Factory
by Factory AI
Agent-native software development platform with autonomous coding Droids
Last reviewed 2026-06-18
Factory is an agent-native software development platform built around AI coding agents called Droids. A developer gives a Droid a natural-language task and it plans, writes, tests, and ships code from prompt to pull request across terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, browser, and Slack, or non-interactively in CI/CD via Droid Exec. It is model-agnostic, routing across Claude, GPT, and Gemini per task with no lock-in. Beyond code generation it targets triage, planning, PR validation, releases, docs, and incident response across the SDLC. Factory sells primarily to enterprise engineering organizations and offers SaaS, hybrid, on-prem, and air-gapped deployments with SSO, SCIM, audit logging, and zero-data-retention options. Efficiency metrics it cites are company-reported.
What it can do
Generate code from a task (prompt to PR)
SupervisedA Droid plans, writes, and tests code from a natural-language task and opens a pull request a human reviews, under an explicit permission model.
sourceExecute multi-file migrations and refactors
SupervisedRuns large mechanical migrations and refactors across a codebase; Factory cites large efficiency gains as company-reported figures.
sourceRun headless in CI/CD (Droid Exec)
SupervisedExecutes scoped tasks non-interactively inside CI/CD pipelines, the least human-gated mode.
sourceTriage signals and respond to incidents
SupervisedIngests signals across the SDLC for on-call triage and incident response, with humans in the loop.
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Strengths
- +Model-agnostic with no lock-in (Claude, GPT, Gemini per task)
- +Strong enterprise deployment story: on-prem, air-gapped, SSO, SCIM, audit logging, zero-data-retention
- +Whole-repo primitives plus headless CI/CD automation via Droid Exec
Limitations
- −Autonomy is marketing-forward but supervised in practice; you review every modification before it touches the codebase
- −Efficiency metrics are company-reported with no public methodology
- −Usage tiers are described relatively, making cost hard to predict, and there is no free tier
Overview
Factory is an agent-native software development platform built around coding agents called Droids that span the SDLC across CLI, IDE, browser, Slack, and CI/CD. It targets enterprise engineering organizations.
What it does
A Droid takes a natural-language task and plans, writes, tests, and ships code from prompt to pull request, with an explicit permission model so a human reviews changes. It also handles migrations, refactors, PR validation, releases, docs, and incident response. Droid Exec runs scoped tasks headlessly in CI/CD.
Integrations & setup
Connects to GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear, and Slack, with IDE support across VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, and Zed, plus a CLI and desktop app. It fully supports MCP and offers SaaS, hybrid, on-prem, and air-gapped deployments.
Pricing
Per-seat subscription starting at a Pro tier around $20/mo, up to custom Teams and Enterprise, with usage rate limits.
Best for / not for
Best for enterprise engineering orgs that want governed, model-agnostic coding agents with strong deployment controls. Less suited to individuals wanting a free, simple in-IDE assistant.
Alternatives
Cognition's Devin is the closest delegated-agent competitor; Cursor targets in-IDE work; Cosine and Sweep are adjacent coding agents.
What people are saying
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FAQ
Are Factory's Droids fully autonomous?+
No. Factory's own framing describes an explicit permission model where you review every modification before it touches your codebase. Droid Exec in CI/CD runs scoped tasks with the least human gating, but the headline workflow is supervised.
Does Factory lock me into one model?+
No. It is model-agnostic, routing across Claude, GPT, and Gemini per task, and has no proprietary foundation model.
Sources
- Factory (official site) · accessed 2026-06-18
- Factory Droids · accessed 2026-06-18
- Factory Series B announcement · accessed 2026-06-18
- Factory documentation · accessed 2026-06-18
- Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises (TechCrunch) · accessed 2026-06-18
Last reviewed 2026-06-18