They are not the same job
A manager is a person with a phone book and opinions. The best part of what a good one does — knowing which brand manager just moved companies, telling you not to take a deal — is not something Rep AI does or claims to.
What Rep AI does is the part that does not need a person: find every brand in your categories that is not on your never-list, write the pitch with your real numbers, send it on a schedule, read the reply, and counter anything under your floor before it ever reaches you.
The fee is the real difference
A commission and a flat fee give an agent different instincts. One earns more when you say yes; the other earns the same either way. Rep AI is flat on purpose, and why Rep AI never takes a cut explains why that matters at the exact moment an offer comes in under your number.
Both, or one
They are not exclusive. If you have a manager, put the brands they handle on your never-list and Rep AI will never contact them. It works the rest of the market, and the deals it opens land in your inbox, not in a system between you and your manager.
If you do not have one, the question is usually not "Rep AI or a manager" but "Rep AI or nothing yet". Pricing is on how much Rep AI costs.