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Meta's Muse starts $80 a month below OpenAI's Dot for individuals
OpenAI's cheapest individual plan for a Dot costs $100 a month, five times Meta's $20 Muse Power tier, Engadget reports. Training defaults and regional limits differ too, and those are the settings a rollout owner answers for.
The Product Desk
Key figures: Muse Power tier costs $20 a month. Dot's lowest individual option, Pro 100, costs $100 a month, the same as Muse's Maximum tier at $100 a month. A Dot Business Premium seat costs $125 per user per month billed monthly, or $100 per user per month billed annually.
| Figure | Value | Note | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muse Power tier | 20 $ per month | 9 | |
| Dot Pro 100 (lowest individual) | 100 $ per month | 10 | |
| Muse Maximum tier | 100 $ per month | 9 | |
| Business Premium, billed monthly | 125 $ per user/month | 11 | |
| Business Premium, billed annually | 100 $ per user/month | 11 |
What happened
- Meta released Muse on September 8, and OpenAI's always-on agents in ChatGPT followed three weeks later.
- Muse runs on a dedicated Secure VM with its own browser, and users reach it through Muse's apps, the web or WhatsApp.
- Dot lives inside ChatGPT, is powered by GPT-6 Astra, and each Dot gets its own cloud computer.
- Amazon has already blocked Muse from shopping on its site, so the agent's browser access has a limit before any permission setting applies.
- Meta says conversations and data inside Muse's VM are not shared with its advertising systems, and users can opt out of having interactions used to improve its models.
Why it matters
- cost A Business Premium seat billed monthly ($125) costs $25 more than one billed annually ($100), or $300 per seat per year. The billing term is part of the price the buyer chooses.
- exposure Each linked account adds capability and adds access to email, calendar, files or browser sessions. Whoever approves the plan is also approving that access.
- constraint A team split across the US and UK cannot put everyone on the same individual plan: Muse is US and Canada only, and Pro-plan Dots exclude the UK. Business Premium is the listed Dot route there.
- decision Muse's model-improvement setting arrives enabled and its permission prompt covers only some actions. A Muse pilot starts with both defaults to review before anyone links an account.
The pitch is to give an AI a task and stop checking on it every five minutes, Engadget writes [2]. Engadget also says these agents still need supervision [20]. Meta says Muse asks permission before sensitive actions such as sending an email or making a purchase [6]. OpenAI's controls over a Dot are permissions, Custom Rules and Auto-review, and both companies warn that their agents can get things wrong [7].
Price separates the two only at the low end. Muse's Maximum tier and Dot's Pro 100 both cost $100 a month [25]. Muse also has a free tier with a usage cap [9], while the cheapest individual Dot option Engadget lists is $100 [10]. The article does not break down what each tier includes, so for now the entry-price gap is a difference in price alone.
A Dot can also be given access to a user's local computer to retrieve files or browse the internet [5]. OpenAI says proactive Dot research is read-only until a later action passes its normal permission checks [15]. It also says Dot usage counts toward usage limits only when the Dot is working inside ChatGPT Work or Codex [17].
In our view, Muse is the cheaper trial for an individual in the US or Canada [18]. Dot suits a company already on ChatGPT, where OpenAI says Business and Enterprise data is not used for training by default [14]. The trade-off is a $100 entry point for individuals [10].
For a Monday rollout, reach is the first axis: how many accounts are linked, and whether a Dot has the local-computer grant. The second is the permission default: a prompt before every send or purchase, or a prompt for some actions only. In the cell with a cloud-only agent and a prompt on every sensitive action, a first week is cheap to undo. In the cell with wide reach and partial prompts, the training setting and the permission default each need a named owner before the first task runs. We'd start every pilot in the first cell and add one linked account at a time. The cost of that order is slower value, because an agent with fewer linked accounts does less [19].
What to watch
- OpenAI's planned management of multiple Dots at once, and whether it changes how permissions and usage limits apply.
- Whether Enterprise access to Dots leaves beta, since Engadget lists it as still in beta.
- Whether Muse's availability grows past the US and Canada, where Engadget says it is offered today.
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- [1]
Meta released Muse on September 8, followed by OpenAI's new always-on agents in ChatGPT three weeks later.
- [2]
Engadget describes the promise as providing an AI with a task and then no longer checking on it every five minutes.
- [3]
Muse runs on a dedicated Secure VM with its own browser and can be used via Muse's apps, the web or WhatsApp.
- [4]
Dot lives within ChatGPT and is powered by GPT-6 Astra; each Dot has its own cloud computer.
- [5]
Users can grant a Dot access to their local computer to retrieve files or browse the internet.
- [6]
Meta states that Muse asks for permission before taking sensitive actions like sending an email or making a purchase.
- [7]
OpenAI employs permissions, Custom Rules and Auto-review to manage what Dots can do, with both companies cautioning that their agents can make mistakes.
- [8]
Amazon has already blocked Muse from shopping on its site.
- [9]
The free tier of Muse has a usage cap, and the Power and Maximum tiers are $20 and $100 per month, respectively.
- [10]
Individual users must pay a much higher subscription fee to use Dots, with the lowest available option being Pro 100 at $100 per month.
- [11]
A Business Premium seat costs $100 per user per month billed annually or $125 per user per month billed monthly.
- [12]
Meta states that conversations and data within Muse's VM are not shared with its advertising systems, and that users can choose not to have their interactions used to improve Meta's AI models.
- [13]
Engadget found Muse's model-improvement setting enabled by default, along with a default permission option that prompts for only some actions.
- [14]
OpenAI states that activity from personal-plan Dots may be used to improve its models depending on the user's ChatGPT setting, while Business and Enterprise data is not used for training by default.
- [15]
Proactive Dot research is read-only until a subsequent action passes its normal permission checks.
- [16]
Dots are rolling out to eligible Pro users outside the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the UK.
- [17]
OpenAI states that Dot usage will not count toward usage limits unless the Dot is working within ChatGPT Work or Codex.
- [18]
Muse is currently available in the US and Canada.
- [19]
The more accounts a user links, the more capable the agent becomes, but that can mean access to email, calendar, files and browser sessions.
- [20]
Engadget writes that these agents still need supervision.
- [21]
OpenAI plans to enable users to manage multiple Dots simultaneously.
- [22]
Dots are available to Business Premium users across supported ChatGPT regions, and Enterprise access is still in beta.
- [23]
Dot's lowest individual price ($100) is five times Muse's Power tier ($20).
- [24]
Muse's Power tier is $80 a month cheaper than Dot's Pro 100.
- [25]
Muse's Maximum tier and Dot's Pro 100 both cost $100 a month, a difference of $0.
- [26]
Monthly billing adds $25 per seat per month to a Business Premium seat, a 25 percent premium over annual billing.
- [27]
Monthly billing adds $300 per Business Premium seat over a year.
- [28]
On the plans Engadget lists, a UK-based individual cannot use Muse (US and Canada only) or a Pro-plan Dot (UK excluded); Business Premium and the Enterprise beta are the listed Dot routes.
Sources
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- engadget.comOpenAI Dot vs. Meta Muse: How do these AI agents compare?
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