Hyperagent vs Manus

Hyperagent

Hyperagent is a credible, well-funded entry in the autonomous-agent space, backed by Airtable's engineering team and covered independently by outlets beyond its own marketing. What's missing here is firsthand verification — its site blocked every automated fetch attempt, so treat feature and pricing details as reported by others rather than confirmed on the page ourselves.

Pros

• +Built by Airtable's own team with real engineering and funding behind it
• +Persistent memory and reusable 'skills' across sessions, not just single conversations
• +Native web browsing and code execution per agent, plus integrations with Slack, Gmail, GitHub, and Notion
• +Independently covered by a major tech outlet and multiple product write-ups, not just vendor claims

Cons

• −Vendor site returned a blocked-request error on every automated fetch, so nothing could be verified firsthand
• −Usage-based credit pricing makes costs harder to predict than a flat subscription
• −Replaced an earlier product (Superagent) within the same year, so the current name has a short track record

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 Hyperagent cheaper than Manus?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Hyperagent starts at $6/request, Manus at $20/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Hyperagent or Manus have a free tier?

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

Which has a public API, Hyperagent or Manus?

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