Honest comparison
AtmosphereAGI vs Manus
Same agent ergonomics. No Meta lock-in. Manus shipped first and shipped polished — we ship honest and unbundled, with the web as a business agent workspace and live PC view + take-over in our native Mac and iOS apps.
Manus: Managed agent platform. Acquired by Meta in Dec 2025.
What each one actually does
| Feature | AtmosphereAGI | Manus |
|---|---|---|
Token pricing Tokens billed at Anthropic's published rates — never marked up. Manus sells opaque per-credit packs instead. | ||
Sign in without a Meta account Since the Meta acquisition, every Manus signin (even email) redirects through Facebook OIDC. We do Google, Microsoft, Apple, and magic-link email. | ||
Bring your own Claude subscription (Mac app) In the AtmosphereAGI Mac app you can run agents on your own Claude subscription. Manus has no equivalent. On the web there's one path: your subscription plus tokens at Anthropic's published rates. | ||
Cloud sandbox / Cloud Computer Manus gates the full desktop Cloud Computer behind the $200/mo Pro tier. Our sandbox is a per-task isolated VM included on every tier — desktop view is on the roadmap (AW-91). | ||
Wide Research (parallel agent fan-out) Manus runs 100s of agents in parallel against an item list. We have the swarm primitive in engine (AW-99) but it's not yet wired to the composer. | ||
Live desktop view of the agent — in the native Mac/iOS apps Watch the agent's PC live in the AtmosphereAGI Mac and iOS apps; the web workspace stays focused on the business agent run, not desktop streaming. Manus exposes VNC + VS Code + mobile preview inside the sandbox via OTP-gated tunnels. | ||
Polished App Store iOS app Manus ships a mature, App-Store-published iOS app. Our native Mac and iOS apps are where live PC control lives, but they're not yet at the same App Store polish. | ||
Native Claude Agent SDK schema 1:1 AgentDefinition mirror in the in-app creator — no proprietary wrapper to learn. Manus uses its own proprietary agent spec. | ||
Bring-your-own Skills + MCP skills + mcpServers fields on every agent. Manus has no equivalent public surface. | ||
Pause / take over the agent's PC — in the native Mac/iOS apps Pause and take over the agent's machine from the AtmosphereAGI Mac and iOS apps; the web workspace runs business agents, not hands-on desktop control. Manus take-over is Pro-tier only. |
Feature data verified 2026-07-24. Spot something off? Tell us.
Pick Manus when
- You want a long-existing brand with a polished iOS app and broader integrations out of the box.
- You need the full Cloud Computer desktop today (VNC + VS Code + mobile preview).
- You're already deep in the Meta ecosystem and signing in via Facebook is fine.
Pick AtmosphereAGI when
- You don't want your agent platform owned by Meta.
- You want tokens at Anthropic's published rates — never marked up, no opaque credit packs.
- You want a whole team of managed agents on one subscription, with Fable 5 on Pro & Scale.
Run one task. See the difference.
No credit card. Tokens at published rates. Cancel anytime.