AutoGPT vs Manus
AutoGPT (Significant Gravitas) and Manus (Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd. (Manus AI), Singapore) side by side on public data, as of Oct 6, 2026.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | AutoGPT | Manus |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse Score | 38 | 51 |
| Overall rank | #74 | #37 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | — | — |
| Downloads, 7-day change | — | — |
| Downloads, 30-day change | — | — |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | 4.7 / 5 (38,671) |
| GitHub stars | 188K | — |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | 43 |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 1 | 8 |
| Latest stable release | 0.6.44 · 8mo ago | — |
| Stable releases, 90 days | 0 | |
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Free + $50/mo | Free + $20/mo |
| License | MIT AND LicenseRef-PolyForm-Shield-1.0.0 | Proprietary |
| First released | March 2023 | March 2025 |
| Interfaces | Web | Web, Desktop, Mobile, Browser extension, API |
| Models | Hundreds of models on the hosted platform; self-hosted installs use your own API keys | Manus 2.0 model tiers (Max, standard, Lite); underlying third-party LLMs are not publicly specified |
Trends
AutoGPT
Platform for building, deploying and running AI agents through a chat-based AutoPilot, a visual builder and a marketplace, offered as a paid hosted service or self-hosted. The original 2023 autonomous agent remains in the repository as AutoGPT Classic.
Pricing: Hosted platform: Pro $50/month (7-day free trial) and Max $320/month, Team coming soon; automation runs are pay-as-you-go from a credit wallet. Self-hosting is free (bring your own LLM keys).
Latest release 0.6.44:
- #11761 - Add ClaudeCodeBlock for executing tasks via Claude Code in E2B sandbox (by @Bentlybro)
- #11819 - Add external Agent Generator service integration (by @majdyz)
- #11828 - Add PostHog analytics and OpenRouter tracing to chat system (by @Swiftyos)
- #11833 - Implement clarification questions UI for agent generation (by @majdyz)
Manus
General-purpose autonomous agent that plans and runs multi-step tasks in a cloud sandbox, such as research, slides, websites and data analysis, with web, desktop, mobile and browser-extension clients. Manus 2.0, announced in September 2026, added a new agent harness, dedicated cloud computers and a desktop studio.
Pricing: Free plan: 300 daily credits (Chat Mode and Manus 2.0 Lite in Agent Mode). Pro from $20/month (4,000 credits) and from $40/month (8,000 credits, 7-day trial), 17% off with annual billing; Team from $20 per seat/month.