Manus AI vs AutoGLM (Zhipu)
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Manus AI
A general-purpose agent that returns finished work, now on Manus 2.0
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AutoGLM (Zhipu)
Zhipu's agent for reports, web tasks and phone automation, partly open...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7 / 10 | 6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Free tier | Free plan with daily refresh credits, capped at 1,500 credits a month and usable only on Manus 2.0 Lite | 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 |
| Paid from | $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 | 2025 | 2024 |
| Maker | Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd. | Knowledge Atlas Technology (Zhipu AI, Z.ai) |
| Verdict | 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... |
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... |
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