Manus vs Perplexity

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 16 October 2026.

Compared on	Manus Free plan · from $17/mo Visit Remove	Perplexity Free plan · from $17/mo Visit Remove
What it is	General AI agent that carries out research, slides, websites and other tasks	AI answer engine that replies with cited sources from the web
Free plan	Daily refresh credits (300 a day per a March 2026 help article), capped at 1,500 daily-refresh credits a month; usable only with Manus 1.6 Lite; 1 concurrent task and 2 scheduled tasks	Limited daily usage, basic AI models and citations in every answer; limited web answers, file uploads and asset generation; no video generation, app connectors or Computer credits
Cheapest paid plan	$17/mo billed annually (Standard monthly usage (4,000 credits))Manus pricing	$17/mo billed annually (Pro)Perplexity pricing
What it covers	4,000 credits/month plus 300 refresh credits a day; 20 concurrent and 20 scheduled tasks.	$200 a year on annual billing; the developer API is billed separately, per token and per request.
Free trial	None stated	None stated
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, API	Web, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	400+ app connectors
Open source	No	No
Good for	Compiling a research report on a market or a list of companies Drafting a slide deck from a short brief Building a simple website or landing page	Getting a sourced answer to a factual question Researching a market or competitor with cited sources Comparing products or prices across the web
Watch out for	Paid plans allow 20 concurrent and 20 scheduled tasks Free daily credits work only with Manus 1.6 Lite and are capped at 1,500 a month SSO and shared team credits require the Team plan	The Free plan has limited daily usage and basic models Among individual plans, monthly Computer credits (10,000) are included only in Max Individual plans are for personal use only
Made by	Manus AI	Perplexity AI

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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