Manjaro 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview
Pricing and Plans
Features
User Reviews

Overview

Manjaro

4.7

(6)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Manjaro

Manjaro is a Linux distribution system that helps businesses run and manage Windows-based and open-source applications. The application enables IT professionals to automatically install drivers based on the hardware and configure the operating system’s settings as per users’ requirements.

The platform allows administrators to modify the time zone of the system and automatically deploy system updates. Manjaro lets employees automatically install language packs from the control panel and securely store business data in a centralized repository. Additionally, managers can create multiple user accounts and grant or restrict permissions to access specific accounts.

Manjaro includes a variety of applications such as LaTex, Lyx, Thunderbird, Firefox, LibreOffice, Ardour, Visual Studio Code and more. The platform is available to users for free and support is extended via email, FAQs, forums and other online measures.

Manjaro Screenshots

Manjaro Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

Pricing available upon request

No plan information available

Manjaro Features

Popular features found in Operating Systems
App Management
Data Security
Kernels
System Updates
More features of Manjaro
Desktop Interface
File Management
Memory Management
User Interface

Manjaro User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

67%

33%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

5.0

Customer support

4.0

Functionality

4.5

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Andy L.

Verified reviewer

Photography

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

Manjaro makes Arch Linux friendly

Very happy with my system. As stable as most Linux releases and more flexible than many. Great for photographic, video and audio work.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

A solid system with rolling updates and the ability to use apps from a wide range of sources.

Cons:

Not a product for beginners or people switching straight from Windows as it will appear quite different to what they know and how they work. (Initially!)

Reasons for switching to Manjaro

Ubuntu is moving more and more into its proprietary SNAP app store.

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Reviewer

Banking

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2022

Best linux distro i used so far

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Customizable, stable. Good for development, security and gaming. Rolling updates is a nice feature. It is a lot smoother than the traditional major version where you need to go through a painful upgrade process

Cons:

You need to know a little bit about linux before going for an archlinux-based distro. Otherwise, i recommend starting with fedora if you are a beginner

Reasons for switching to Manjaro

i wanted to try an archlinix based distro. and once i got used to it, it started to feel much easier than previous distros

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Reviewer

Computer Software

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2021

Free operating system

In general I had a very good experience, but if you want to use it, check first if the programs you need on your PC are compatible with this operating system.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Updates are performed continuously without the need to install the entire operating system again. Obviously something that is very good about this operating system is that it is free and that it has a very large community, so any question that appears about this operating system is very likely that someone answered it on the internet. The package installation is very user friendly, as is the interface.

Cons:

The only thing that I see against this operating system is the same as in all Linux distributions, the compatibility of programs.

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Reviewer

Research

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

The best of Arch Linux made user friendly and attractive

I like Manjaro, there are pros and cons to it like anything but I definitely think it is worth using especially if you have always been interested in Arch but found it a bit too intimidating to tackle.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Manjaro is based on Arch Linux which is a very performant and secure distribution but is notorious for being inaccessible to beginners. Manjaro provides an easy installation UI so even beginners can work with this Arch based distribution. XFCE is supported and will be installed as part of the process. No more being dropped at a terminal after installation. Like Arch, Manjaro has rolling versioning, which means you don’t have to keep re-installing when a major version is released like you would with Ubuntu. Though if you are using as a server, you probably wouldn’t want the version to roll automatically in case it goes wrong. Manjaro has nice colours and themes by default, there has been a lot of effort put in to make it look very attractive.

Cons:

I have had issues with installing Manjaro in VirtualBox but I’m sure this will be sorted out with time once it becomes more mainstream. Also when things go wrong, you will most likely need to jump into a terminal and use the more esoteric side of the Arch based commands. So you can’t think it’s all going to be user friendly.

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Reviewer

Financial Services

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2023

Manjaro, best open source software

Overall experience is good, secure , soft. Will be using to other users.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I most liked about this software is it's updates and customization features.

Cons:

Least I liked about this software is it's daliy updates which causes software instability

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Reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2022

My favorite Linux distribution

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Manjaro gives you the versatility of Arch and packages from Arch's enormous user repository while removing the hassle of installation/configuration and providing useful tools for easy driver installation. Choose a desktop environment, install and everything comes pre-configured with sane defaults. Even though it's a rolling-release distribution, I've had no stability/update issues over the years that I've used Manjaro as my main OS at work.

Cons:

The only issue I've encountered that I've not been able to solve (yet) is terrible sound stuttering while connected to a Bluetooth headset in headset mode (playing audio without using the microphone works fine)

Reasons for switching to Manjaro

I didn't want to go through the installation and configuration process another time.

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