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Factory Droid

Model-agnostic coding agent (desktop app, CLI and SDK) from Factory

Price: Pro $20/mo Official price source ↗Status: Not reviewedLast checked: Nov 1, 2026

At a glance

Free plan

No free plan listed on the official pricing page

Hidden costs (usage/credits)

Rolling 5-hour, 7-day and 30-day usage limits; past them, Droid Core (free open-weight models) or prepaid Extra Usage credits ($10 minimum); Missions require Extra Usage (docs.factory.ai/pricing)

Alternatives

Scores: Not scored yet. We only score where we have tested or sourced evidence.

Verdict

Not yet reviewed

Product details from official sources.

Why choose it

Biggest strength: Not enough evidence yet

When not to choose it

Biggest drawback: Not enough evidence yet

Verdict: We haven't reviewed Factory Droid yet, and we don't have enough cited builder feedback to say who should choose it. What we can confirm from Factory's official pages: Droid is a coding agent that works with many models (GPT, Claude, Gemini and open-weight models) and runs as a desktop app, a terminal interface and an SDK. Individual plans start at $20/mo with no free plan listed. Droid 1.0 shipped on Oct 29, 2026, so treat this release as new.

Based on official product information only. Not a hands-on test.

Recent changes and why they matter

2026-11-01 Published Factory Droid after Droid 1.0 (Oct 29, 2026): Pro $20/mo, Plus $100/mo (~5x Pro usage), Max $200/mo (~10x Pro usage), Teams $60/mo per team + $40/mo per seat (up to 10 seats); Business and Enterprise priced on request. Status: Not reviewed.
Why it matters: No free plan is listed, and plan limits are relative to Pro rather than fixed numbers, so heavy users should watch the rolling 5-hour, 7-day and 30-day limits. source ↗ source ↗ source ↗

Prices checked Nov 1, 2026 on Factory's official pricing page and docs. Prices exclude taxes and can change.

Factory Droid plans and prices

Plan	Price	What you get (per Factory)
Pro	$20/mo	Desktop app, CLI and SDK; cloud and local background agents; billing, usage and agent-readiness dashboards ^[1]
Plus	$100/mo	Everything in Pro; about 5x the usage of Pro; Droid Computers (Factory-managed cloud computers for remote Droids) ^[1]
Max	$200/mo	Everything in Plus; about 10x the usage of Pro; early access to new features ^[1]
Teams	$60/mo per team + $40/mo per seat	Everything in Pro for the whole team; up to 10 seats with central billing ^[1]
Business	No price listed	Custom usage limits, SSO, SAML/SCIM, zero data retention, audit logs, admin controls ^[1]
Enterprise	No price listed	Unlimited members, dedicated compute, on-premise deployment options, data residency, SLAs ^[1]

No free plan is listed on the pricing page. As an example, a 3-person team on Teams would pay $60 + 3 × $40 = $180/mo at the listed prices. ^[1]

How Droid usage limits work

Individual plans (Pro, Plus, Max) are governed by three rolling limits: a 5-hour, a 7-day and a 30-day window, each running on its own. Your plan's Standard Usage is used first. After it runs out you can keep going on Droid Core, a free pool of open-weight models with separate limits, or turn on Extra Usage: prepaid credits with a $10 minimum and no expiry. You can check where you stand in Settings > Usage or with /limits in Droid. ^[2]

Bring-your-own-key (BYOK) use is free up to an allowance on every individual plan; past that it is charged according to your plan. Missions use the same limits, require Extra Usage to be turned on, and pause if they hit a limit. ^[2]

What changed in Droid 1.0

Factory announced Droid 1.0 on Oct 29, 2026 (CLI and desktop v1.0.0 the same day). ^[3] ^[4] The headline change is programmatic tool calling, now on by default: the model writes a small JavaScript program that runs in a sandbox and can make hundreds of tool calls in one model request, so raw tool output stays out of the context. Factory says this Script mode cuts Droid's cost by 15% on Claude Opus 5.5, and that the first request of a session shrank 37%, from 20,887 to 13,055 input tokens. ^[3]

Factory also published Terminal-Bench 4 results in which Droid, using Claude Opus 5.5, scored 3.0 to 7.6 points higher than Cursor, OpenCode, Devin and Claude Code, at up to 24% lower cost. These are Factory's own numbers, not an independent test. ^[3]

Weaknesses to know before you pay

No free plan. The pricing page starts at Pro, $20/mo. ^[1] For comparison, Claude Code starts at $17/mo billed annually ($20 monthly), Codex has limited access on ChatGPT Free, and Cursor has a free plan (see Alternatives below).
Limits aren't published as numbers. Plus and Max are described as about 5x and 10x Pro usage, not as a fixed number of messages or tokens, so it's hard to know in advance how far a plan goes. ^[1] ^[2]
Long runs can stop. Missions pause when they hit a rolling limit and need prepaid Extra Usage turned on. ^[2]
Team features cost more. Teams tops out at 10 seats, and SSO, SAML/SCIM, zero data retention and audit logs are on Business, which has no listed price. ^[1]
Benchmarks are self-reported. Factory ran its comparison itself, and we haven't tested Droid hands-on yet. ^[3]

Alternatives

Claude Code: included in Claude Pro ($17/mo billed annually, $20 monthly), Max ($100/mo) and Ultra ($200/mo). Details: Claude Code pricing.
OpenAI Codex: limited on ChatGPT Free and Go ($8/mo), full access from Plus ($20/mo). See Claude Code vs Codex.
Cursor: free plan; paid from $8/mo (Plus, Grok models only), with Claude and GPT models on Premium ($30/mo). Details: Cursor pricing.

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Factory Droid FAQ

Is Factory Droid free?

No free plan is listed on Factory's pricing page. The cheapest plan is Pro at $20/mo. Factory's docs describe Droid Core, a free open-weight model pool you can keep using with separate limits after your plan's Standard Usage runs out, but you still need a paid plan.

How much does Factory Droid cost?

Pro is $20/mo, Plus $100/mo and Max $200/mo for individuals. Teams is $60/mo per team plus $40/mo per seat, for up to 10 seats. Business and Enterprise have no listed price.

What is the difference between Pro, Plus and Max?

All three include the desktop app, CLI and SDK. Plus gives about 5x the usage of Pro and, per the pricing page, Droid Computers (Factory-managed cloud computers for remote Droids). Max gives about 10x the usage of Pro and early access to new features. Factory doesn't publish fixed message or token counts.

Can I use my own API keys with Droid?

Yes. Factory's docs say bring-your-own-key (BYOK) is free up to an allowance on all individual plans; after that, usage is charged according to your plan.

What happens when I hit the Droid usage limit?

Individual plans use three rolling limits (5-hour, 7-day and 30-day). After Standard Usage runs out you can switch to Droid Core models, which have separate limits, or turn on Extra Usage: prepaid credits with a $10 minimum that don't expire. Missions pause when they hit a limit and require Extra Usage to be enabled.

What is new in Droid 1.0?

Factory announced Droid 1.0 on Oct 29, 2026. The main change is programmatic tool calling: the model writes a script that runs many tool calls in one request, which Factory says cuts cost by 15% on Claude Opus 5.5. Droid 1.0 ships as a desktop app for macOS and Windows, a terminal interface and a TypeScript SDK.

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