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Devin vs Manus

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
Devin
Agents
Manus
Agents
TaglineCognition Labs' "autonomous software engineer" agent.Generalist agent for research, code, and web tasks.
CategoryAgentsAgents
PricingPaid· From $500/mo CorePaid· Credit-based; tiers from $19/mo
ModelMulti-model (Claude / GPT configurable)Multi-model
Editorial score7.8 / 107.9 / 10
Use cases
autonomous codingticket resolution
researchweb tasksreports
Pros
  • Genuinely runs end-to-end coding loops
  • Visible reasoning/process
  • Useful for grunt tickets
  • Replay for code review
  • Strong web research
  • Produces useful long reports
  • Visible step-by-step
  • Good for structured extraction
Cons
  • Expensive
  • Quality drops on complex / ambiguous tasks
  • Credit cost adds up
  • Region/availability variable
Websitedevin.aimanus.im
Pick Devin if
  • ✅ Genuinely runs end-to-end coding loops
  • ✅ Visible reasoning/process
  • ✅ Useful for grunt tickets
  • ✅ Replay for code review
Pick Manus if
  • ✅ Strong web research
  • ✅ Produces useful long reports
  • ✅ Visible step-by-step
  • ✅ Good for structured extraction
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