# Genspark vs Manus: Credits, Refunds and Cloud Computers Compared

> Genspark vs Manus: plan prices with periods, how each meters credits, refund and trial rules, cloud computer costs, schedules, team credits and security.

_Source: https://professionalstoolkit.com/articles/genspark-vs-manus — The Professional's Toolkit · updated November 2026_

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**72 hours** — Genspark's US refund window from each web charge for Plus, Pro and Cloud Computer, if under 50% of the subscription or quota is used; one refund per customer, none on Team for partly used periods. Manus payments are final except where law requires.



- **Per seat** — Genspark Team credits, not shared; Manus Team credits are pooled
- **$50 a month** — Manus Advanced cloud computer add-on: 2 vCPU, 8 GB, 120 GB
- **Every 5 minutes** — Shortest interval for Manus Automations


## Which one fits, before the details

Pick **Genspark** if you want an office suite and an agent on one credit wallet. On Plus, Pro and Cloud Computer bought on the web, US buyers get 72 hours from each charge to ask for a refund, provided less than half the subscription or quota is used, and only one refund per customer; Team is non-refundable for partly used periods [1]. Pick **Manus** if scheduled, triggered agent work is the core job and you accept that its payments are final except where law requires. Both meter everything in credits. Neither credit converts into the other.

Genspark is an AI workspace built around Super Agent, which plans the steps, runs them on a cloud computer and hands back reports, decks, spreadsheets and web pages. Around it sit AI Slides, AI Sheets, AI Docs, GenMail, build tools and Genspark Claw, an AI employee on a cloud computer or your own desktop. Manus is a general agent with Plan Mode, which writes an editable plan and builds nothing until you confirm, plus a website and app builder, Skills and Automations. The overlap is the agent. The difference is everything around it.

## Two price ladders that do not line up


> **About these prices:** Prices shown are what Genspark lists for visitors in the United States, in US dollars. Your price can differ by country, currency and local taxes such as VAT. Check your current price — Genspark: https://api.colosus.site/go/genspark?to=pricing



Genspark has a Free plan at $0 with 100 credits a day up to a lifetime cap on free credits. Genspark Plus starts at $24.99 a month billed monthly, or $19.99 a month billed annually as one payment of $239.99 a year, for the entry tier of 10,000 credits a month. Genspark Pro starts at $249.99 a month, or $199.99 a month billed annually at $2,399.99 a year, for 125,000 credits a month. Genspark's website help prints no price for the higher credit tiers.

Manus Free is $0 with 300 refresh credits a day, usable only in Manus 2.0 Lite mode and capped at 1,500 a month, plus 1,000 credits once at sign-up, with no Wide Research or video generation. Manus Pro, a single-user plan, costs $20 a month billed monthly for 4,000 credits, or $17 a month billed yearly, which is $200 a year. Its $200-a-month tier, the highest on its pricing cards, costs $167 a month billed yearly ($2,000 a year) for 40,000 credits. Every Manus Pro tier adds 300 refresh credits a day, usable only in Manus 2.0 Lite mode.

By our arithmetic, twelve months of Plus billed monthly come to $299.88 against $239.99 for the annual plan, a gap of $59.89. Monthly billing costs less only if you stop within 9 months ($224.91); from the 10th month ($249.90) it costs more. These figures ignore the refund window, tier changes and taxes. Genspark's annual plan is one upfront payment, while its credits still arrive month by month.

### Teams: credits per seat versus one shared pool

Genspark Team costs $40 per seat a month, or $35 per seat a month billed annually at $420 per seat a year, with 10,000 credits per seat, a 2-seat minimum and every admin counted as a paid seat. Those credits are not shared, so a member who runs dry cannot borrow a colleague's surplus [2]. By our arithmetic, the smallest team costs $80 a month, or $840 a year on annual billing. Payment is by card through Stripe, with no invoice.

Manus Team starts at $20 per seat a month billed monthly, or from $200 per seat a year, with 4,000 credits per seat that flow into one shared pool. A pool suits uneven usage. Manus charges a flat $150 SSO fee (plus tax) for teams under 30 seats, free from 30, billed on its own cycle. Genspark includes SAML 2.0 SSO on Team and Enterprise, and Enterprise adds automatic user provisioning (SCIM). Extra credits are gated on Manus: its Pro tiers priced $20 to $100 a month offer no add-ons at all.


> 💡 **Run one job on both free tiers:** Genspark Free gives 100 credits a day up to a lifetime cap on free credits; Manus Free gives 300 refresh credits a day in Manus 2.0 Lite mode only, capped at 1,500 a month, plus 1,000 once. Run the same small job on each before paying.


## Credits you can see coming, and credits you cannot

Neither product forecasts every job. Genspark shows a price card with the model and its price before it generates new images, video or music, but a text job's cost appears only after the turn, in credit history. Manus cannot estimate a task's credit cost in advance, though its Plan Mode shows the steps before work starts. On both, a small pilot on your real jobs tells you more than any credit total. Budget from that.

Monthly credits expire on both sides. Genspark Plus and Pro credits refresh at the start of each monthly period and do not carry over, annual plans still issue them month by month, and top-up packs last three months. Manus keeps no unused subscription credits for the next cycle, annual plans included. So size either plan to a normal month. Not a peak one.

