Claude Code: Anthropic's agentic coding tool that edits files, runs commands, and turns issues into pull requests, for developers.
Paid plans: see official pricing
Factory
Factory: autonomous AI software agents (Droids) that plan, build, review and ship code, for individual developers and growing and small teams.
- Paid
- Web app · Desktop
- Verified 16 Oct 2026
What Factory does
Factory provides autonomous AI software development agents called Droids that plan, build, review and ship software. They run on desktop, in the terminal, in a web app and through a CLI. It is aimed at individual developers and growing and small teams, and signup is self-serve.
Built for
- individual developers
- growing and small teams
Key features
- Code review on every pull request with inline comments
- Model routing to the best model for each task
- Automations with droids that plan, execute and validate
- Mission Control for monitoring active missions and execution logs
- Analytics for adoption and consumption per developer and team
- AutoWiki living wiki for each repository
Pros and cons
Pros
- The Pro plan costs USD 20 per month, billed monthly.
- Signup is self-serve, so no sales contact is needed to start.
- Automations use droids that plan, carry out and check tasks.
- Mission Control shows active missions and their execution logs.
- Analytics report adoption and usage for each developer and each team.
- AutoWiki generates a continuously updated wiki for each repository.
Cons
Where Factory is listed
Factory is listed under AI coding agents in AI coding tools.
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