• Manus, the “general agentic AI” is now available to all users, with a daily free task limit.
• Users will be able to do at least one free agentic task a day using Manus, but can subscribe for more access.
• Manus has still beaten OpenAI in bringing an agentic AI chatbot to the market.

Manus, one of the few agentic AI platforms ready for the public, is now allowing anyone access without having to sign up on its waitlist. It has also introduced a free daily task limit, meaning users can take advantage of the generative AI at least once a day at no cost, while a subscription exists for users who want more usage.

The daily limit is essentially a tester and works by giving any user who signs up 300 points for free every 24 hours. This usually will allow a user to perform at least one task with Manus, like planning an international trip itinerary or preparing the bibliography of your thesis.

“When Manus is completing a task for you, your daily free credits will be used first. If a high-power task requires more credits, your base credits will then be used,” the company explains.

“This system ensures that you can make the most of your Manus subscription every day.”

An example of an agentic task is how Manys can help screen CVs for a company. A user first uploads the resumes and then Manus is able to extract the CVs from the zip file that is attached to the prompt, then open, read, and closed each of the 10 resumes in the uploaded zip.

It is also able to compile the summaries in a Word document for you. This kind of task will likely take up all of your daily credits. There is also a new subscription tier, called “Basic” which gives you 1 900 credits, plus an extra 1 900 for your first month. It goes for $20 (R360) a month.

From the minds of Chinese tech startup Monica, Manus uses a number of generative and agentic AI models, including Anthropic’s Claude model – and others that are kept secret – to provide agentic capabilities. Unlike ChatGPT, Manus can access software, so it can surf the internet, read PDFs, create documents and webpages, databases, graphs and much more.

Its launch earlier this year proceeded larger Western AI companies like OpenAI which has yet to launch a fully agentic version of ChatGPT, even though the company has slowly been adding agentic properties to its chatbot.

“While other AI stops at delivering ideas, Manus delivers results,” says Yichao ‘Peak’ Ji, co-founder and chief scientist of Manus AI.

“This isn’t just a chatbot or workflow, it’s a truly autonomous agent that bridges the gap between conception and execution. While other AI stops at generating ideas, Manus delivers results.”

Another benefit for Manus is that it can be left performing tasks while you do something else.

“Manus works asynchronously in the cloud,” says Peak. “Which means you can close your laptop and open it up when Manus is complete.”

In our work with Manus, we would say that it is impressive in its capabilities, but we often have few digital tasks that necessitate its agentic properties to save us time. Meanwhile, ChatGPT is free to use for most of the things people will need a generative AI for.

We’re happy to see the daily task limit introduced, which means if we need Manus we can use it.