Manus has many of the features of OpenClaw but seems underwhelming.

Part of it is that it's owned by an aggregator.

"How is this service tricking me into taking myself hostage?" is the undercurrent.

If that same service were open source and fully local you might be willing to use it.

But if you know it's owned by an aggregator, then it has to be so obviously great you couldn't imagine not using it.

That's a high bar to clear!

There will be a similar challenge for OpenClaw at OpenAI.