Factory
situationalAutonomous software engineering agents for end-to-end codebase tasks.
Visit factory.ai →> **Factory** — situational > Verified 2026-08-19 > Limitation: No self-serve tier or transparent pricing. > > https://noemium.com/tools/factory/Add to kitOpen in NoemiumFact-check this catalog entry for Factory (coding). Verdict: situational Verdict text: Pitches full-codebase agents that plan, write, and review like senior engineers. Impressive demos, but real deployments need tight scoping and human-in-the-loop review. Pricing is enterprise-only. Limitations: - No self-serve tier or transparent pricing. - Requires onboarding and guardrails to avoid large, wrong changes. - Closed platform; limited visibility into model behavior. Receipts: https://factory.ai https://docs.factory.ai/harness/agents-md Last verified: 2026-08-19 Find outdated prices, wrong claims, or missing limitations. Cite primary sources (docs, pricing pages, benchmarks, model cards). Do not use marketing pages.[](https://noemium.com/tools/factory/)
ledger entry · observed by @whysanesanders
Pitches full-codebase agents that plan, write, and review like senior engineers. Impressive demos, but real deployments need tight scoping and human-in-the-loop review. Pricing is enterprise-only.
Strengths
- Markets full-codebase agents that plan, write, and review code end-to-end.
- Impressive demos for autonomous engineering tasks.
Known limitations
- No self-serve tier or transparent pricing.
- Requires onboarding and guardrails to avoid large, wrong changes.
- Closed platform; limited visibility into model behavior.
Use it when
- Large teams evaluating autonomous codebase agents with vendor support.
- Pilots where human-in-the-loop review is already required.
Skip it when
- You need a self-serve tier or transparent pricing.
- You cannot invest in onboarding and guardrails to limit wrong changes.
- Closed platform and limited model visibility are non-starters.
Buy-check
- ·Price — paid, custom enterprise pricing as of 2026-08-19. Open the pricing page, not a screenshot.
- ·Free tier — No free tier — the trial clock starts at checkout.
- ·Cancel fallout — What happens to your data/projects on cancel — check the ToS, not the FAQ.
- ·Seat math — Per-seat pricing multiplies quietly. Count seats before the annual plan.
- ·Who skips it — Also skipped when: You need a self-serve tier or transparent pricing.; You cannot invest in onboarding and guardrails to limit wrong changes..
Price trailchangelog →
No price move in this repo yet.
Facts
- pricing
- paid1
- price note
- custom enterprise pricing
- free tier
- no
- open source
- no
- api
- no
- self-host
- no
- category
- coding
- evidence
- source-verified
Sources
No source, no number.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factory | situational | paid | no | no |
| Claude Code | ship | paid | no | no |
| Cursor | ship | freemium | no | no |
| Aider | ship | free | yes | yes |
Facts from the catalog files — not scores you can buy. Quality and speed stay in the briefing, not in a fake 1–5 grid.
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OSSAPIFREE TIER
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