Eigent AI vs Manus

Eigent AI

Eigent's emphasis on approval workflows and progress tracking directly answers the usual worry with autonomous agents — that they'll do the wrong thing unsupervised — by keeping a human checkpoint in the loop. Credit-based pricing means cost scales with how much you actually run agents, fair but harder to predict than a flat seat price, especially once you're past the free tier's bring-your-own-key option.

Pros

• +Approval workflows and progress tracking keep a human in the loop by default
• +Bring-your-own-key and local model support on the free tier
• +Cross-platform desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux
• +Named enterprise users (AWS, Booking.com, HSBC) cited on the vendor's own site, suggesting real production use

Cons

• −Credit-based pricing is harder to forecast than a flat monthly fee
• −Enterprise customer names are self-reported by the vendor and not independently confirmed here
• −Jump from Plus ($19.99) to Pro ($99.99) is steep with no mid-tier option

Manus

Manus is for delegating a whole task — research a market, build a small site, clean a dataset — and reading the result later, with a replayable trail of what the agent did. It is strongest on bounded, verifiable jobs and weakest when the task needs judgement calls mid-way, and the credit meter makes long multi-step runs expensive to repeat: a failed run costs the same as a good one.

Pros

• +Runs in its own cloud sandbox with browser, terminal and files, so nothing is installed locally
• +Step-by-step progress and session replay make the agent's work auditable
• +Published plans: Free with daily credits, Pro from $20, Team from $20 a seat with pooled credits
• +Bring-your-own API key is supported on Team for model access

Cons

• −Credits are consumed by run time and tool calls, so cost per finished task is hard to predict
• −The original Basic and Plus plans were folded into Pro, and the pricing page itself shows no figures without JavaScript
• −Operator is a Singapore entity with disputes under SIAC arbitration, which matters for enterprise procurement

Is Eigent AI cheaper than Manus?

On published entry prices, Eigent AI starts lower — $19.99/mo against $20/mo for Manus. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Eigent AI or Manus have a free tier?

Both: Eigent AI has a free tier, and Manus has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Eigent AI or Manus?

Manus ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Eigent AI is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.