Crouton Alpha vs Meta: Muse Spark Open
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-03.
| Crouton Alpha | Meta: Muse Spark Open | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | stealth | meta |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | Free | $1.25/M |
| Output Price | Free | $4.25/M |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 943,718 | 943,718 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | ✓ | ✓ |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Crouton Alpha costs $0 and Muse Spark Open costs $2.31, so Crouton Alpha is free for the same work.
Both read up to 1,048,576 tokens at once, roughly 1,573 pages of text.
Across the 10 tasks where they differ, Crouton Alpha scores higher on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).
Crouton Alpha was released in November 2026 and Muse Spark Open in October 2026.
Pick Crouton Alpha if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | Crouton Alpha | Meta: Muse Spark Open |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 134 | 133 |
| Code Completion | 132 | 118 |
| Code Documentation | 132 | 130 |
| Regex Writing | 120 | 118 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 134 | 133 |
| JSON Extraction | 132 | 122 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 130 | 120 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 138 | 137 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 124 | 114 |
| Blog Post Writing | 122 | 121 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →