Factory Droid

Factory Droid is Factory.ai's software-development agent across desktop, CLI, SDK, and cloud or local background runs. Rechecked 2026-08-17: factory.ai/pricing sells Pro $20 / month, Plus $100 / month, and Max $200 / month, then Business and Enterprise contact rows. Drop leftover 58.75% Terminal-Bench, 2-3x / 30% / 40-60% effect claims, Free BYOK unlimited, and a public $40/team + $10/user table. We did not re-score Terminal-Bench.

Compare Devin if you wanted Cognition's cloud agent, Cursor if you wanted an IDE seat, and Cline if you wanted a $0 individual VS Code agent.

Key Features

• Public individual seats: Pro is the $20 individual row (desktop / CLI / SDK, cloud and local background agents, billing stats). Plus is ~5x Pro usage plus Droid Computers. Max is ~10x Pro usage plus early features.
• BYOK is an allowance, not a free tier: The pricing FAQ says individual plans include some free BYOK, then BYOK is charged on the plan. That is not unlimited self-keyed usage.
• Over-limit path is named: Hit a Standard Usage limit and the FAQ says you can switch to Droid Core (open-weight models) or buy Extra Usage. We did not invent Extra Usage dollars.
• Team rows are sales, not $20 seats: Business (up to 150 seats, SSO, SAML/SCIM, ZDR) and Enterprise (unlimited members, on-prem options, CMEK) are contact sales.

Use Cases

• People who will stay on Pro $20 for desktop/CLI agents and can live with the Pro rate limit.
• People who will pay Plus $100 or Max $200 for the larger rolling limits or Droid Computers.
• Teams that need SSO or ZDR and will talk to sales instead of buying a public $20 row for every seat.

Limitation: The FAQ names GPT-5, Claude Opus/Sonnet, and Gemini as supported families. Recheck the live Models list. Do not paste 58.75% or a bug-reduction percentage into a deck.

Pricing

factory.ai/pricing on 2026-08-17.

If a leftover blog still says Factory is a free BYOK product with a 58.75% bench crown, treat this table as the source.

Getting Started

1. Open factory.ai/pricing and start on Pro only long enough to see the rolling limit.
2. Install from factory.ai or docs.factory.ai.
3. Recheck Devin if you wanted a $500 cloud agent instead of this $20 row.
4. Do not promise Terminal-Bench #1 or a 40-60% cost cut.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there still a free unlimited BYOK tier?

No public free row. Individual plans include a BYOK allowance, then BYOK is billed.

Is it still 58.75% on Terminal-Bench?

That leftover score is out. We did not re-run or re-claim the bench.

Same as Devin or Cursor?

No. Devin's public Core seat is $500. Cursor is an IDE with $20 / $40 seats. Factory's public individual rows are $20 / $100 / $200.

Alternatives

• Devin: Cognition cloud agent. Core $500. Desktop product is Windsurf.
• Cursor: Anysphere IDE with Individual $20 / Pro $40.
• Cline: $0 individual VS Code/CLI agent plus BYOK.

Tips

1. Quote Pro $20 / Plus $100 / Max $200 from the live page.
2. Do not paste 58.75% Terminal-Bench.
3. Recheck Extra Usage and Droid Core before you assume overage is free.

Conclusion

Factory Droid is a priced agent platform with public $20 / $100 / $200 individual rows, not a 58.75% bench census. Start at factory.ai/pricing, then decide whether Devin or Cursor already covers the workflow you need.