Floatboat vs Manus

Floatboat

Using the calendar as the agent's runtime is a genuinely different framing, and pairing it with a native desktop app that keeps files on your own machine avoids the usual upload tax. The MCP tool surface is wide. The cost is opacity: everything runs on credits whose burn rate is not published, and the entry price only holds if you pay a year in advance.

Pros

• +Native Mac and Windows builds plus an iOS companion, not just a browser tab
• +Roughly 3,500 tool connections via MCP, including a browser the agent drives
• +Files stay local with unlimited storage instead of being uploaded to the vendor
• +Reachable from Telegram and Feishu, so tasks can be started from chat

Cons

• −Credit consumption per task is not published, so monthly cost is hard to predict
• −The advertised entry price requires $199 paid a year in advance
• −The lower tier is restricted to DeepSeek models and a standard processing lane

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 Floatboat cheaper than Manus?

On published entry prices, Floatboat starts lower — $16.58/mo against $20/mo for Manus. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Floatboat or Manus have a free tier?

Both: Floatboat has a free tier, and Manus has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Floatboat or Manus?

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