Everyone Hates Manus. I Use It Anyway
13 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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Mike Andes reviews AI tools he actually uses. He likes ChatGPT for voice, Gemini for transcription, and Manus for coding help despite its cost. He strongly dislikes Microsoft Copilot.

Mike Andes reviews AI tools he actually uses. He likes ChatGPT for voice, Gemini for transcription, and Manus for coding help despite its cost. He strongly dislikes Microsoft Copilot.
ChatGPT. I'm still thumbs up on it, mostly because it has the best voice. Gemini. Good for the fact that it does really good transcription and summaries of videos. Like you can put YouTube links inside of it. I say thumbs up because it's so good at Google Drive stuff. Codex. So I love it for automations. So thumbs up on Codex. I get an EA Slack channel, executive assistant, where it summarizes all my emails, all my Slacks, and tells me what I need, things I need to take action on. DeepSeek. I've never used it. And I have, I have to say thumbs down because I've never used it. Perplexity. Thumbs down only because I feel like it's complexity. Like it's just very difficult to understand compared to other tools like Manus or Claude. Manus. I'm a fan. Everyone hates on Meta, but you know what? I prefer Manus over Claude code. It's expensive, but it is the simplest and it is really good at teaching me how to do the code while it's doing it. And it's been the easiest tool for coding that I've used. Copilot. Oh, Copilot from Microsoft? Yeah. Microsoft Copilot. Double, triple thumbs down. Thumbs down hardcore.