Manus vs Genspark

Two general-purpose AI agents that take a goal and hand back finished work. Here is how their plans, credits and features differ, according to their own help centers.

Short answer: Manus rates higher (8.0/10 vs 7.5/10). Pick Manus for a free plan that keeps refilling (300 credits a day, Manus 2.0 Lite only) and a cheaper entry plan ($20/month). Pick Genspark if you want one workspace for slides, sheets, docs and research: Plus ($24.99/month) adds a weekly Free Quota that covers Standard-mode agent tasks at no credit cost.

Last updated Oct 19, 2026 · Facts checked Oct 21, 2026 · By VibeFinch · How we rate

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	Manus	Genspark
What it is	Per Manus: a general-purpose agent that plans and runs tasks in cloud environments that handle files, browser automation and code. Features include Wide Research, slides and website deployment	Per Genspark: an AI workspace whose Super Agent breaks a request into steps, picks the tools and delivers a finished result, alongside AI Slides, AI Sheets, AI Docs and Deep Research
Free plan	300 credits a day (free users can use up to 1,500 daily credits a month), 1 concurrent task, 2 scheduled automations. Agent Mode uses Manus 2.0 Lite only	100 credits a day up to a lifetime allowance; after that the daily refill stops. 1 GB of AI Drive storage
Entry paid plan	Pro from $20/month with 4,000 credits a month; a $40/month tier has 8,000 credits and a 7-day free trial. 17% off with annual billing	Plus $24.99/month ($19.99/month billed annually at $239.99/year), from 10,000 credits a month, 50 GB of AI Drive storage
Higher plans	Higher Pro credit tiers are on the pricing page. Pro includes 20 concurrent tasks and 20 scheduled automations	Pro $249.99/month ($199.99/month billed annually), from 125,000 credits a month, 1 TB of storage
Teams	Team from $20 per seat/month: everything in Pro plus SSO, data-training opt-out, usage analytics and access controls	Team $40 per seat/month ($35 billed annually), 10,000 credits per seat a month; Enterprise adds SCIM and contract terms
Models	Pro users get Manus 2.0 Max, Manus 2.0 and Manus 2.0 Lite in Agent Mode; Chat Mode on every plan	Core models in AI Chat and AI Image at no credit cost on Plus and Pro (up to a limit); flagship models use credits
How credits are used	By LLM tokens, virtual machines and third-party APIs, depending on task complexity and duration. Only active work uses credits; finished tasks and deployed outputs don’t	Varies by task type, agent and features. A New Super Agent task can use more credits because it does more steps, browsing and code. Plus and Pro get a weekly Free Quota for Standard-mode agent tasks that resets every 7 days
Failed tasks	Full credit refund for tasks that fail because of a technical issue on Manus’s side	Prompts blocked by the safety filter are refunded automatically; each failed agent retry costs credits
Unused credits	Monthly credits don’t roll over. Add-on credits carry over while you keep a paid plan	Plan credits reset each billing period. Separately bought top-up credits last 3 months
Commercial use	Not stated on the pages we checked	Commercial use of AI-generated content on Plus and Pro
VibeFinch rating	8.0/10 · review	7.5/10 · review

Which should you pick?

Pick Manus if you want to try an agent for free on an ongoing basis: its 300 daily credits keep refreshing, while Genspark’s free credits stop at a lifetime cap.
Pick Manus if you run many jobs at once or on a schedule: Pro allows 20 concurrent tasks and 20 scheduled automations.
Pick Genspark if most of your work is slides, sheets, docs and research: Plus and Pro include a weekly Free Quota for Standard-mode tasks before credits are used.
Pick Genspark if you need commercial-use rights stated in writing for what you generate.
For teams, Manus starts cheaper per seat ($20 vs $40 a month), but compare the credits each seat gets before you decide.

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Sources

All facts below were taken from official pages, checked Oct 21, 2026. Plans and prices change often, so confirm on the official page before you buy.