Factory
by Factory AI · factory.ai ↗
Agent-native software development platform from Factory AI that uses Droids to plan, write, test, and ship code across the software lifecycle.
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- Category
- Coding & Developer Tools
- Business model
- Paid
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2023
- Record updated
- 2026-09-04
- Pricing
- factory.ai ↗
- Documentation
- docs.factory.ai ↗
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/factory/
Overview
Factory is an agent-native software development platform from Factory AI. Developers give a Droid a natural-language task and it can plan, write, test, and open a pull request across terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, browser, Slack, or headless CI via Droid Exec. Factory is model-agnostic, routing work across Claude, GPT, and Gemini, and sells primarily to enterprise engineering organizations with SaaS, hybrid, on-prem, and air-gapped options.
Key features
- Droids that take a task from prompt to pull request
- Works in terminal, editors, browser, Slack, and CI
- Model-agnostic routing across major frontier models
- Enterprise deployments including on-prem and air-gapped options
Use cases
- Turning a ticket into a reviewed pull request with an agent
- Running parallel coding missions across a large codebase
- Enterprise SDLC automation with permission and audit controls
Pricing
Factory is a paid enterprise product. Pricing is sold by Factory and varies by deployment model, including SaaS, hybrid, on-prem, and air-gapped.
Frequently asked questions
Who develops Factory?
Factory is developed by Factory AI, a US company founded in 2023 to bring autonomy to software engineering.
What is a Droid?
A Droid is Factory's coding agent. It plans, writes, tests, and ships code from a natural-language task under a permission model.
Does Factory lock you to one model?
No. Factory is model-agnostic and can route tasks across Claude, GPT, Gemini, and other supported models.
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