
Droid is Factory's multi-surface AI coding agent for delegated software development workflows.
Droid is Factory's AI coding agent for software engineering work across terminals, IDEs, web, desktop, Slack, Linear, Jira, and CI/CD. Developers use it to delegate feature work, refactors, migrations, code review, incident response, tests, and maintenance while staying inside existing tools.
The product emphasizes model choice, repository context, persistent sessions, reviewable diffs, and adjustable autonomy. Factory's documentation describes droid as a terminal agent with enterprise integrations, transparent review workflows, and production-ready automation for local development and pipeline execution.
| Attribute | Droid | Claude Code | Cline Coding Agent | Codex | GitHub Copilot | Google Antigravity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | |||||||
| Founded | 2023 | 2021 | 2024 | 2015 | 2008 | 1998 | |
| Sells To | Enterprise | Enterprises | Enterprises, Individuals | Enterprises, Individuals | Enterprise | Consumers, Enterprise | |
| Pricing Model | Recurring | Recurring, Usage-based | Recurring Subscription, Recurring Usage-Based | Subscription, Usage-based | Recurring, Software, Usage-based | Advertising, Recurring, Transactional | |
| Ownership | Venture Capital | Venture Capital | Open-Source, Private | Private, Public Benefit Corporation | Acquired, Equity, Venture Capital | Public |
Provider 
Founded 2023
Sells To Enterprise
Pricing Model Recurring
Ownership Venture Capital
Provider 
Founded 2021
Sells To Enterprises
Pricing Model Recurring, Usage-based
Ownership Venture Capital
Provider 
Founded 2024
Sells To Enterprises, Individuals
Pricing Model Recurring Subscription, Recurring Usage-Based
Ownership Open-Source, Private
Provider 
Founded 2015
Sells To Enterprises, Individuals
Pricing Model Subscription, Usage-based
Ownership Private, Public Benefit Corporation
Provider 
Founded 2008
Sells To Enterprise
Pricing Model Recurring, Software, Usage-based
Ownership Acquired, Equity, Venture Capital