BusyBee.Day vs Manus: an agent on its own, or bots inside your projects?
Manus is a general AI agent: you give it a job and it works on a virtual computer, from research to slides and websites. BusyBee.Day's bots have a computer too, and work on the tasks and projects where you track the work.
Manus has a free plan with 300 daily credits (up to 1,500 a month) and Pro from $20 a month with 4,000 credits; Team costs from $20 per seat. BusyBee.Day starts free, and Pro costs $29 a month ($23 yearly) with a bot computer, 10 bots and 1,150 credits. Manus is stronger at big one-off jobs; BusyBee.Day at everyday work in projects, with approvals before anything goes out.
Side by side
| BusyBee.Day | Manus | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes: 1 bot, 30 credits a month | Yes: 300 credits a day, up to 1,500 a month |
| Plan with an agent computer | Pro, $29 a month ($23 yearly) | Pro, from $20 a month |
| Where the work lives | Tasks, projects, documents and chats in BusyBee.Day | Manus tasks and their files |
| Approvals | Asks before anything goes out, per action | You can take over the browser for logins and checks |
| Tasks, projects, calendar | Included | No |
| Your own model keys | Yes, from Pro | Manus Flex |
Manus facts from help.manus.im and manus.im, checked 2 November 2026. Manus's credits and BusyBee.Day's credits are not the same unit.
Where each one is the better choice
Pick Manus if
You hand off large one-off jobs, such as deep research, slide decks or a website, and want the agent to run on its own.
Pick BusyBee.Day if
You want bots on your daily tasks for clients and projects, with memory per project, approvals and a work app around them.