Manus launches Cloud Computer for 24/7 bots
Manus introduced Cloud Computer, an always-on cloud machine available on web and mobile for paid personal plans. It lets agents keep running Slack, Discord, and Telegram bots, databases, and scheduled jobs after the user's laptop is offline.
TL;DR
- Manus has shipped Cloud Computer, an always-on cloud machine that keeps bots, scripts, and software running after your laptop goes offline, according to ManusAI's launch post and the official launch post.
- The product pitch is persistence: the official launch post says files and installed tools stay on the machine between tasks, while ManusAI's thread frames it as infrastructure for 24/7 agents.
- Manus' own use-case list in ManusAI's examples post centers on Slack, Discord, and Telegram bots, live databases, self-hosted OSS tools like Metabase and Home Assistant, plus scheduled scrapers and reports.
- Availability started on web and mobile per ManusAI's announcement, and ManusAI's follow-up post adds that a Team plan is still coming soon.
You can jump straight to the official launch post, skim Manus' own build list, and watch testingcatalog's demo clip showing the feature pitched as an always-on agent machine with CLI tooling.
Cloud Computer
Manus is packaging a persistent cloud VM as part of its agent product. In the official launch post, the company describes Cloud Computer as a dedicated machine that runs bots, Python scripts, and software around the clock.
The more important detail is what it is replacing. The official launch post says normal Manus chats start from a blank slate, while Cloud Computer keeps the working environment intact so Manus can return to the same files and installed tools later.
Always-on state
The launch post draws a clean line between a one-off agent session and a persistent machine. Manus says laptops sleep, lose Wi-Fi, and shut down, but Cloud Computer stays up, which is why the company is positioning it for long-running automations rather than single tasks.
That persistence extends to setup. The official launch post says files remain on disk and installed software stays installed, so a database, bot, or reporting workflow can continue across multiple sessions.
What Manus says it can run
Manus' own list is more concrete than the headline:
- 24/7 bots on Slack, Discord, and Telegram, per ManusAI's examples post
- Live databases and persistent knowledge bases, per ManusAI's examples post
- Self-hosted open-source tools including WordPress, Metabase, Home Assistant, and Odoo, per ManusAI's examples post
- Scheduled scrapers and reports, per ManusAI's examples post
The official launch post adds the intended workflow: users describe the outcome, and Manus handles the hosting setup underneath.
Web, mobile, and paid access
Manus says Cloud Computer is available on web and mobile in the launch announcement. ManusAI's follow-up post is the only official note on packaging in the evidence set, and it says a Team plan is coming soon.
A separate testingcatalog report adds two implementation details not stated in the launch tweets: it describes the machine as Ubuntu-based and accessible through SSH or a web terminal. The same report says the feature is available on paid personal plans, which matches testingcatalog's post calling out paid personal access.