I built a real estate coaching app using Manus by Meta, whose multi-billion dollar acquisition is in an international dispute between China and the US. China blocked this acquisition from happening. Manus is raising billions of dollars back to re-acquire itself from Meta. You can imagine how much power this platform has after it led to a mass layoff at Meta post-acquisition.
I gave it a try to see how it compares to other website/app builders (Lovable, Base44, Replit, Bolt.new, v0… etc.).
Here's the prompt I gave it:
Create a real estate coaching app for real estate agents. Daily accountability tracking. Suggested prospecting/conversation starter activities. Coaching tips and advice. Interaction/connection with a human coach (directory) or chatbot (if they choose). Show stats performance. Calendar with completed/incomplete days. Daily activities report. Leads intake (which eventually connects to their own crm). Etc.
Manus is an agentic AI that can do what you ask it to. In a little over 30 minutes, it created a blueprint, designed the UI, coded functionality, and gave me a demo. No database yet. No login/auth. Just the prototype at this point.
Since Manus is giving away free credits for you to try it out, I built all of this up to the prototype point for free. (I actually built something else using Manus so if I didn't run out of credits doing that I would have this whole app functioning for free.)
Here's my take after using Manus a few times:
Meta acquired Manus to become more competitive in the AI space. Its agentic coding capabilities would make Meta a capable competitor in agentic AI offerings. With another task I asked it to do (creating a website for a business concept), it actually performed better than Lovable (my current go-to for websites and apps), and I was impressed by its output. The fact that it did 30+ minutes of work straight without asking me anything along the way (decisions, troubleshooting, etc.) is an experience I haven't had with the other vibe coding platforms.
Try it out and let me know what you think.