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Manus AI Faces Heat Over Unpredictable Credit Costs After USD 75M Benchmark Fund
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Manus AI Faces Heat Over Unpredictable Credit Costs After USD 75M Benchmark Fund

Autonomous agent platform Manus is receiving sustained criticism over its credit-based pricing, which users claim is unpredictable and too restrictive for serious development work. The report examines the platform's economics, the $75 million funding round led by Benchmark, its technical architecture using models like Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and how its variable cost model contrasts with the predictable subscription pricing of competitors like GitHub Copilot.

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