Muse usage limit: what happens when you run out

Outside the US or Canada? Muse isn’t available there yet. You can join Meta’s waitlist, check which countries have it, or see what to use instead.

Where to see your usage

1. Open SettingsMenu (bottom left on the web) → Settings.
2. General → UsageOn the web app, Usage sits inside the General page. Meta’s Help Center calls it Settings → Usage.²
3. Read the two barsYour plan’s weekly bar, with “% used” and the reset date, and a separate “Additional tokens” bar.

How the weekly limit works

• TestedIt’s weekly, with a fixed reset date. Our panel said “Weekly limit resets on Oct 5” on September 30 (5% used) and still on October 2 (12% used). So the reset doesn’t slide with your usage; it’s a set day each week.
• TestedUsage is a percentage, not a number. The free plan never tells you how many tokens you have, only how much of the allowance is gone.
• Per MetaPaid plans are bigger allowances, not unlimited. Power gives 500 million weekly Muse tokens and Maximum 3 billion.¹
• ReportedThe free size is unconfirmed. Launch reporting cited 100 million tokens a week for free users; Meta’s Help Center doesn’t state it.³

How do Muse tokens work?

A Muse token is a unit of work, not a message. Every step Muse takes uses some: reading pages in its browser, thinking through a plan, working in connected apps and running background goals. A long research task or a goal that checks something every hour can use far more than a quick chat. Meta doesn’t publish how many tokens a typical task uses.

Weekly allowance

Per MetaPower: 500 million Muse tokens a week; Maximum: 3 billion. The free plan’s size isn’t published.¹

Additional tokens

TestedA separate balance marked “Never expires,” where bonuses such as invite rewards (1 billion tokens each) appear to go.

How fast they go

TestedOur free account went from 5% to 12% of its weekly allowance over two days of light testing (a few research tasks, reminders and checks).

Not the same as API tokens

Developers using Meta’s Model API pay per million tokens for Muse Spark; Meta doesn’t say those map to Muse app tokens, so don’t use API prices to value a plan. Pricing.

To make tokens last: give Muse specific instructions so it doesn’t explore, check goals daily rather than hourly, and delete goals you no longer need. Managing goals.

What happens when you hit the limit

Per MetaMeta’s Help Center says that if you reach your free usage limit and want more, you can “upgrade to a paid subscription or wait until your free usage limit refreshes.”¹ What Meta doesn’t spell out:

• whether goals already running pause or stop at the limit, and whether they pick up after the reset;
• whether “Additional tokens” are spent automatically once the weekly allowance runs out (the app shows them as a separate balance).

We’ll add the exact on-screen message when our test account reaches the limit.

Your options

Wait

The allowance refills on your reset date. Check it in the Usage panel.

Upgrade

Power ($20/month) or Maximum ($100/month). Plans renew monthly, and Meta says there are no partial refunds when you cancel. Details in Muse pricing.¹

Bonus tokens

Invite rewards add to the “Additional tokens” balance, which doesn’t expire. See Muse invite codes.

Use less

Pause or delete background goals you no longer need, and give Muse narrower tasks. Long, open-ended research uses the most.

A note on prices outside the US

TestedThe upgrade screen shows prices in your account’s local currency, not always US dollars. The US prices are $20 and $100 a month, per Meta.¹ Check the final amount at checkout before you subscribe.

Sources

1. About Muse subscriptions Meta Help Center · checked Oct 2, 2026
2. Subscribe to Muse Meta Help Center
3. Meta debuts its Muse AI agent TechCrunch · Sept 8, 2026

Last checked in the app: 2026-10-02. Limits and plans can change without notice. Spotted a change? Tell us.