Devin vs Factory
A side-by-side comparison of Devin and Factory, two Agent tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.
Compared from listings verified as of
At a glance
| Attribute | Devin | Factory |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Agent | Agent |
| Pricing | PAID | PAID |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Deployment (differs) | Cloud | Hybrid |
| Platforms (differs) | Web | Web, CLI, API |
| Model support (differs) | Single model (proprietary) | Multi-model |
| Vendor (differs) | Cognition AI | Factory |
| Capabilities (differs) |
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The honest brief
Devin
Runs asynchronously in its own cloud sandbox aimed at whole tickets, not autocomplete — plans, codes, and opens a PR.
- Autonomous, async whole-ticket work
- Own sandbox: browser, terminal, editor
- Submits PRs end-to-end
- Good for long-horizon tasks
- Closed model and harness
- Hosted-only, no self-host
- Premium-priced
- Reliability varies on complex tickets
Factory
Model-agnostic 'Droids' run as both cloud and local background agents from one CLI — frontier or open-weight models.
- Droids plan, edit, and run tasks autonomously
- Runs agents in the background
- Works across a whole codebase
- CLI/SDK driven
- Paid-only, no free tier
- Enterprise-oriented onboarding
- Autonomy needs careful review on large repos
When to pick which
Across the signals we compare, Devin and Factory differ on deployment, platforms, and model support:
- Deployment
- Cloud · Hybrid
- Platforms
- Web · Web, CLI, API
- Model support
- Single model (proprietary) · Multi-model
Their capability lists differ in recorded depth — compare the full lists above before deciding.