Which has the better free plan?

Manus's free credits refresh every day (capped at 1,500 a month). Genspark gives 100 credits a day but stops for good at a lifetime cap.

Can Manus make phone calls?

Not on the pages we checked. Genspark can, through Call For Me on Plus and higher plans.

Do they charge for failed work?

Both bill in credits by task complexity. Genspark says voicemail and dropped calls are still charged; Manus says a task's last step can take your balance below zero.

Manus vs Genspark: which AI agent should you use?

Both take a whole job and do it on a cloud computer, handing back finished slides, reports, sites and spreadsheets. Genspark adds phone calls and an office suite; Manus adds email-to-task and a cheaper first paid step.

Short answer. They're close. Pick Genspark if you want it to phone businesses for you or want Slides, Sheets and Docs in one place. Pick Manus if you want a free plan that refreshes every day instead of running out for good, a $20 starting price, and the ability to forward an email and have it become a task.

Side by side

	Manus	Genspark
What it is	An AI agent that takes a whole job, such as research, slides or a website, and does it on its own computer in the cloud.	An AI agent workspace that makes slides, documents, spreadsheets and research on a cloud computer, and can even phone businesses for you.
Price	Free: $0; Pro: from $20/month; Pro (higher tier): from $40/month	Free: $0; Plus: $24.99/month ($19.99/month billed $239.99 a year); Pro: $249.99/month ($199.99/month billed $2,399.99 a year)
Free to try	Free plan with daily credits; 7-day trial on the $40 Pro tier	Free plan with 100 daily credits up to a lifetime cap
Does the task itself	yes it plans and carries out whole jobs on its own cloud computer	yes it runs jobs on its cloud computer and can phone and text people for you
Its own email address	yes a personal @manus.bot address that turns emails into tasks	yes each Genspark Claw gets its own email address (GenMail itself uses your existing account)
You can text it	no no SMS, iMessage or WhatsApp on the pages we checked (its separate Cue app gives agents a phone number, in early access)	yes Claw works on WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and others (not iMessage per its help page)
Its own computer and browser	yes tasks run on cloud virtual machines, and Cloud Computer keeps projects running	yes each Super Agent project gets an isolated cloud computer
Remembers you	Not described on the pages we checked; work lives in projects and tasks	GenMail's Email Brain keeps a profile of your writing, contacts and projects you can correct; other memory not described on the pages we checked
Where it lives	web, desktop app, iOS and Android apps, Slack, email (Mail Manus)	web, Chrome extension, desktop app, GenMail apps; Claw on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and more

Getting real tasks done

Manus plans and does whole jobs on cloud virtual machines: slides, websites, web apps, research reports, documents, spreadsheets, images, video. Manus 2.0 (September 2026) added a Cloud Computer for always-on projects and automations triggered by email, calendar or Slack events.

Genspark's Super Agent does the same kind of job on an isolated cloud computer, with runs up to 2 hours that keep going after you close the tab, plus its own AI Slides, AI Sheets and AI Docs.

Email, texting and calls

Mail Manus gives you an @manus.bot address: forward or CC an email and it becomes a task. We found no texting on Manus's own pages; its separate Cue app is in early access.

Genspark can phone businesses (Call For Me, on Plus and up) and send texts for paid members. Its Claw assistant gets its own email address and chats on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and more.

What it costs

Manus: free plan with 300 daily refresh credits (capped at 1,500 a month, lighter model, one task at a time); Pro from $20 a month; a $40 tier with a 7-day trial; Team from $20 a seat. A task's last step can push your balance below zero.

Genspark: free plan with 100 credits a day until a lifetime cap; Plus $24.99 a month; Pro $249.99; Team $40 a seat. Calls cost 500 credits each plus a little more, even when they hit voicemail.

Both bill by credits that depend on how complex the task is, so the cost of any one job is hard to know in advance.

If the job isn't a file

Both are strongest when the result is something you can open. If what you need is an errand done over days (get the refund, chase the reply, book the service), see how Manus compares with our assistant and Genspark compares with our assistant.

Pick Manus if

You want a free plan that refreshes daily
You want to forward an email and have it become a task
You want the cheapest paid start ($20 a month)
You want automations triggered by email or calendar events

Pick Genspark if

You want it to phone businesses for you
You want Slides, Sheets and Docs in one place
You chat on WhatsApp or Telegram (through Claw)
You need long jobs that keep running after you close the tab

Questions people ask

Which has the better free plan?: Manus's free credits refresh every day (capped at 1,500 a month). Genspark gives 100 credits a day but stops for good at a lifetime cap.
Can Manus make phone calls?: Not on the pages we checked. Genspark can, through Call For Me on Plus and higher plans.
Do they charge for failed work?: Both bill in credits by task complexity. Genspark says voicemail and dropped calls are still charged; Manus says a task's last step can take your balance below zero.

Updated 2026-11-08. Product facts from each maker's own pages: see Manus and Genspark for sources.

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