crew bot vs Muse
Muse is Meta's personal AI agent, free to start, with a secure cloud computer of its own. Crew bot is a crew for a business: it answers your customers on your website, works on your servers and apps, and asks before it changes anything.
Checked 1 November 2026Free to start, no card needed.
Side by side
What each one is, who it's for and what it can reach, as of November 2026.
| Compared | Muse | crew bot |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Meta's personal AI agent, working in a secure cloud computer of its own | A crew of AI bots (a Lead, specialists and a skeptic) that works on your business: in its own workspace and on your systems |
| Made for | Anyone, for everyday personal tasks | Small businesses and tech teams with servers, networks, websites and customers |
| How you get it | Free, with paid plans for more use each week | Free to start, no cardStart $19, Growth $49, Scale $149 a month per workspace |
| The AI | Meta's own Muse models | Models from several AI labs, picked per jobOr bring your own keys |
| Its computer | Linux with a full browser: about 2 CPUs, 8 GB memory, 100 GB diskReported figures; analysts think the CPU is shared | A Firecracker microVM per workspace that sleeps when idle: 2 CPUs, 2 GB, 5 GB on Start, up to 4 CPUs, 8 GB, 25 GB on ScaleNone on Free. More storage at $2 a month per 10 GB |
| Your servers, routers and databases | Not what it's built for: every network request is checked by a separate safety agent | Built in: SSH, Postgres and MySQLLogins stay in a vault, out of the crew's computer; SSH uses five-minute certificates |
| Putting your apps live | No documented wayUsers report no inbound ports | Deploys to your own server: builds, starts, checks it answers, then switches over, with HTTPSRoll back to the release before |
| A support chat on your website | — | One line on your site; a bot answers visitors and hands over to a person |
| Work on a schedule | Scheduled jobs in its computer | Routines on a schedule, and webhooks your other systems callResults to your phone or Telegram |
Muse details come from Meta's own pages, press coverage and users' reports, listed below.
Where Muse is ahead
Free, computer included
Muse's free tier comes with its cloud computer. Crew bot's Free plan has the whole crew but no computer of its own; that starts with Start.
More disk
About 100 GB, against 25 GB on crew bot's biggest plan.
Its own model
Muse runs on Meta's own Muse models. Crew bot uses models from several labs.
Strict about the network
A separate safety agent approves every network request the agent makes. For a personal assistant that talks to strangers' websites all day, that's a good default.
Where crew bot is different
It answers your customers
Put one line on your website and a bot of yours answers visitors from what your site and team say, takes their details, and hands over to your team when it should. You see who visits and where they came from.
It works on your own systems
It signs in to your servers, routers and databases, reads what's wrong and tells you the fix, or makes it once you approve. Logins stay in a vault and never reach a model.
It puts your work live
It deploys apps to your own server, checks they answer before switching over, and keeps the release before so you can go back.
Built for a team
Team members, approval rules, a budget on every job, and every step on record. A crew of specialists, not one assistant.
Everything else you work with
240+ apps, most connected with one click, whiteboards the crew draws on with you, and your Mac's screen when you let it. In your browser, on Mac and on Windows today; Linux, iOS and Android are coming soon.
Which to choose
Choose Muse if
- You want a free personal assistant with a computer of its own
- Your tasks are your own: research, bookings, browsing
- You want a strict network lock by default
Choose crew bot if
- You want your website's visitors answered, and handed to your team when needed
- You run servers, networks or apps and want an AI that works on them, with your OK
- A team works with you
Hand the crew its first job.
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