Smart JellySmart Jelly vs Meta Muse
Both give an agent its own browser, show you what it does and stop before you pay. Muse lives in Meta’s cloud and on your phone; Smart Jelly is a Mac app built on one private memory of your chats, mail and meetings.
Checked 19 October 2026 against Meta Muse’s own pages. Sources ↓Meta’s personal AI agent. It does tasks for you on its own cloud computer: forms, bookings, email and shopping. Built for people who want an agent that books, fills in forms, sends email and buys things for them, on phone, web or WhatsApp.
A memory for your working life: formed on your Mac, kept on your Mac, handed back the moment you need it.
Where they overlap
Side by side
| Smart Jelly | Meta Muse | |
|---|---|---|
| Computer | Each agent works in its own browser, in the cloud or on your Mac | A dedicated cloud computer per person; a separate Sentinel agent approves anything that reaches the internet; on a Mac it can act in your apps if you allow it |
| Seeing and steering | Every step listed as it happens; open its screen; Take control at any time | A full activity log and a view of its browser; take over at any time, and it pauses |
| Approvals | Stops and asks before paying or anything you can’t undo; you choose its access to your Google account, inbox and memory | Asks before sending email or buying; approvals one-time, per task, time-limited or permanent; email read-only or read and send |
| Passwords | Card fields hidden from the AI; you fill them in | ●Passwords and tokens kept in separate storage in your VM; the agent holds a stand-in, swapped for the real one at the network edge |
| Payments | Stops and asks before any payment | ●Every payment needs approval; new sites paid with a one-time card number through Stripe Link |
| Schedules | Routines on a schedule, Mac on or off; tells you only what’s new | On a schedule and on events, with the app closed; tells you only what’s new or needs you |
| Memory | ●Your memory of chats, mail and meetings, on your Mac, encrypted | Memory across chats, which you can read, edit and ask it to forget; kept in your cloud VM |
| Model training and ads | ●What is sent to answer a question is never used to train any model, and never stored by Smart Jelly | Chats may train Meta’s models, on by default, with an opt-out; not shared with ad systems, though sites you visit through Muse may shape your Instagram ads |
| Platforms | Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14+) | ●iPhone, Android, muse.ai, WhatsApp and a Mac app |
What each costs
Smart Jelly: Free plan; paid plans for heavier use See pricingMeta Muse · Free, with a weekly usage limit (not published)Meta Muse · Power: $20 a monthMeta Muse · Max: $100 a monthMeta Muse · In limited testing; live in the US and CanadaMeta Muse’s siteSmart Jelly or Meta Muse?
Is Muse available outside the US?
Meta says Muse is live in the US and Canada, and in limited testing, not yet everywhere. Smart Jelly works wherever its Mac app does.
Can Muse see my passwords?
Meta says no: passwords and tokens sit in separate storage inside your VM and the agent works with a stand-in. Smart Jelly hides card fields from the AI, and stops before any payment.
Which should I pick?
Muse, if you want an agent on your phone, the web or WhatsApp. Smart Jelly, if you work on a Mac and want the agent to use one private memory of your chats, mail and meetings.
- Introducing Muse
- Security and safety for AI agents: Muse
- Introducing Muse for Small Business
- Muse subscriptions
- Muse Connectors
- Ask Muse to forget
- Muse terms
- Muse privacy policy
- Download Muse
- Muse for Mac (Social Media Today)
Compiled from Meta Muse’s publicly documented behaviour. These products ship fast, so check their own site before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.
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