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Muse is Meta’s personal AI agent. It works across email, calendar, shopping and everyday life, and Meta has added Muse for Small Business. Operly is an AI team for business owners: a chief of staff and named team members, each with a job. Here is how they compare, using Meta’s own pages.
How they differ
OperlyYour chief of staff and each team member you create live in the sidebar, with what each one is doing right now: Working, Needs you, or new items waiting.
Muse from MetaMuse is a personal AI agent that you chat with in its app or in WhatsApp, built to work across all aspects of your life.
OperlyReplies your team drafts land in the Approvals queue, where you read, edit and send them. Your team carries out the sends you ask for, so ask for drafts when you want to read first.
Muse from MetaMeta says Muse asks your permission before certain actions, like sending messages or making purchases, and you can allow once, always allow or deny. For small business, Meta says nothing publishes, sends or spends without your approval, and you can undo it.
OperlyWrite a routine in plain English and choose what starts it: a schedule, a new email or a calendar event. Operly shows a numbered plan you read before you confirm.
Muse from MetaMuse keeps working in the background after you close the app, for example watching the weather and alerting you. It also connects to tools such as Shopify, Stripe, QuickBooks and Slack.
Pick by the job
An honest sort. Each of us is better at some jobs.
Shopping, bookings, budgets and health on iPhone, Android, Mac or WhatsApp.
Muse for Mac works with your desktop files, apps and browser tabs.
A chief of staff plus named team members, with a status you can see for each.
Both connect to email and draft replies. Operly adds a queue and routines for it.
Muse plans content with connected tools; Operly’s studio makes images, slides, social posts and blogs.
Usage
Muse is free with a usage limit. If you reach your free limit you can upgrade to a paid subscription or wait until your free usage refreshes.
Operly has no free tier. Your whole team shares one allowance, shown as a single meter with its reset date. When it is used up, AI work pauses unless you turn on extra usage, which you cap in dollars yourself.
Side by side
| Feature | Muse from Meta | Operly |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Meta’s personal AI agent. You name it and shape how it talks | An AI team: a chief of staff plus named team members you create, each with a job |
| Built for | Personal life and work: email, calendar, shopping, bookings, budgets, health. Muse for Small Business adds skills and connectors for business owners | Running a small business: inbox and follow-up, tasks and calendar, content, with starter team members by profession |
| How many agents | Meta describes one personal agent | Pro includes 3 seats and Business up to 20, one team member per seat |
| Where it works | A secure computer with a browser shared by you and your agent. Meta says it keeps working after you close the app | Your connected inbox, calendar, files and apps. A workspace computer, on Pro and Business, that you can watch or take over |
| Approvals | You review and approve actions before they happen, such as sending emails and making purchases, and see a full audit trail | Your team carries out the sends you ask for, so ask for drafts when you want to read first |
| Shopping | Can check out for you with a one-time card number, with purchase protections from Link | The workspace computer, on Pro and Business, can find an item, compare prices and add it to the cart |
| Where you use it | Muse apps for iPhone, Android and Mac, and chat in WhatsApp | The Operly web app, iPhone and Android, plus Slack, Telegram and push notifications |
| Usage limits | Free with a usage limit. If you reach it you can upgrade to a paid subscription or wait until your free usage refreshes (Meta’s Muse FAQ) | One allowance shared by your whole team, shown as a single meter with its reset date. When it is used up, AI work pauses unless you turn on extra usage, which you cap in dollars yourself |
| Price | The app is free with in-app purchases (App Store listing) | Pro is $50 a month or $500 a year. Business is $200 a month or $2,000 a year |
You want one personal agent for your whole life, including shopping, bookings and health, on iPhone, Android, Mac or WhatsApp.
You want a team organized around running your business, with an inbox approvals queue, tasks, calendar and content tools.
Muse is Meta’s personal AI agent. Meta says it connects to your email, calendar and apps and works toward your goals, asking for your approval before actions such as sending emails or making purchases.
The Muse app is listed as free with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Muse is one personal agent. Operly is a chief of staff and named team members, each with a job, organized around running a small business.
Your data. What is sent to AI companies, what we store and what you control, and how Operly is built, including the workspace computer.
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