Side-by-side comparison · AI Browsers & Agents
ChatGPT Work vs Manus vs Opera Neon
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.
At a glance
Pick it if: ChatGPT users who want admin, inbox, research and reporting jobs done for them without building automations.
Pick it if: People who want to hand off whole tasks and don't want to build the automation themselves.
Pick it if: Business owners and power users who want an AI that does web tasks for them and are happy to pay for access to several top models in one place.
Overview
| Attribute | ChatGPT Work | Manus | Opera Neon |
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| In one line | ChatGPT's agent mode: hand it a whole task across your email, apps, files and browser. | A general-purpose agent that takes a goal and works through it in its own browser. | Opera's agentic AI browser that browses, researches and builds things for you. |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | $20/mo | From $20/mo | $19.90/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | No | Yes | Yes |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | ChatGPT Work | Manus | Opera Neon |
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| Overall rating | 4.0Winner | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | ChatGPT Work | Manus | Opera Neon |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes | Yes | No |
| Desktop app | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Browser extension | No | Yes | No |
| API access | No | Yes | Yes |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | Yes | Yes | No |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | Yes | Yes | No |
| Connects to other apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | No | No | No |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Makes images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Makes video | No | Yes | Yes |
| Writes code | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Runs agents or automations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Learns your brand or style | No | No | No |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities score | 12/ 17 | 15/ 17 | 11/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | ChatGPT Work | Manus | Opera Neon |
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| Plans | Free Free Trying a task or two on desktop. | Free Free Quick questions and seeing what it can do. | Free Free Trying Neon, or letting your own AI agent use a browser. |
PlusOur pick $20/mo Handing off a few jobs a week. | ProOur pick From $20/mo, less with yearly billing Anyone who wants to hand off real research and build jobs. | StandardOur pick $19.90/mo Anyone who wants Neon's agents to do web tasks for them. | |
Pro From $100/mo Anyone running agent tasks every day. | Pro (higher tier) From $40/mo, less with yearly billing Heavier users and anyone publishing websites with it. | ||
Business See website Teams that want shared admin and no training on their data. | Team From $20/seat/mo Teams that want shared credits and admin controls. | ||
Enterprise Custom Large organisations. | |||
| Which plan to pick | Try it on Plus with a couple of real jobs. If you hand it work most days you'll run out of credits, and that's when Pro or extra credits make sense. | Try the Free plan for a week to get a feel for how many credits a real task uses, then move to the $20 Pro tier. Only go higher if you run out most months or you want it to publish websites for you. | If you're choosing Neon, it's for the agents, so Standard at $19.90 a month is the plan that matters. Month to month, so try it for one month on a real job. The free plan's chat is more basic than the free AI in Opera One, so only stay on Free if you want to plug in your own Claude or ChatGPT. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, ChatGPT Work, Manus or Opera Neon?
ChatGPT Work scores highest overall in our ratings (ChatGPT Work 4.0/5, Manus 3.7/5 and Opera Neon 3.4/5). ChatGPT Work is best for sorting inbox and calendar admin across connected apps and weekly reports and reviews on a schedule. Manus is best for multi-step research with a report at the end and lead lists and data gathering. Opera Neon is best for handing off web chores like bookings and form filling and deep research reports on a market or competitor.
Which is cheaper, ChatGPT Work, Manus or Opera Neon?
ChatGPT Work: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $20/mo. Manus: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at From $20/mo. Opera Neon: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $19.90/mo.
Which is easier to use, ChatGPT Work, Manus or Opera Neon?
Manus rates highest for ease of use in our scores. People who want to hand off whole tasks and don't want to build the automation themselves.
How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.
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