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Loopa vs Manus

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan
Loopa — $17/mo vs $20/mo for Manus
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Manus has one; not confirmed by us for Loopa
Higher Trust score
Manus — 79 vs 61 for Loopa
Best fit
Loopa: one-off deliverables like decks, briefs or small sites · Manus: Knowledge workers who want a report, deck or small site produced end to end from a brief

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

LoopaGeneral-purpose agent that plans and runs multi-step tasks, returning slides, docs, sites or research.ManusAutonomous agent that runs tasks in its own sandbox

Side by side

FactLoopaManus
CategoryAI Agents & Autonomous WorkersAI Agents & Autonomous Workers
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$17/mo$20/mo
Public APINot confirmedYes
Trust score61 / 10079 / 100
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, API
Company—Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd.
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Loopa

Loopa is priced like a consumer subscription for something that behaves like an agent workbench: daily free credits, a cheap Pro tier, and output in the file formats people actually send. Multi-model routing and user-written skills give it more room than a single-model assistant. Against that: no company name, no API, and credits you cannot easily forecast.

Pros

  • Returns finished files: PPTX, PDF, DOCX, XLSX and HTML
  • Routes across Claude, GPT, Gemini, Qwen and DeepSeek
  • Telegram, Discord and email triggers
  • 600 free credits a day without paying

Cons

  • No legal entity or country disclosed anywhere on the site
  • No public API
  • Credits, not tasks, are the unit — cost per job is unpredictable

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

Which one fits

Choose Loopa if you need

  • one-off deliverables like decks, briefs or small sites
  • people who want scheduled, recurring agent runs
  • cheap experimentation across several model families

Choose Manus if you need

  • Knowledge workers who want a report, deck or small site produced end to end from a brief
  • Teams that want pooled credits and shared workspaces on a per-seat plan
  • Trying autonomous agents without setting up a sandbox yourself

Loopa vs Manus: the questions people ask

Is Loopa cheaper than Manus?

On published entry prices, Loopa starts lower — $17/mo against $20/mo for Manus. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Loopa or Manus have a free tier?

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

Which has a public API, Loopa or Manus?

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

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