and become inactive on a free/expired subscription. WebDev/Website Builder has a separate usage-based pricing model; according to the docs, each Manus account tier includes free monthly allowances of Cloud $10, AI $1, API $1. The API is officially available, but I could not verify a reliable public API pricing sheet in the accessible official sources.
Positive
The following can be found: a privacy policy, a security page with information on SOC 2 Type 1, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001:2022, and ISO 27701:2019, as well as a note stating that customer data is deleted upon leaving the service. There is also a statement indicating that only aggregated or anonymized information is used to improve the services.
Negative
On the negative side, the website does not specify any concrete EU/EEA server locations, does not guarantee EU data residency, no publicly available DPA is mentioned, no list of subprocessors can be found, and no on-premises or self-hosting option for Manus itself is described. Furthermore, an explicit contractual opt-out from general AI training is not clearly stated on the website.
Server Location
Not specified on the website. Although cloud infrastructure, cloud browser, and hosting are mentioned, no specific countries, regions, or data centers within the EU/EEA are named.