What is the best free alternative to Manus?
Zhipu AutoGLM is the closest free alternative to Manus: same General Autonomous Agents sub-category, and it is free. Free foundation-agent system for autonomous GUI control (web + Android)
Best free Manus alternatives
Looking for a free alternative to Manus? Here are 9 general autonomous agents worth trying — 9 with a free tier. Manus itself is free tier + paid.
| Tool | Manus (you searched) | Zhipu AutoGLM | Perplexity Comet | Genspark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | freemium | free | freemium | freemium |
| Best for | Fully autonomous agent in a cloud sandbox | Free foundation-agent system for autonomous GUI control (web + Android) | AI-native browser with a built-in agent | 'Super agent' that plans and executes end-to-end |
| Visit | Open ↗ | Open ↗ | Open ↗ | Open ↗ |
Manus alternatives — straight answers
Are there free Manus alternatives?
Yes — 9 of the 9 alternatives listed here are free or freemium: Zhipu AutoGLM, Perplexity Comet, Genspark, Coze Space, MiniMax Agent. None of them are paid-only.
Is Manus free?
Manus is free tier + paid. There is a free tier you can work in, with paid plans above it.
How were these Manus alternatives chosen?
They are the other tools in General Autonomous Agents, then the rest of AI Agents & Automation, ordered free tiers first and capped at 9. There is no sponsorship and no paid placement in that ordering — only the pricing tier decides.
All Manus alternatives
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General Autonomous Agents
✦ WhyA Manus alternative — Free foundation-agent system for autonomous GUI control (web + Android).
- Free foundation-agent system for autonomous GUI control (web + Android)
- Voice-to-action: controls entire web/phone UI from a spoken instruction
- AutoGLM Rumination adds deep-research style multi-step task execution
Perplexity Comet
General Autonomous Agents
✦ WhyA Manus alternative — AI-native browser with a built-in agent.
- AI-native browser with a built-in agent
- Automates browsing, research and tasks
- Routes subtasks to the best model
- Cited answers as you browse
Genspark
General Autonomous Agents
✦ WhyA Manus alternative — 'Super agent' that plans and executes end-to-end.
- 'Super agent' that plans and executes end-to-end
- Generates sheets, slides and even phone calls
- Mixes multiple models and tools
- Free daily credits
Coze Space
General Autonomous Agents
✦ WhyA Manus alternative — ByteDance's general-purpose office agent that breaks tasks into sub-tasks and drives a browser/code editor autonomously.
- ByteDance's general-purpose office agent that breaks tasks into sub-tasks and drives a browser/code editor autonomously
- Outputs deliverables as web pages, PPTs or Lark docs
- Part of the Coze suite (Space/Studio/Loop/Eino) with an open-source Coze Studio component
MiniMax Agent
General Autonomous Agents
✦ WhyA Manus alternative — General-purpose autonomous agent from MiniMax, separate from its Hailuo video product.
- General-purpose autonomous agent from MiniMax, separate from its Hailuo video product
- Built on MiniMax's own M-series reasoning/agentic models
- Consumer credit-subscription model distinct from the raw API pricing
Flowith
General Autonomous Agents
✦ WhyA Manus alternative — Infinite-canvas workspace where every prompt/output is a branchable, reusable node.
- Infinite-canvas workspace where every prompt/output is a branchable, reusable node
- Agent Neo: autonomous agent that runs long tasks in the background 24/7
- Free Starter plan with one-time credits granting access to frontier models (Opus, GPT, Gemini) and Agent Neo
Convergence Proxy
General Autonomous Agents
✦ WhyA Manus alternative — Free daily session quota; Pro lifts it to unlimited and adds parallel runs.
- Free daily session quota; Pro lifts it to unlimited and adds parallel runs
- Open-weights Proxy Lite version available on GitHub for self-hosting
- Learns and adapts to user preferences across repeated web-automation tasks
Skywork AI
General Autonomous Agents
✦ WhyA Manus alternative — Five specialized agents for docs, sheets, slides, podcasts and web content in one workspace.
- Five specialized agents for docs, sheets, slides, podcasts and web content in one workspace
- DeepResearch-powered output generation across formats
- Free tier available alongside paid workspace plans
Ninja AI (NinjaTech)
General Autonomous Agents
✦ WhyA Manus alternative — SuperNinja: autonomous agent running on its own dedicated VM for coding, research, website building.
- SuperNinja: autonomous agent running on its own dedicated VM for coding, research, website building
- Bundles multiple frontier models behind one subscription with 'Inference Level Optimization'
- Single agent spans coding, document analysis, and content generation tasks