Genspark changed Plus and Pro in September 2026: core AI Chat and AI Image models cost no credits within a 5-hour window, flagship models always cost credits, and Standard-mode agent work draws first on a weekly Free Quota, which Team does not get. Members who subscribed before the change and stayed subscribed keep free use of nearly every AI Chat and AI Image model until the end of December 2026; a lapse of up to 14 days still counts as continuous. Our [Genspark pricing](/articles/genspark-pricing) guide has the full rules.

When a run fails, both hand credits back, on different terms. Genspark refunds credits for prompts blocked before generation and for runs that fail on a system error, while flagged output, runs you stop and quality disputes stay charged. Manus returns credits for tasks that fail through a verifiable bug, asks for a shareable task link and has an AI agent review the claim.


**What users rate it, by platform**

| Platform | Rating | Reviews | As of |
|---|---|---|---|


_Rendered from our current record; these are other platforms' user scores, separate from our own Toolkit Score._


Reviewers of Genspark say credits go to failed or unwanted outputs and regenerations, with no running cost meter. Trustpilot shows no rating for Genspark. The app store ratings in the widget lean favorable, while the G2 sample is too small to weigh. Billing complaints still deserve attention.

## Cloud computers, schedules and the always-on question

Genspark Super Agent cannot run scheduled jobs. Recurring work belongs to Workflows, which you describe in plain language and which run on a schedule or when a Gmail or Outlook email arrives, with one trigger per workflow. For an always-on agent, Genspark sells Claw. In cloud mode it needs a separate Genspark Cloud Computer subscription in Lite, Standard or Powerful tiers, and the help center prints no price for any tier [3]. Local mode on a Mac or Windows desktop needs only credits. Our [Genspark Claw](/articles/genspark-claw) guide covers the setup.


> ⚠ **A Genspark Test Run is real:** Testing a Genspark Workflow sends the emails, changes the data and uses credits, so point a first test at test data.


Manus Automations come in three forms, Schedule, Triggered task and Advanced automation, the last one in beta, and run at most every five minutes. Triggers include Gmail, Outlook, Calendar, GitHub, Shopify, Slack, Notion and webhooks, and automations keep running with your device closed. Manus sells its cloud computer as a separate monthly add-on with printed prices: Advanced costs $50 a month for 2 vCPU, 8 GB memory and 120 GB storage [4]. That box you can budget. The Genspark one you cannot.


> 💡 **Turn on Ask First in Genspark:** On personal Genspark Plus and Pro plans, the Ask First setting (off by default) asks before a task moves from the weekly Free Quota onto credits.


## Getting money back, and who answers for your data

Genspark's refund covers Plus, Pro and Cloud Computer bought on the web, once per customer; renewals get their own 72-hour window, and over the usage limit Genspark may offer credits instead. Store purchases are refunded through the store, Team is non-refundable for partly used periods, and no free trial of Plus or Pro is described. Manus payments are final except where law requires. Manus does describe a seven-day free trial for some subscriptions, and canceling before the first charge costs nothing.

Genspark's Trust Center shows SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 badges, with the SOC 2 report under NDA. Team and Enterprise are opted out of model training automatically, and admins cannot read members' past chat text or see private projects. Manus's Trust Center lists SOC 2 Type II, SOC 2 Type I, ISO 27001 and ISO 27701, but on its Team plan the Owner and Super Admins can access every member's tasks. That matters for HR or client work.


## FAQ

**Is a Genspark credit worth the same as a Manus credit?**

No. Each vendor meters its own work: a Genspark Super Agent message typically costs 10-60 credits in Standard mode and 50-500 in Ultra, while Manus says it cannot estimate a task's credit cost in advance. Compare plans with a pilot of your own jobs, not by credit totals.

**Can a Genspark team pay by invoice?**

Not on the Team plan, which is paid by card through Stripe on the web and cannot be bought from the iOS app. Genspark Enterprise runs on an Order Form with wire, ACH or invoice payment.

**Can I pause a Genspark subscription instead of canceling?**

No, Genspark has no pause. Canceling keeps the plan to the end of the paid period, then the account reverts to Free, and you can resubscribe later.


## Picking between Genspark and Manus for your team

Choose Genspark when the output is decks, documents, sheets and email, and when per-seat budgets suit your team. For one person on Plus or Pro bought on the web, the 72-hour refund window on each charge, once per customer, also counts; a Team plan gets no refund for partly used periods. Budget Claw's cloud computer separately, since its price is not printed. Choose Manus when the work is scheduled or triggered across many apps, when one pooled credit balance fits uneven usage, and when printed cloud-computer prices and a trial for some subscriptions outweigh final payments. Either way, pilot real jobs first. Our [Manus AI review](/articles/manus-ai-review) and [Genspark alternatives](/articles/genspark-alternatives) cover the wider field.



## Sources

[1] Genspark Help Center: Membership Plans — https://www.genspark.ai/helpcenter/membership-plans (2026-11)
[2] Genspark Help Center: Team & Enterprise Plans — https://www.genspark.ai/helpcenter/team-enterprise-plans (2026-11)
[3] Genspark Help Center: Genspark Claw — https://www.genspark.ai/helpcenter/genspark-claw (2026-11)
[4] Manus pricing — https://manus.im/pricing (2026-11)
[5] Genspark Terms of Service — https://www.genspark.ai/terms
[6] Genspark Privacy Policy — https://www.genspark.ai/privacy