Manus adds Accommodation Modes to its Website Builder

Manus's Website Builder adds Hosting Modes, letting users switch between Autoscale and Reserved server configurations in one click with no downtime.

Manus's Website Builder now features Hosting Modes, allowing one-click switching between two server types without modifying a single line of code. Previously, transitioning a project from an auto-scaling configuration to an always-on server involved juggling cloud settings, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure.

The default mode, Autoscale, scales power from zero to five instances based on traffic and only charges for active requests, with costs dropping to zero when the site is idle. It covers on-demand uses, from a product page experiencing a launch peak to an internal dashboard or a lightweight API. The Reserved mode, on the other hand, relies on a single, persistent instance, with no cold starts or latency. It targets workloads that cannot go to sleep, such as a live streaming dashboard, a real-time webcam viewer, or a Discord bot that needs to listen continuously.

The setting can be changed from the published project's settings, with Manus handling the transition in the background without taking the site offline. The company also specifies that while WebSockets are technically possible under Autoscale, they remain discouraged due to instances stopping during inactivity.

Both modes are available to all accounts, each with a free monthly budget of $10 in credits shared between hosting and cloud database. Reserved is billed based on actual CPU and memory consumption, up to approximately $36 per month.