Muse

Muse is a personal AI agent for turning goals into plans and carrying tasks through, including work that continues after you close the app. It suits people and small businesses prepared to delegate browser and connected-service work while reviewing sensitive steps. The trade-off is substantial: its controls improve oversight, but real-world delegation still demands caution.

Overview

Muse is designed for follow-through rather than isolated answers. It can keep working in the background, then return when a task changes or approval is needed. That is useful for projects with waiting, monitoring or multiple stages, and less compelling if you only want quick questions answered.

Its availability is restricted: Muse for Small Business is for people aged 18 and over in the US and Canada, while subscriptions are in limited testing and not offered in every location. Meta also warns that Muse can make mistakes and that prompt injection remains an open problem, so automation should not be treated as unsupervised decision-making.

Key features

Muse can browse sites, fill in forms, complete transactions, conduct research and create documents, PDFs, web pages and interactive artifacts. Scheduled tasks extend it beyond one-off requests. Browser control and form filling can remove repetitive work, while background execution helps with longer jobs; however, actions that affect money, communications or records still merit a human check.

Small-business connections include Asana, Box, Canva, Dropbox, Figma, Granola, HighLevel, Intuit QuickBooks, Klaviyo, Lovable, Notion, Shopify, Slack, Stripe, Zoom, Facebook, Instagram and Meta ads. This is a useful spread for teams already working across those services, but it does not by itself make every integration equally valuable.

Muse requests approval before sensitive actions such as sending email or making purchases and shows an audit trail of activity and planned actions. Users can choose which apps to connect and set access levels, disconnect services, opt out of AI-model training and ask Muse to forget particular information. Credentials are stored so the agent cannot see them; 1Password integration is coming soon. Stripe Link checkout uses a one-time card number, keeping the real card details hidden from merchants.

The architecture uses a dedicated cloud virtual machine, with a separate Sentinel controlling connector actions and network access. That separation and the approval workflow reduce exposure, but they do not remove the risks Meta identifies.

Pricing

Free costs nothing and has a usage limit that refreshes periodically. It is the sensible way to assess whether Muse fits your workflow, but the recurring cap makes it a poor choice for dependable, heavy automation.

Power costs $20 a month, billed monthly and renewing monthly, with 500M Muse tokens per week. This is the practical tier for regular individual use or a small workload that needs more headroom than the free allowance.

Maximum costs $100 a month, billed monthly and renewing monthly, with 3B Muse tokens per week. It is aimed at intensive use; the fivefold price increase over Power only makes sense when that much weekly capacity is genuinely needed.

Platforms

Muse runs on Android, iOS and the web, allowing the same agent concept across mobile and desktop browsers. The service's cloud execution means work can continue after the app is closed, subject to availability in your location.

Who it's for

Muse is a strong fit for people managing multi-step personal projects, research and scheduled follow-ups, and for small businesses using several of its listed connectors. It is less suitable for anyone who cannot review approvals, needs guaranteed error-free execution, or lives outside its current small-business availability.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Background work continues after closure, making it useful for tasks that take time or depend on later changes.
• Pros: Browser actions, research, scheduling and artifact creation cover more of a workflow than a chat-only assistant.
• Pros: Approval prompts, audit trails and selectable access levels provide practical supervision of consequential actions.
• Pros: A broad set of business integrations can connect existing operational tools.
• Cons: Mistakes and prompt injection are acknowledged risks, so delegation is not risk-free.
• Cons: Limited testing and regional availability prevent many readers from subscribing.
• Cons: The free plan's periodically refreshing usage limit may constrain sustained work.
• Cons: Power and Maximum renew monthly, and Maximum's 100.00 USD price is difficult to justify without very high usage.

Alternatives

Choose AI Browser Agents when you want to compare a wider field of browser-focused tools before committing to Muse.

BrowserOS is the better pick if you want a free, open-source option that runs on macOS, Windows and Linux through an extension and includes built-in AI agents.

Choose Gemini for a broader assistant covering image generation, Deep Research, Gemini Live, Canvas and Gems across web, desktop and mobile platforms.

Claude in Chrome suits readers seeking free chat with web search, file creation, code execution, memory and app connections across browser, desktop and mobile access.

Pick Comet if you want a free downloadable browser for Android, iOS, macOS and Windows rather than a subscription-based agent.

Genspark AI Browser is worth considering for on-device free models with no internet requirement, subscriptions or limits.

Choose Strawberry Browser if its credit-based plans and desktop-only macOS and Windows support match your workload.

UseAgent is the alternative for Linux, self-hosted or web use with a free early-access cloud plan.

Bardeen fits extension and web automation buyers who prefer credit-based Basic, Premium or Enterprise plans.

Verdict

Muse is best for users who want an agent to carry browser, research and connected-service work forward while keeping approval and privacy controls. Choose it for background execution and broad workflow reach; look elsewhere if availability, guaranteed reliability or a permanently unrestricted free allowance matters more than delegation.