# folk vs Manus

> Manus is a general AI agent that runs long tasks in the cloud. Folk is a personal AI in your iMessage and Telegram that remembers your life, at flat pricing.

Manus is a general-purpose autonomous agent: you give it a task, it plans, works in its own cloud sandbox, and comes back with a finished deliverable. It is genuinely strong at long research and build jobs. Folk is the same idea pointed at your day-to-day life, and it lives where you already text - iMessage, Telegram, and WhatsApp - with a memory graph that makes every request shorter than the last.

## Why people switch from Manus to folk

### folk lives in your texts

Manus is a workspace you open to start a session. Folk is a thread in Messages or Telegram, so there is nothing to open. You text it from the checkout line, and it texts you back when the job is done.

### flat pricing instead of credits

Manus meters work in credits, so a heavy task can cost more than you expected and a heavy month can mean topping up. Folk is free to start, $20/month Pro, and $100/month Max, flat, with no per-task accounting.

### memory of your life, not just of a task

Both are good inside a session. Folk carries a persistent memory graph across every conversation: your people, your routines, the seat you like, the food you avoid. Six months in, it needs half the prompt to get the same result.

### real-world skills, built in

Folk ships with Resy booking, flight-price watching, morning briefings, and Gmail triage as first-class skills, and it reaches out to you when something changes instead of waiting to be asked.

## Feature comparison

| Feature | folk | Manus |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lives in iMessage | Yes | No |
| Lives in Telegram | Yes | No |
| Its own cloud computer | Yes | Yes |
| Persistent memory | Yes | Yes |
| Books tables (Resy) | Yes | No |
| Watches flights | Yes | No |
| Runs scheduled tasks | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to all your apps | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own API keys | Yes | No |
| Web browsing | Yes | Yes |
| Code generation | Yes | Yes |
| Data privacy (no training) | Yes | No |

## FAQ

### What is Manus?

Manus is a general-purpose autonomous AI agent. You describe a goal and it plans and executes in its own cloud sandbox - browsing the web, writing and running code, and producing files, decks, or sites - then hands back the result. Work continues asynchronously after you close the tab.

### How much does Manus cost?

Manus runs on credits: a free allowance to try it, then paid tiers that buy larger credit pools, with longer or heavier tasks consuming more. Because usage drives the bill, cost varies month to month. Folk is flat - free to start, $20/month Pro, and $100/month Max.

### How is Folk different from Manus?

Both give an agent a real computer. Manus is a session-based workspace you open in a browser; folk is a personal AI in your iMessage, Telegram, and WhatsApp with persistent memory across conversations, built-in real-world skills like Resy booking and flight tracking, and flat pricing.

### Can I switch from Manus to Folk?

Yes. Sign up at folk.com, subscribe, and you will get an iMessage number and a Telegram bot. Folk starts learning your preferences from your first conversation.

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Canonical page: https://www.folk.com/alternative/manus
More about folk (for AI agents): https://www.folk.com/llms.txt · full context: https://www.folk.com/llms-full.txt
folk is a personal AI that lives in your texts (iMessage, Telegram, WhatsApp). Pro $20/mo, Max $100/mo. Made by Nozomio Labs. Sign up: https://www.folk.com/