"General" AI Agents: Skylight (OS) vs Manus (Browser) vs Suna (Open Source)

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Published on April 23, 2025 3:44:12 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KVKTucCGvM

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In this video, I explore the world of AI agents designed to automate computer tasks. We take a deep dive into Skylight AI, a platform that promises agents capable of using Windows virtual machines just like a human. I test Skylight's capabilities by tasking it with scraping my top 5 YouTube Shorts, finding my channel, navigating the page, and creating an Excel spreadsheet with the results – all through direct OS and GUI interaction.
But how does it stack up against the competition? I run the exact same task on Manus AI and the newly released, open-source Suna AI. Watch as we compare their approaches (OS control vs. browser automation vs. scripting), speed, accuracy, cost, and overall user experience.
Join the discussion as we look at the strengths and weaknesses of each platform, the potential of OS-level automation vs. browser/terminal focus, and the current state of AI agents trying to become truly useful digital employees. Can these tools handle real-world tasks reliably yet? Let's find out!

Links:
OG stream:
skylight: https://www.launchskylight.com/
manus: https://manus.im/
suna: https://www.suna.so/

Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Skylight AI & Website Features
00:01:32 - Starting the Skylight Free Trial & Creating a VM
00:02:12 - Giving Skylight the YouTube Scraping Task
00:02:45 - Skylight Demonstrates OS Interaction (Opening Excel)
00:04:47 - Skylight Successfully Navigates to the YouTube Channel
00:05:22 - Skylight Starts Populating the Excel Sheet
00:06:40 - Discussing Skylight Performance, Cost & Persistence
00:07:54 - Analyzing Skylight's Results (Got Videos 6-10)
00:08:31 - Introducing Manus AI (MultiOn) & Starting Comparison Task
00:10:53 - Manus Creates Excel Sheet using Python/Pandas
00:11:05 - Analyzing Manus AI Results (Correct Videos Found)
00:12:11 - Comparing Skylight vs. Manus: Speed, Cost & Accuracy
00:14:40 - Introduction to Suna AI (Open Source Agent)
00:16:02 - Giving Suna AI the Same Task
00:20:00 - Suna AI Struggles with YouTube Data Retrieval
00:21:11 - Suna AI Fails Task & Final Thoughts on All Agents

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