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Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor: pricing, context and benchmarks
Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor is Meta's model released on August 21, 2026. It costs $0.1 per million input tokens and $0.2 per million output tokens, with a 1M-token context window. No independent score has been published for it so far.
What you need to know about Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor
Meta, based in United States, put Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor online on August 21, 2026. It accepts text, images, video, and files as input and produces text. Its context window reaches 1,048,576 tokens, larger than 93 % of the models in the registry, and it can write up to 943,718 tokens in one go.
It is a recent model: real-world feedback and independent scores are still scarce.
Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor pricing
On OpenRouter, Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor costs $0.1 per million input tokens and $0.2 per million output tokens. Counting three tokens read for every token written, its average price is $0.125 per million, more expensive than 13 % of paid models (6.1 times cheaper than the median of $0.76).
A concrete example: a task that sends 2,000 tokens (about 1,500 words) and receives a 500-token answer costs $0.0003. At 1,000 tasks a day, budget $9 a month. The price calculator redoes this with your own volumes.
Tokens already sent and cached are billed at $0.002 per million.
Performance and benchmarks
Epoch AI does not yet publish a capabilities index for Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor. We therefore show no made-up performance rating: only price, context and features count towards its score.
Features, privacy and local use
- It supports tool calling, so it can drive an AI agent, call APIs or MCP servers.
- It can answer in an enforced JSON format (structured outputs).
- It is a reasoning model: it "thinks" before answering, which helps on hard tasks but uses more output tokens.
Its weights are not published: it can only be used through the Meta API or a broker such as OpenRouter, which means sending your data off your machines.
Other Meta models
| Model | Released | Avg. price | ECI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muse Spark Open | Oct 15, 2026 | $2 | 155.1 |
| Muse Wonder | Oct 12, 2026 | $8 | 161.9 |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | Sep 2, 2026 | $2 | 157.2 |
| Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor | Sep 2, 2026 | $0.13 | — |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | Aug 9, 2026 | $0.53 | — |
| Muse Spark 1.2 | Aug 5, 2026 | $2 | 155.1 |
| Muse Spark 1.1 | Jul 16, 2026 | $2 | 154.1 |
Verdict
Computed score: 85/100, from public data (performance, price, context, features).
Strengths
- Low price: cheaper than 87 % of paid models.
- Very large context (1M tokens): long documents or a whole codebase fit in one request.
- Agent-ready: tool calling and structured JSON output.
Limitations
- No independent score published: performance cannot be verified.
Avoid if…
- your data must not leave your servers.
Alternatives
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423$0.11
- Laguna S 2.1$0.11
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$0.18
- MiMo-V2.5$0.15
- Llama 4 Scout$0.15
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash$0.18
Comparisons and tools
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor cost?
$0.1 per million input tokens and $0.2 per million output tokens on OpenRouter (checked October 25, 2026). A task with 2,000 tokens read and 500 written costs $0.0003.
How big is Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor's context window?
1,048,576 tokens, roughly 786,000 words, with a maximum of 943,718 output tokens.
Can Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor run locally?
No, Meta does not publish its weights: it is API-only.
Is Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor suitable for an AI agent?
Technically yes: it supports tool calling and structured outputs. Then check its cost for your volume.
What are the alternatives to Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor?
The closest models on price and performance are DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423, Laguna S 2.1, and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite.
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