Comparison
Facts checked August 2026
Toyo is a hosted assistant for ongoing personal and team work. Manus runs large autonomous tasks in a cloud workspace. Daily continuity and a separate project environment serve different working needs.
Pick Toyo if you want help with daily work and context that carries across people and agents.
Pick Manus if you want to hand off a large task in a cloud sandbox.
| Criterion | Toyo | Manus |
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Daily assistance, team work and company context | Autonomous project work |
| Work environment | Connected business tools and Slack | A cloud sandbox with browser, files and code |
| Continuity | Personal context and shared company knowledge | Preferences plus task workspaces |
| Team use | Shared Slack agent and Brain | Team plans and Slack access |
| Scheduled work | Briefings, reports and approved recurring work | Scheduled cloud tasks within plan limits |
| Hosting | Hosted and managed by Toyo | Hosted and managed by Manus |
| Setup | Connect your work tools through a short setup | Create an account and start a task |
| Price | From $29 a month | Free credits, then about $20 to $200 a month |
Manus is a hosted autonomous agent. It plans and runs work in cloud sandbox computers with a browser, file system and coding tools.
The product handles research, reports, slides, websites and other projects with many steps. Users can watch the work and step in when needed.
Manus charges through task credits. This model suits occasional project hand-offs where a finished file or deliverable matters most.
Personal Toyo is an AI executive assistant for your daily work. You can message it, send a voice note or call. It handles email, meetings and follow-ups across tools such as Gmail, Calendar and Slack.
Toyo for Slack gives your company a shared agent. Teammates can ask for a recap, find a decision or turn a discussion into a brief. Toyo can use approved sources such as Notion, Google Drive, Linear and Granola.
Toyo Brain gives connected agents shared company context. ChatGPT, Claude, OpenClaw, Hermes and other agents can read current knowledge and save useful work for the team.
Manus focuses on project execution. Toyo focuses on work that continues each day.
Manus suits a research report, slide deck or web project. Toyo handles inbox, meetings and follow-ups, then carries context into later work.
Toyo Brain keeps shared context available across connected agents.
Manus keeps work inside its task environment. Brain lets a company save approved knowledge and reusable agent output in one shared layer.
Toyo has a shared agent designed around Slack channels, threads and direct messages.
It can find decisions, prepare recaps and save durable work to Brain. Manus offers Slack as another way to reach its cloud agent.
Manus meters project work through credits. Toyo sells monthly assistant plans.
Credit use can vary with task length. Toyo plans suit recurring daily work with stated usage limits.
Toyo uses monthly plans. Manus combines free daily credits with paid credit bundles.
| Criterion | Toyo Monthly assistant plan | Manus Task credits |
|---|---|---|
| Free access | No current free trial | 300 daily refresh credits |
| Starting paid plan | Solo costs $29 a month | Paid plans start at about $20 a month |
| Heavy use | Pro costs $79 a month | Plans rise to about $200 a month |
| Team and company context | Custom price or Brain private beta | Team plans start at about $20 per seat |
Toyo prices come from the current pricing page. Competitor prices can change, so check the provider before you buy.
Both products run as hosted services. Each provider manages its cloud environment and service updates.
Manus runs tasks in cloud sandbox computers. The service processes task data under its own policies and offers team access controls.
Toyo stores data in US data centres with encryption at rest and in transit. It does not train models on customer data. Brain keeps personal and company context in separate scopes.
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