Manus

Manus is an AI-powered web app and website builder aimed at founders, non-technical creators, and teams that want to ship full‑stack applications without hand-writing code. Instead of drag‑and‑drop templates, you describe what you want in natural language and Manus generates a production-style codebase with frontend, backend, database, and authentication.

The platform runs in the browser and is positioned as a bridge between no‑code builders and traditional development. It supports building landing pages, SaaS dashboards, portfolios, e‑commerce sites, and more, with built‑in integrations for LLMs, Stripe, databases, image generation, maps, file storage, notifications, data APIs, and voice‑to‑text. You can connect or purchase a custom domain, track analytics, and export the underlying code to host or modify elsewhere.

Functionally, Manus behaves like a conversational engineer: you provide a prompt, and it autonomously scaffolds the app, sets up infrastructure, and configures things like login and Stripe subscriptions with minimal manual wiring. This makes it well-suited if you want to move quickly from idea to working MVP or marketing site, and still retain the ability to export and extend the code later. The built-in analytics, lead capture, and notifications add enough operational tooling for early-stage projects without needing a separate stack.

However, several details are not fully clear from the public marketing page. Manus does not specify which AI models it uses, how data is stored or isolated, or what its privacy and security controls look like beyond general claims of production-ready backends. Pricing and plan structure are also not disclosed. While the tool is strongly agentic for initial app generation and configuration, it is not a general-purpose automation platform: it focuses on building and evolving web applications, not running arbitrary long-lived business workflows.

Manus may be less suitable if you need strict control over every line of code from day one, have complex compliance requirements, or prefer a traditional low-code environment with explicit UI components rather than a conversational interface. Given that Manus is now part of Meta, prospective users should also check the latest documentation for any changes to availability, roadmap, or data policies before committing it to critical projects.