OffivelleOffivelle vs Manus
Manus (Manus): a cloud agent with its own computer and a free daily allowance.
Pick Manus if…
- you want a real free tier with no AI plan of your own;
- you want nothing to install.
Pick Offivelle if…
- you’d rather not buy credits: use your own AI plan or free local models;
- you want your work and memory on your own Mac;
- you want to watch your team work and approve each risky step.
| Question | Offivelle | Manus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free app. Agents use your own ChatGPT plan (through Codex) or Claude plan (through Claude Code, which draws on your plan’s monthly agent credit, then extra usage), or free models on your Mac. Offivelle sells no AI credits. | Free (300 credits a day), Pro $20 or $40 a month, Team $20 per seat.1 |
| Where you can get it | Every country. The app speaks 11 languages, and agents answer in yours. | Not published |
| Where it runs | Your Mac (macOS 13 or later). Chat and approvals from your phone through Telegram, or the phone app on your Wi-Fi or Tailscale. Your own Linux server with Docker. Windows is coming. | Manus’s cloud computer.2 |
| Which AI does the work | Your choice: ChatGPT (through OpenAI’s Codex), Claude (through Anthropic’s Claude Code) or free local models through Ollama. Pick several and they back each other up. | Manus’s own system; no choice of model.2 |
| One agent or a team | A team: a CEO who plans the work and hires from 46 roles in 13 departments. Several people can share a company, with roles from viewer to admin. | A Team plan with single sign-on; its Cue app lets several agents share a goal.1, 2 |
| Approvals | Emails, publishing and spending wait for your OK, on the Mac or by Telegram. “Always allow” rules for what you trust, a daily budget, and one tap pauses everyone. | Not published |
| Your data and training | Stays on your Mac. Prompts go only to the AI you chose (nowhere, with a local model). Offivelle doesn’t train on it or show ads; anonymous usage counts only if you say yes. | Opting out of training is listed as a Team-plan feature.1 |
| Memory you can see and edit | Yes: plain Markdown notes in a folder you own (an Obsidian vault, kept with git). Read, edit, move or delete them. | Not published |
| Works with your computer off | While your Mac is on, or around the clock on your own server. | Yes: it runs in the cloud.2 |
| Its face | A 3D office of people whose looks you choose; bring your own 3D characters. | Not published |
| Open source | Yes: the code is published under AGPL-3.0 at launch. | No. |
Facts checked on October 8, 2026 from the public sources listed above. Products change quickly: if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it. Manus is a trademark of Manus; Offivelle isn’t affiliated with Manus.