Manus AI Launches Subscription Plans and Mobile App, Signaling Rapid Commercialization

Manus launches paid subscription plans and a mobile app | TechCrunch

Manus AI, the viral AI agent platform out of China, on Monday morning launched two subscription plans starting at $39 per month. Manus, which is still in beta, is an AI-powered agentic tool that can be used to complete tasks ranging from creating a web page for a wedding invitation to crafting a scoring sheet for a baseball game. In our tests, however, we found that the platform falls short of some of its loftier marketing promises. The cheaper of Manus' new premium plans is $39 per month and comes with 3,900 credits and the ability to run two tasks simultaneously. The other, costlier new plan, which costs $199 per month, grants users 19,900 credits, the ability to run five tasks simultaneously, and priority access during peak hours. Premium Manus subscribers can buy extra credits if they need with top-up packs. The prices for these weren't immediately clear. "While we're working hard around the clock to scale our infrastructure and accommodate everyone, we've had to temporarily limit access to Manus during our this development phase," Manus wrote in a post on X. "We are also working on optimizing our current usage rates to provide better value for our users."

China's Manus Turns Its AI Agent Into a $39 Subscription

The recently released Manus artificial intelligence agent is becoming a subscription service, marking a rapid pace to commercialization after it drew comparisons to DeepSeek. The Beijing-based startup behind Manus has set up a $39-per-month tier and a $199 upgraded option, the latter in line with OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro. That's aggressive pricing for a membership service that is still in its beta testing stage. But the young company has drawn significant attention for its promise to have its bot perform jobs for users, acting as an agent and doing complex tasks rather than just responding to prompts.

Manus AI launches monthly subscription plans, mobile app for iOS users

China's autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent, Manus, is transitioning to a subscription-based model, starting from $39 per month. It has also launched a mobile application that allows users to interact with the AI agent on the go. The developments come after Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek released a major upgrade to its V3 large language model (LLM), intensifying competition with US tech leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic. The Beijing-based Manus AI has introduced a $39-per-month plan called 'Manus Starter' and a $199 premium option named 'Manus Pro', the latter matching OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro. This pricing is quite competitive for a membership service that is still in beta testing. Also Read: Manus AI: China's second DeepSeek moment Manus AI subscription plans The Manus Starter plan has 3,900 credits per month and is capable of running up to two tasks simultaneously, offering enhanced stability with dedicated resources and extended context length. Credits refer to a form of virtual currency used to access and use various features and services within the Manus platform. For every task performed by AI, a certain number of credits are consumed. Manus Pro offers 19,900 credits per month along with similar features as the above. It has additional capability to run up to five tasks concurrently with priority access during peak hours. Limited access Users of Manus AI will still have limited access to the free version of the tool. "While we're working hard around the clock to scale our infrastructure and accommodate everyone, we've had to temporarily limit access to Manus during our development phase. We are also working on optimising our current usage rates to provide better value for our users," the company said. Manus relies on AI models developed by Anthropic to provide more accurate responses, Google Cloud, which provides the infrastructure that powers its backend systems and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud for additional cloud resources to help distribute the load. Manus is a leap into AI autonomy, capable of executing multi-step workflows and accessing authoritative data sources through application programming interfaces (API). Butterfly Effect, the parent company of Manus, is in talks with prospective investors to raise funds at a valuation of at least $500 million, The Information reported last week. Also Read: Manus AI invite codes selling for a fortune on social media

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Manus, which offers a general AI agent that went viral on X a few weeks ago, said in a Friday (March 28) post on X: "Three weeks ago we launched Manus in closed beta and we've been humbled by the love for Manus." The company's new Manus mobile app is available in Apple's App Store, according to the post. The app's page in the App Store promises a general AI agent that "excels at various tasks in work and life, getting everything done while you rest." Its new features include longer context and better multimodal capabilities; being powered by Anthropic's Claude 3.7 for all tasks, with no fallback to Claude 3.5; and a more stable sandbox, the post said. Manus will maintain limited free access while also beta testing its premium subscription plan, per the post. The company is offering two plans, according to its website. Manus Starter, at $39 per month, includes 3,900 credits per month and enables users to run up to two tasks concurrently. Manus Pro, at $199 per month, offers 19,900 credits per month, the ability to run up to five tasks concurrently, and access to beta features. Both paid plans also provide enhanced stability with dedicated resources, extended context length and priority access during peak hours, per the website. "While we're working hard around the clock to scale our infrastructure and accommodate everyone, we've had to temporarily limit access to Manus during our [...] development phase," the company said in its Friday post on X. "We are also working on optimizing our current usage rates to provide better value for our users." It was reported March 21 that after going viral on X, the Chinese government featured Manus in a state media broadcast, signaling that the government will support the rollout of the product within the country. Manus claims that its general AI agent can make decisions and execute tasks with less prompting than its competitors require. As of March 21, the AI agent was available by invitation only and had a waiting list of 2 million.