ai engineer

Factory alternatives

If Factory isn't the right fit, these are the alternatives we'd actually consider — same problem, different trade-offs.

Factory

Autonomous AI 'droids' that handle full software engineering tasks.

Custom; per-droid usage pricing.

Each entry includes the reason it's on this list — the specific trade-off versus Factory.

Autonomous AI software engineer from Cognition.

$500/mo team plan; usage-based ACU pricing.

Open-source autonomous software engineering agent (formerly OpenDevin).

Free OSS; managed cloud in beta.