# Muse Spark Open vs Together AI Inference (slim)

> Together AI Inference scores 67.8 (B) to Muse Spark Open's 53.4 (D) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Together AI Inference scores 67.8 (B) on agent readiness against Muse Spark Open's 53.4 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Muse Spark Open leads on payments & pricing. Both do llm inference.

- Muse Spark Open: D 53.4, rank #802 of 1171 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-spark-open.min.md
- Together AI Inference: B 67.8, rank #265 of 1171 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-inference.min.md
- Muse Spark Open, good for A team with a four-GPU Blackwell node, or two to four Mac Studios, that wants a 1M-token multimodal coding and agent model on its own hardware with no prompts leaving it. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 50 against 20. Also No key needed to call it.
- Together AI Inference, good for Together AI Inference serves open models through an OpenAI-compatible API, with serverless requests, batch processing, dedicated model deployments and provisioned throughput. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 42; Schema & documentation, 93 against 61; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 69; Security & auth, 70 against 44; Maintenance & community, 65 against 60; Transparency & trust, 73 against 53. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Muse Spark Open | Together AI Inference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 42 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 61 | 93 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 70 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 65 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 53 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Muse Spark Open | Together AI Inference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Meta | Together Computer, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.together.ai/v1` |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Muse Model Licence (source-available weights, not an OSI licence), free of charge with an attribution notice, a separate agreement with Meta before Model as a Service by a licensee group above $20M gross revenue, and the Muse Spark Open Usage Policy | Proprietary hosted service. The official Python SDK is Apache-2.0; served models retain their own licences. |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated |  | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 10 stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |