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ChatGPT Work vs Claude Cowork vs Manus
General-purpose agents that take a goal and bring back a finished thing. I checked what each vendor says its agent does. I did not check whether it does it, because that is what the case pages are for.
| ChatGPT | Claude Cowork | Manus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What the vendor says | ChatGPT Work turns tools, files and context into reports, presentations, analyses and sites, including scheduled and recurring tasks source | Cowork is now merged into Claude; it handles larger work including local files, scheduled tasks, documents and slides source | Manus 2.0: persistent cloud computers, scheduled or event-triggered automations, and documents, websites, code, games and video source |
| Pricing | See site source | See site source | See site source |
How to read this
- All three do the same broad job. The differences that matter in practice show up in the cases: what the agent got wrong, and what the human still had to check.
- Browse each tool's cases below and read the ones that sound like your chore.
What people actually did with them
ChatGPT: 106 cases here
- Win a flight refund dispute
- Draft a refund demand for an unauthorized renewal
- Rebook after a flight cancellation
- Plan family vacations
Claude Cowork: 33 cases here
- Fill out insurance paperwork from hospital records
- Do bookkeeping and tax prep from a folder of documents
- Plan family meals and enter recipes into Grocy
- Plan a road trip