META HAS SHIPPED SINCE — CHECKED 8 OCTOBER 2026
Meta Muse Glimmer 30B was released in August 2026 under Apache 2.0, after the Muse Spark 1.1 release compared below.
The open-versus-closed argument in this comparison still stands. The Meta model it names does not.
QUICK VERDICT — JULY 29, 2026
● Cheaper API: Muse Spark 1.1 — $1.25/$4.25/M vs K3 $3/$15/M
● Better agentic coding: Kimi K3 — SWE Marathon 42.0% #1
● Open weights: Kimi K3 only — Modified MIT, live huggingface.co/moonshotai
● Parallel sub-agents: Muse Spark 1.1 — built-in orchestration
● Regulatory risk: K3 — US Treasury sanctions threat. Muse Spark — FLI D+ only, no sanctions.
● Global availability: K3 API (sanctions pending) — Muse Spark API US-only
● Hallucination: K3 — 51% independent testing. Muse Spark — Terminal-Bench compute cap dispute.
Muse Spark 1.1 for: US teams needing the cheapest agentic API with parallel sub-agent orchestration and no regulatory exposure. SDK drop-in (OpenAI/Anthropic compatible). No Entity List risk. FLI D+ is a concern but not a legal blocker.
Kimi K3 (self-hosted) for: Teams with GPU infrastructure who need frontier-tier agentic coding and full data sovereignty. Self-hosted K3 on Western cloud resolves the China NI Law and (partially) the sanctions risk. Test hallucination on your use case. Freeze new Moonshot API commitments until the Treasury situation resolves.
Last updated July 29, 2026. Related: Muse Spark 1.1 full review → · K3 download guide →