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Factory Droid
Factory's model-independent coding agent for planning, building, reviewing and shipping software across desktop, terminal (CLI), web and SDK, with cloud and local background agents, an auto model router and PR code review.
💲 Pro $20/mo; Plus $100/mo (~5x usage); Max $200/mo (~10x usage); Teams $60/mo + $40/seat; Business and Enterprise custom. Source: factory.com (checked Oct 30, 2026).
Pros & cons
👍 Pros
- Works with any model, with automatic model routing
- Desktop app, CLI and Node SDK share one harness
- Background agents and cloud computers on higher plans
👎 Cons
- No free plan listed
- Enterprise-focused; heavier usage needs $100+ plans
Latest release
Droid 1.0
New agent harness with a programmatic tool-calling engine that runs hundreds of tool calls in one model request; Factory says it beats models' native harnesses with up to 20% better efficiency. Available in the desktop app (macOS/Windows), terminal UI and @factory/droid-sdk. Source ↗
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