Understanding Your Manus Billing: Subscription vs. WebDev Usage
Your Manus subscription primarily covers the credits you use while interacting with the Manus AI to build, research, and create. This includes activities like generating text, analyzing data, and using the various tools in the Manus environment.
Your WebDev usage balance, on the other hand, is a usage-based model that applies specifically to deployed web applications. When you publish a website or application using Manus WebDev, it runs on real-world cloud infrastructure, which incurs costs for hosting, databases, AI features, and API integrations. These costs are billed based on the actual consumption of these resources by your live application.
To put it simply, your subscription pays for the building process, while your WebDev usage balance pays for the running costs of your deployed application/website.
Billing Breakdown: Subscription vs. WebDev Usage
Billing Model | What It Covers | How It Works |
Manus Subscription | - Credits for interacting with the Manus AI | A recurring charge (monthly or annually) that provides a set amount of credits. |
WebDev Usage Balance | - Cloud hosting for your deployed application | A pay-as-you-go model where you are billed for the actual resources your live application consumes. |
Why is there a separate charge for WebDev usage?
Once your application is deployed, it moves from the development environment to a live production environment. This means it is accessible to the public and uses real server resources to operate. The usage-based model ensures that you only pay for what your application actually uses, making it a fair and scalable solution. As your application grows in popularity and usage, the costs will scale accordingly.
Check your website usage details
You may check which website each balance has been used for respectively under “Website usage & billing” in the “Usage” tab.
Common related FAQs:
What does the WebDev usage balance cover?
How does Manus subscription billing work?
How does WebDev usage billing work?
Why is there a separate charge for WebDev usage?
What activities are covered by Manus subscription credits?
What resources are billed under WebDev usage?
Is WebDev usage billed on a pay-as-you-go basis?
Does the subscription pay for deployed application hosting?
What happens when my application grows in popularity?
Does WebDev usage include database costs?
Does WebDev usage include AI features in my live app?
Does WebDev usage include API calls made by my application?
Where can I check my website usage details?
What is the "Website usage & billing" section?
Can I see which website each balance has been used for?
Is the Manus subscription a recurring charge?
What is the difference between the development environment and production environment?
How does the usage-based model scale with my application?