Flowith vs Manus AI vs Notion AI vs Perplexity AI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Flowith
Infinite-canvas AI workspace where Agent Neo chains 1,000+ steps.
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Manus AI
Autonomous general-purpose AI agent
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Notion AI
AI writing, summarisation, and Q&A built directly into your Notion wor...
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Perplexity AI
The answer engine that cites its sources on every live web query
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 8.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Paid | Paid | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free tier: ~300–1,000 one-time credits, up to 3 canvases, basic models | — | 20 free AI responses to trial the feature | Unlimited basic searches with standard model |
| Paid from | Pro from ~$17.91/mo (billed annually) to $19.90/mo; Infinite ~$499.90/mo | Free (300 credits); Standard $20/mo; Customizable $40/mo; Extended $200/mo | $20/user/month (Business, billed annually) — the plan that bundles full Notion AI; Plus | $20/month (Pro); $200/month (Max, launched July 2025) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | 1M+ users (mid-2025) | Viral 2M+ waitlist at launch; opened to all users May 2025 | 100M+ total users; 4M+ paying customers (AI is gated to Business/Enterprise) | 30M+ standalone monthly active users (100M+ across all products, 2026) |
| Founded | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Maker | Derek Nee (CEO), Yichen Wu (Co-founder & COO) | — | Notion Labs | Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, Andy Konwinski |
| Verdict | Agent Neo is the real draw: a 10M-token context window and a claimed lead on the GAIA agent benchmark (Flowith's own reporting, not an independently verified leaderboard entry) set it apart from single-shot chat tools. T... |
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... |
Notion AI's advantage is context: it drafts, summarises, and answers questions across the docs, wikis, and databases you already keep in Notion, plus connected tools like Slack and Drive — no copy-paste. Custom Agents (F... |
Perplexity remains the strongest citation-first answer engine: every query triggers a live web search and each sentence links to its sources, which makes verification fast in a way plain chatbots can't match. The free ti... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.