# Manus

Source: https://useronboarding.ai/companies/manus

- Category: Onboarding for AI products
- Type: Assistants
- Product: https://manus.im

An agent product that segments users by outcome-framed role cards, shows Pro pricing with a 7-day trial before the workspace loads, and then lands on a task composer with quick-action chips and a visible credit balance.

## Notes

- 'Which best describes your work?' shows nine role cards (Business Owner, Growth, E-commerce, etc.) plus Others, each with a one-line outcome, and a Skip link top-right (AI UX Playground).
- 'Upgrade to Manus Pro' appears mid-onboarding with three tiers, the middle '7-Day Free' tier highlighted, and credit-volume dropdowns on higher tiers.
- Post-onboarding home is 'What can I do for you?' with chips (Create slides, Build website, Design) plus a desktop-app download banner and a 'Learn to build, earn free credits' banner.
- A credit pill opens a popover with the free balance and a daily refresh to 300 credits at 00:00, plus View usage and Upgrade.
- Feature-announcement modals (e.g. 'Introducing Shopify On Manus') teach new capabilities without blocking the first task.
- Teardown takeaway: 'If usage is metered, teach the meter during onboarding.'
- NN/g uses Manus as its example of use-case prompt suggestions: category tabs of example tasks under the input, each opening a full replay of a finished task, so new users see what the agent can do before they type (NN/g, 2025-04-25).

## Patterns

role picker, outcome-framed options, paywall during onboarding, composer as home, credit meter, feature announcement modal

## Screens

- !['Which best describes your work?' nine outcome-framed role cards with Skip](https://useronboarding.ai/images/manus-1.jpg) 'Which best describes your work?' nine outcome-framed role cards with Skip (source: https://aiuxplayground.com/teardowns/manus/onboarding)
- !['Upgrade to Manus Pro' with the 7-day free tier highlighted](https://useronboarding.ai/images/manus-2.jpg) 'Upgrade to Manus Pro' with the 7-day free tier highlighted (source: https://aiuxplayground.com/teardowns/manus/onboarding)
- ![First home: 'What can I do for you?' composer, quick-action chips, desktop app promo](https://useronboarding.ai/images/manus-3.jpg) First home: 'What can I do for you?' composer, quick-action chips, desktop app promo (source: https://aiuxplayground.com/teardowns/manus/onboarding)
- ![Credits popover: free balance and daily refresh at midnight](https://useronboarding.ai/images/manus-4.jpg) Credits popover: free balance and daily refresh at midnight (source: https://aiuxplayground.com/teardowns/manus/onboarding)
- !['Introducing Shopify On Manus' feature modal on first run](https://useronboarding.ai/images/manus-5.jpg) 'Introducing Shopify On Manus' feature modal on first run (source: https://aiuxplayground.com/teardowns/manus/onboarding)

## Articles

- [Manus onboarding UX: role segmentation & Pro upsell](https://aiuxplayground.com/teardowns/manus/onboarding): AI UX Playground
- [Prompt Suggestions](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/prompt-suggestions/): Nielsen Norman Group (Kate Moran, Tim Neusesser)

## Cited in

- [Where did onboarding go in AI products?](https://useronboarding.ai/questions#where-did-onboarding-go)
- [How do products solve the blank prompt box?](https://useronboarding.ai/questions#blank-box)
- [Where does pricing show up?](https://useronboarding.ai/questions#pricing)