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Devin vs Manus

A side-by-side comparison of Devin and Manus, two Agent tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.

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Devin

Agent

Autonomous software engineer agent. Plans, codes, ships from a prompt.

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Manus

Agent

General-purpose autonomous agent for research, ops, and content.

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At a glance

Feature comparison of Devin and Manus
AttributeDevinManus
CategoryAgentAgent
Pricing (differs)PAIDFREEMIUM
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
DeploymentCloudCloud
PlatformsWebWeb
Model supportSingle model (proprietary)Single model (proprietary)
Vendor (differs)Cognition AIMeta (formerly Monica / Manus AI)

The honest brief

Devin

Runs asynchronously in its own cloud sandbox aimed at whole tickets, not autocomplete — plans, codes, and opens a PR.

  • Autonomous, async whole-ticket work
  • Own sandbox: browser, terminal, editor
  • Submits PRs end-to-end
  • Good for long-horizon tasks
  • Closed model and harness
  • Hosted-only, no self-host
  • Premium-priced
  • Reliability varies on complex tickets

Manus

A general operator that plans and executes multi-step non-code work autonomously, not a single-prompt chatbot.

  • Runs tasks autonomously over hours
  • Multi-agent orchestration in a Linux sandbox
  • Strong GAIA benchmark scores
  • Browses, drafts, and schedules for you
  • Credits drain fast on complex tasks
  • Reliability gaps; tasks fail mid-stream
  • No SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA as of 2026
  • China data-flow compliance concerns