AutoGLM (Zhipu) vs Browser Use vs Coze vs Manus AI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
AutoGLM (Zhipu)
Zhipu's agent for reports, web tasks and phone automation, partly open...
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BU Browser Use Open-source library and cloud for AI agents that use web browsers Visit |
Coze
ByteDance's no-code agent builder, with an Apache 2.0 self-hosted edit...
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Manus AI
A general-purpose agent that returns finished work, now on Manus 2.0
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Free | Usage_based | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free to use after login on web, iOS and Android; Zhipu publishes no AutoGLM price list. Open-AutoGLM code and models are free to download | MIT-licensed library free (bring your own LLM key). Cloud: one-time $15 credit for eligible Google/GitHub/Microsoft signups, no card, 10 concurrent sessions | Free: 10 credits a day, 5 collaborators, 3 collaborative bots or workflows; 30 free API calls | Free plan with daily refresh credits, capped at 1,500 credits a month and usable only on Manus 2.0 Lite |
| Paid from | — | $0.02 per browser-hour, pay as you go (credits from $5, no subscription) | $9/month (Premium Lite, 100 credits a day); Premium $19, Premium Plus $39 | $20/month (4,000 credits plus 300 daily refresh credits); 17% less billed annually |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — | — | Viral 2M+ waitlist at launch; opened to all users May 2025 |
| Founded | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2025 |
| Maker | Knowledge Atlas Technology (Zhipu AI, Z.ai) | Independent (Browser Use, Inc.) | ByteDance | Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd. |
| Verdict | AutoGLM is serious agent work: a cloud computer that builds reports and runs web tasks you can watch and take over, cloud phones that operate Chinese apps, and an open-source phone-agent framework with Apache-2.0 code an... |
Browser Use is one of the most popular open-source foundations for AI browser agents: MIT-licensed, model-agnostic and actively developed, with an optional cloud that now bills simply by usage rather than subscription. I... |
Coze remains one of the quickest ways to get a working agent onto Discord, Telegram, Slack or a website without code, and its July 2025 Apache 2.0 release of Coze Studio and Coze Loop means you can self-host instead of t... |
Manus is one of the few agents that regularly hands back a finished deliverable rather than a chat reply, and Manus 2.0 widens what it can make: automations triggered by events, always-on Cloud Computers, an editable vid... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.