Emergent Wingman vs Genspark vs Lindy vs Manus AI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Emergent Wingman
Autonomous AI agent you run from WhatsApp and Telegram
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Genspark
AI Super Agent workspace: research, slides, docs, calls, data analysis
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Lindy
AI executive assistant for email, calendar and meetings
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Manus AI
Autonomous general-purpose AI agent
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.8 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 7.1 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Paid |
| Free tier | — | 100 credits per day (reset every 24 hours); access to Sparkpages, Docs, Sheets, and Slides on the free tier with 1 GB AI Drive storage | 7-day free trial on every individual plan (Plus, Pro, Max), no credit card required; no permanent free tier exists | — |
| Paid from | — | Free; Plus $19.99-24.99/mo (annual/monthly); Pro $249.99/mo | $49.99/month (Plus plan) | Free (300 credits); Standard $20/mo; Customizable $40/mo; Extended $200/mo |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | — | 2 million+ monthly active users (as of February 2025, at Series A) | — | Viral 2M+ waitlist at launch; opened to all users May 2025 |
| Founded | — | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Verdict | Wingman's whole idea is that you shouldn't have to open another dashboard — you delegate to it in the same chat threads you already live in. That messaging-first delivery is genuinely differentiated, and its 'trust bound... |
Genspark has ridden its April 2025 pivot from AI search to agentic workspace into real scale — roughly $250M ARR and a $2.6B valuation by mid-2026, plus a Microsoft partnership pushing its agents into Office. One prompt... |
Lindy in 2026 is a different product from the one most reviews describe. The February relaunch repackaged it as an AI executive assistant — inbox triage, meeting prep, scheduling, note-taking — with the no-code agent bui... |
Manus does what few agents actually deliver: hand it a research brief, a data set or a small build and it frequently comes back with the finished artifact, not a chat answer. The 1.6 models, Web App Builder and messaging... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.