Manus and Claude Cowork are both AI agents you hand longer tasks to, and both start at $20 a month. Manus runs each task in its own virtual computer with a cloud browser and bills in credits; Cowork works on your files and your own browser through the Claude Desktop app. Here is how they compare.
Checked October 22, 2026, against the Manus docs and pricing pages, claude.com/pricing, Anthropic's Cowork help article and its Claude in Chrome announcement. Both products change fast; re-check before you buy.
Both are AI agents you hand longer tasks to, and both start at $20 a month. Pick Manus if you want each task to run in its own virtual computer with a cloud browser, with scheduled automations and pay-by-credit pricing. Pick Claude Cowork if your work lives in files on your Mac or Windows computer and in your own logged-in browser, and you want to choose how often it asks for approval.
| Manus | Claude Cowork | |
|---|---|---|
| Own computer | A virtual computer with internet access and a Cloud Browser | Cloud sessions; local files and browser use go through the Claude Desktop app on your computer |
| Browser | Cloud Browser from data center IPs; a browser extension uses your logged-in sessions | Your browser through Claude in Chrome, with your existing logins |
| Where you use it | Web app, email to a bot address (pre-approved senders), connectors | Claude on web, desktop (Mac, Windows) and mobile; connectors to your apps |
| Schedules | Scheduled automations, up to 20 scheduled tasks | Scheduled tasks that run in the cloud with no device online |
| Approvals | You can "Take Over" the browser for logins, CAPTCHA and MFA | Manual, Auto or Skip modes; asks before a purchase |
| Phone | Not found in the docs (Oct 22, 2026) | Not mentioned on Anthropic's pages (Oct 22, 2026) |
| Team | Manus Team: shared projects, instructions and credit pool, from $20/seat | Team plans for 2 to 150 seats; premium seat with Cowork $125 (monthly billing) |
| Price | $20 / $40 / $200 a month for 4,000 / 8,000 / 40,000 credits | Pro $20, Max from $100 a month (monthly billing) |
Each Manus task runs in what its docs call "a virtual computer with internet access", with a file system and the ability to install software. Its Cloud Browser visits sites, clicks, fills in forms and pulls data, and you can take over when a site asks for an SMS code, a CAPTCHA or MFA.
It also has scheduled automations, MCP connectors to your tools, a browser extension that uses your own logged-in sessions, and Mail Manus: you forward an email to a bot address and get the result back by email. Only "emails from pre-approved addresses can trigger Manus tasks".
Before you buy: the cloud browser "operates from data center IP addresses, not residential IPs", so some sites may flag it.
Cowork is the agent mode in Claude, and the pricing page now says "Claude Cowork is now just Claude." It is "available to paid Claude plans (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise) only."
Before you buy: for local files, browser use and computer use you need "The Claude Desktop app for macOS or Windows, open and connected." Anthropic is also candid that its prompt injection safeguards "cannot eliminate" the risk.
Manus pricing (October 22, 2026): $20 a month for 4,000 credits, $40 for 8,000 and $200 for 40,000, or $17, $34 and $167 a month billed yearly. Every plan adds 300 refresh credits a day and allows 20 concurrent and 20 scheduled tasks. Manus Team starts at $20 per seat per month, with credits shared across seats. Manus does not publish a fixed credit cost per task, so its bill depends on how big each job is.
Claude Cowork (claude.com/pricing, October 22, 2026): not on the Free plan. Pro $20 a month billed monthly, or $17 a month billed annually. Max from $100 a month. Team, for 2 to 150 people: the premium seat, which includes Claude Code and Claude Cowork, is $125 a month billed monthly or $100 billed annually.
Neither Manus nor Cowork offers phone calls on the pages we checked (Oct 22, 2026). A small business usually needs leads called back, appointments confirmed and customers answered on several channels, with staff able to see and approve the work.
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Manus is a general AI agent that runs each task in a virtual computer with internet access and a Cloud Browser, billed in credits. Claude Cowork is the agent mode in Anthropic's Claude for knowledge work; its sessions continue in the cloud, but local files, browser use and computer use go through the Claude Desktop app on your Mac or Windows computer.
Both start at $20 a month. Manus is $20 a month for 4,000 credits, $40 for 8,000 and $200 for 40,000. Claude Pro is $20 a month billed monthly and Max starts at $100 a month (October 22, 2026). Manus does not publish a fixed credit cost per task, so your Manus bill depends on how big each job is.
Yes. Manus has scheduled automations, with up to 20 scheduled tasks on every plan. Anthropic says Cowork scheduled tasks run in the cloud with no device online, but tasks that need your local files or browser need the Claude Desktop app open and connected.
Claude in Chrome takes actions on the page you are on using your existing logins. Manus has a Cloud Browser that runs from data center IP addresses, plus a browser extension that uses your own logged-in sessions.
Manus Team starts at $20 per seat per month, with shared projects, instructions and a shared credit pool. Claude Team is for 2 to 150 people; the premium seat, which includes Claude Cowork, is $125 a month billed monthly or $100 billed annually.
We found no phone-calling feature in the Manus docs, and phone calls are not mentioned on Anthropic's Cowork, Chrome or pricing pages (checked October 22, 2026). If you want AI employees with a business phone number and a card for purchases you approve, working in one chat with your staff, look at Dooza Crew: free for 7 days, then $49 a month with $20 of AI usage included.
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Genspark and Claude Cowork are both AI agents you hand tasks to. Genspark is one credit-based workspace with AI phone calls and Claw, an AI employee with its own cloud computer; Cowork works on your files and your own browser through the Claude Desktop app. Here is how they compare.
Genspark and Manus are both general AI agents you give tasks to, and both bill in credits. Genspark adds AI phone calls and Claw, an AI employee with its own cloud computer; Manus gives every task a virtual computer with a cloud browser. Here is how they compare.
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