I Audited 53 Manus AI Tasks and Found 47% of Credits Were Wasted - Here is the Fix

Dev.to AI
AI Research

I Audited 53 Manus AI Tasks and Found 47% of Credits Were Wasted - Here's the Fix TL;DR Manus AI defaults to its most expensive model (Max) for every task, even simple ones that Standard handles perfectly. I built a routing system that auto-detects task complexity and picks the right model. Result: 47% average savings across 53 audited scenarios with zero quality loss. The Problem Nobody Talks About If you're using Manus AI, you've probably noticed your credits disappear faster than expected.