Manus is separating from Meta
and leaving its users in an ad creative void
Manus is unwinding its $2 billion acquisition by Meta after Chinese regulators blocked the deal. Accounts created on or after December 29, 2025 were deleted entirely, older accounts lost eight months of task data, and affected users spent two days locked out. If you are looking for a Manus alternative for ad creative and media buying, this page is for you.
What's happeningat Manus
The forced unwind of the $2B Meta deal, in 60 seconds
Meta bought Manus for $2 billion in December 2025. Four months later, China's state planner NDRC ordered the deal unwound, citing breaches of rules on outbound investment and technology export. Meta stopped sharing data with Manus shortly after, per the Financial Times. In July 2026, a Tencent-led investor group agreed to buy the company back at roughly the same price, and Caixin reports that Tencent is now the largest shareholder. On August 11, Manus told its users that data from the Meta period would be deleted.
Who is affected: the three account types
Manus sorted every account into one of three groups for the deletion, described in its service change overview. The cutoff date is December 29, 2025, the day the Meta deal closed.
| Type | Account created | What happened | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYPE A | Before Dec 29, 2025, unchanged since | Account kept; all task data generated on or after Dec 29, 2025 deleted | One month of free credits on active Pro subscriptions |
| TYPE B | Before Dec 29, 2025, account details changed after the acquisition | Post-acquisition subscriptions cancelled; free tier until deletion | Partial pro-rata refund |
| TYPE C | On or after Dec 29, 2025 | Entire account deleted, including subscription and all data | Pro-rata and balance refunds within 7 days |
Deleted data covers tasks, generated artifacts such as websites and presentations, and third-party connector authorizations. Anything not backed up through the Manus backup tool before August 23 at 7:59 a.m. Singapore time is gone.
What Manus hasn't said
The company has not named the affected jurisdictions. Users have to check an in-app notice to find out whether they are included. There is no published count of affected accounts. And anyone who signed up through Apple ID or Facebook received no email about any of this; the warnings only ran inside the app. None of this is speculation, it is simply what the official notice leaves out.
What the Meta separationmeans for your ad workflow
Manus vs Superscalefor performance marketing
| ManusGeneral agent | SuperscaleAd agent | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | General-purpose agent for any task | Ad agent: research, creative, publishing, iteration |
| Ad account integrations | Connector authorizations were deleted in the August 2026 separation | Meta, Google, TikTok, Shopify via official platform apps (Pro and up) |
| Credit logic | Reviewers report credits consumed by failed runs | Published prices; failed generations cost 0 credits |
| Your data | Post-acquisition data deleted for affected users in August 2026 | Brand context, assets, and skills persist in your workspace |
| Ownership | Tencent became the largest shareholder in the 2026 buyback | Founder-led German GmbH, backed by Creandum, Interface Capital, S16VC |
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Upload past winning ads and the agent turns them into editable brand guidelines. Context cascades from workspace to brand to product, so agencies set it once per client. The eight months you lost in Manus is a setup task here, not a rebuild.
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Failed generations cost zero credits
That is the direct answer to the most common Manus complaint. Top-up credits never expire, and when you cancel, your access and credits run to the end of the billing period. No surprise math.
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No acquisition drama, no forced data deletion, no regulator deciding what happens to your workspace. Your brand context, assets, and skills stay where you put them.
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Back up your Manus data
If your account still exists, export what you can through the official backup tool. Your restore window has no deadline, so save it even if you leave.
Paste your product link
Website, App Store, or Shopify. The agent imports your products, visuals, and brand voice in minutes.
Upload your winning ads
The agent converts them into brand guidelines it follows on every future generation.
Connect your ad accounts
Meta, Google, TikTok, Shopify, all through official OAuth apps. Then ask for your first batch.
Have questions?Find your answers.
No. Manus continues as an independent company based in Singapore after its separation from Meta. What changed for users: accounts created on or after December 29, 2025 were deleted along with their subscriptions, and older accounts lost task data generated after that date unless it was backed up before August 23, 2026.
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Manus may recover. Your ad account runs on creative velocity, and that cannot depend on a regulator's timetable. Rebuilding your setup takes one afternoon.
