Guide
Duet, Muse, and Dots
This is an unofficial comparison of three vendor agents: Anthropic's Claude Duet, Meta's Muse, and OpenAI's dots. Each cell is a paraphrase of a page linked in that cell. If the linked page does not say something, the cell says so. Nothing here is a score, a ranking, or a measurement this site ran.
| Question | Claude Duet | Meta Muse | OpenAI dots |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who publishes it | Anthropic. Product page. | Meta. Announcement, September 8, 2026. | OpenAI. Announcement, September 29, 2026. |
| What it is | A research preview you message by text or voice. It works on a cloud computer and comes back when it needs a decision. Support article. | A personal agent that takes on tasks and longer goals. You message it like a person, in the Muse app or in WhatsApp. Announcement. | Always-on agents inside ChatGPT that keep progress between conversations. Help center. |
| Where you talk to it | Standalone iOS and Android apps, and the web at claude.ai. Product FAQ. | The Muse app or WhatsApp. The announcement says the rollout is in the US on iOS, Android, and muse.ai. Announcement. | ChatGPT on desktop, web, and mobile. The announcement also names Slack and Teams. The help center says mobile web is not supported, texting is a limited beta for Pro in the US, and the dot cannot start a phone call to you at launch. Announcement, help center. |
| Computer | Its own cloud computer and browser. The support article says you cannot watch that browser or take it over. The introducing article says your laptop does not have to stay on. Support, introducing article. | Muse Secure VM, a dedicated cloud computer with its own browser. Credentials for services you connect are stored there. The announcement does not say whether you can watch that browser. Announcement. | Its own cloud computer and browser. The help center says you can open that computer from the profile, and on desktop you can take over and then return control. Connecting your own computer is optional and starts turned off. Help center. |
| Model named on the page | Claude Opus 5.5. The support article says you cannot choose a model. Support, product page. | The announcement says Muse is powered by Muse Spark. It does not say whether you can switch models. Announcement. | The announcement and the help center say dots are powered by GPT-6 Astra. The help center does not say you pick another model for the dot. Announcement, help center. |
| Work while you are away | A morning brief, then checks on an interval. The introducing article says every few hours. Work continues on the cloud computer after you close the app. Support, introducing article. | Keeps working after you close the app, and comes back when something changes or it needs approval. Announcement. | Keeps making progress between conversations. You can schedule reminders and recurring checks. It can research in the background. You can pause it. Help center. |
| Sensitive actions | Designed to wait before sending a message, paying, signing, or deleting. Trading securities, moving money between accounts, and accessing someone else's account stay off-limits even if you approve. Support. | A separate Sentinel agent on the same machine must approve anything that reaches the internet, and asks the person when needed. Muse checks before sending an email or making a purchase, and the announcement says it shows an audit trail. Announcement. | You choose what it can do on its own. Custom rules can act without asking, act only if you pre-approved the step, ask first, or hand the action to you. The help center says some steps, such as changing a password, must be done by you, and that rules do not override built-in safeguards. Help center. |
| Who can use it | Waitlist. Pro or Max, a Claude account in the US, and an invitation. Not Team or Enterprise yet. Invitations come in waves, with no guaranteed date. Support. | The announcement says Muse is rolling out in the US on iOS, Android, and muse.ai. It does not describe a waitlist. Other countries are not listed on that page. Announcement. | Rolling out to Pro users aged 18 and older outside the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the UK. Business Premium in supported ChatGPT regions, subject to workspace rules. Enterprise, including Edu and Healthcare, is a beta an admin turns on, and it starts off. Access can take days. Help center. |
| Price, as stated | Included with Pro and Max at no extra cost during the preview. It uses plan limits, and background work counts. One limit reset until November 30, 2026, once you are admitted. Support. | The announcement says it is free for most of what people need, with subscription plans if you want to do more. That page does not list the subscription prices. Announcement. | The first dot is included in Pro or Business Premium at no extra cost. The help center also describes an allowance for deeper work, with extended limits for the first month after launch. Release notes say that for the next month, dots usage will not count toward eligible Pro, Business, and Enterprise allowances. That window is time-limited; check the notes rather than treating this row as a permanent price. Help center, release notes. |
| Apps and connectors | Connectors already set up in Claude. The product page says more than 6,000 connectors and plugins. The support article's examples include Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Slack, QuickBooks, HubSpot, Docusign, and Calendly. It also says Microsoft 365 is not available yet and that Slack works with limits. Product page, support. | The announcement says you choose which apps Muse connects to and how much access each one gets. A connector count is not on that page. Meta's Connect 2026 note says Muse launched with dozens of partners and names more retail, payment, and work connectors. Announcement, Connect 2026. | The announcement says plugins can connect to over 4,000 apps. The help center says you connect them from the dot's profile and that the list can differ. Announcement, help center. |
Counts such as "more than 6,000" and "over 4,000" are the vendors' figures, copied here only as what those pages say. This site did not recount them.
Duet's access rules are spelled out on the access page and the outside-US page. Those pages stay inside Anthropic's wording. They do not describe a way around a region or a plan limit.