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Muse Code pricing
Meta lists four Muse Code plans: Everyday Usage at $5 a month, High Usage at $15, Power Usage at $50 and Maximum Usage at $200. It also lists per-token Model API rates. The page shows no free tier. Helicon, a desktop client for Muse Code, is free and adds no cost on top.
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Prices below are copied from Meta's Muse Code page, checked 20 October 2026. They change, so confirm on that page before you buy.
What are the Muse Code plans?
| Plan | Price per month | What Meta lists |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday Usage | $5.00 | Muse Spark, Muse Wonder and Muse Image. 10 to 50 prompts every 5 hours, including image and video uploads. Voice mode and web search |
| High Usage | $15.00 | Everything in Everyday Usage, 5x its usage, and more multimodal inputs |
| Power Usage | $50.00 | Everything in High Usage, the most powerful Muse models including Muse Wonder Full, 20x Everyday Usage, early access to new features and higher file uploads |
| Maximum Usage | $200.00 | Everything in Power Usage, and 80x Everyday Usage |
What does the Model API cost?
Meta also lists Model API rates per million tokens, with a 1M token context window. The two Spark versions it lists are priced the same.
| Model | Input | Cached input | Output | Data use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| muse-spark-1.3 | $1.25 | $0.15 | $4.25 | Not used to improve Meta's products |
| muse-spark-1.3-contributor | $0.10 | $0.002 | $0.20 | Used to improve Meta's products |
| muse-spark-1.2 | $1.25 | $0.15 | $4.25 | Not used to improve Meta's products |
| muse-spark-1.2-contributor | $0.10 | $0.002 | $0.20 | Used to improve Meta's products |
Does Muse Code have a free tier?
The page checked lists four paid plans and no free tier. It does not mention a free trial either.
Plan or pay-as-you-go billing?
Helicon's install guides say Muse Code needs a Muse Code plan or pay-as-you-go billing on Meta's Model API. The Meta page checked shows the plans and the per-token rates, but it does not walk through the billing steps. A subscription covers only the key the CLI sets up at sign-in. Any other API key, including one in META_API_KEY, bills per token.
What does Helicon cost on top?
Nothing. Helicon is free, MIT licensed, with no paid tier, no account and no API key. It drives the muse CLI you already have, so the only bill is the one from Meta.
Helicon can show you what you are using. The sidebar carries the 5 hour window and the weekly cap as Muse Code reports them, which is useful because the plan limits above are counted per 5 hour window. The usage page shows what each thread would have cost at Meta's published per-token rates. That figure is a meter reading, not a bill. See your plan meter and how to see what a thread cost.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Muse Code cost?
Meta's Muse Code page lists plans at $5, $15, $50 and $200 a month, called Everyday, High, Power and Maximum Usage. It also lists per-token Model API rates, from $1.25 per million input tokens for muse-spark-1.3.
Does Muse Code have a free tier?
The Muse Code page checked on 20 October 2026 lists none, and it does not mention a free trial.
Is Helicon free?
Yes. It is MIT licensed with no paid tier, no trial and no account. You pay Meta for Muse Code and nothing extra for Helicon.
Does Helicon need an API key?
No. It uses the login from your own muse login and stores no credentials.
Does the cost view in Helicon show my bill?
No. It shows what each thread would have cost at Meta's published per-token rates. Meta bills you under your plan or your API usage, not Helicon.
Keep reading
- PricingHelicon is free and MIT licensed with no paid tier, no account and no API key. It uses the Muse Code subscription you already pay Meta for.
- Plan meterHelicon shows the Muse Code 5 hour window and weekly cap exactly as the CLI reports them, in the sidebar and on the usage page, so a limit never arrives as a surprise.
- Cost at API ratesSee what every Muse Code thread would have cost at published per token rates, broken down by day, by model and by thread. A meter reading on your subscription, not a bill.
- See what a thread costOpen the usage page to see what every thread would have cost at published per token rates, by day, by model and by thread, plus your plan meter.
- Download Muse CodeMuse Code ships from Meta as the muse CLI. Install it with one command on Windows, macOS or Linux, run muse login, then add Helicon, a free desktop app for it.
Same Muse Code. Same subscription. Better interface.
Free and MIT licensed. Windows installer, universal macOS DMG, and a web build against a daemon you run.