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Verified
ToolMarketCap
FactoryFactory · Background agents
Entry price
$20/mo
Free tier
Not yet verified
Logged activity · 90d
26/100

Cloud agents vs cloud agents

1Verified differences1Shared5Not yet verified
JulesGoogle · Background agents
Entry price
Not yet verified
Free tier
Yes
Logged activity · 90d
0/100

Factory vs Jules

1Verified differences1Pricing differences · 2 not verified for both0Factory · verified changes 30d0Jules · verified changes 30d
Entry priceFactory starts at $20/mo; no paid monthly price is verified for Jules.
DeliveryShared delivery: Cloud agents.
Last 30 daysNeither logged a verified change in the last 30 days.
Evidence2 of 7 compared facts are verified for both; 2 only for Factory, 1 only for Jules, and 2 for neither.

At a glance

Verified values · no winner is picked
Factory and Jules: price, free tier, licence, self-hosting, enterprise
DimensionFactoryJules
Entry price$20/moNot yet verified
Free tierNot yet verifiedYes
Open sourceNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Self-hostingNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Enterprise (SSO + offering)YesNot yet verified
Switch from FactorySwitch from JulesAdd Factory to a stackAdd Jules to a stack

Where they differ

1
Business model
FactorySubscription — Pro, Plus, and Max plans; Teams at $60 per team plus $40 per seat
factory.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Factory — official pricing page

factory.com/pricing: Pro "$20 / mo", Plus "$100 / mo", Max "$200 / mo", Teams "$60/mo per team, plus $40/mo per seat".

https://factory.com/pricing ↗
JulesFreemium — higher task limits with Google AI Pro and Ultra
jules.google
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Jules — official site

jules.google plans: "Jules in Pro" — "100 tasks per day", "15 concurrent tasks"; "Jules in Ultra" — "300 tasks per day", "60 concurrent tasks".

https://jules.google ↗

Pricing face-off

USD list price · monthly billing
FactoryFree tier: not yet verified
Entry price · Pro
$20/mo
Pro$20/mo
Teams (per team, + $40/mo per seat)$60/mo
Plus$100/mo
Max$200/mo
factory.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Factory — official pricing page
https://factory.com/pricing ↗
JulesFree tier: Yes
No paid price verified yet

Where they match

1Toggle
Delivery
FactoryCloud agents — cloud and local background agents, desktop, CLI, and SDK
factory.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Factory — official pricing page

factory.com/pricing, Pro: "Agent-native, multi-platform experience", "Desktop / CLI / SDK", "Cloud & local background agents".

https://factory.com/pricing ↗
JulesCloud agents — works on GitHub repositories in a cloud VM and opens pull requests
jules.google
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Jules — official site

jules.google: "Jules fetches your repository, clones it to a Cloud VM, and develops a plan"; "Jules creates a PR of the changes"; "Use the "jules" label in an issue to assign a task directly in GitHub."

https://jules.google ↗

Not yet verified for one or both

5
Platforms
FactoryNot yet verified
JulesNot yet verified
Editor integrations
FactoryNot yet verified
JulesNot yet verified
Free tier
FactoryNot yet verified
JulesYes — 15 tasks per day, 3 concurrent
jules.google
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Jules — official site

jules.google plans: Jules — "Get started with real coding tasks." "15 tasks per day", "3 concurrent tasks".

https://jules.google ↗
Single sign-on
FactoryBusiness tier and above — SSO with SAML/SCIM provisioning
factory.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Factory — official pricing page

factory.com/pricing, Business: "Single Sign-On (SSO) integration", "SAML/SCIM provisioning".

https://factory.com/pricing ↗
JulesNot yet verified
Enterprise
FactoryCustom pricing — dedicated compute, on-premise deployment options, data residency
factory.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Factory — official pricing page

factory.com/pricing, Enterprise: "Dedicated compute with partitioned inference pool", "On-premise deployment options", "Data residency", "Priority support with SLAs".

https://factory.com/pricing ↗
JulesNot yet verified

References

Links — shown, never counted as differences
Documentation
Factorydocs.factory.com
docs.factory.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Factory — official documentation

Factory's documentation, linked as Docs from factory.com.

https://docs.factory.com ↗
Julesjules.google/docs
jules.google
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Jules — official documentation

Jules documentation, linked from jules.google.

https://jules.google/docs/ ↗
Changelog
FactoryNot yet verified
Julesjules.google/docs/changelog
jules.google
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Jules — official changelog

Jules changelog in its documentation.

https://jules.google/docs/changelog/ ↗
Source repository
FactoryNot yet verified
JulesNot yet verified

Recent record

Each side’s own record · not a score
Recent record of Factory and Jules, side by side
ReadingFactoryJules
Verified changes0 in 30 days · 2 in 90 days · Background agents median 10 in 30 days · 0 in 90 days · Background agents median 1
Last verified change18 Sept 2026 · 49 days ago9 Mar 2026 · 242 days ago
Activity · 90 days26 · below the Background agents median of 360 · below the Background agents median of 36
Latest list-price moveNone observedNo verified price
Pricing on record4 verified plans · verified monthly entry price $20No verified price
Comparable facts4 of 7 verified3 of 7 verified

Factory · latest 3

  1. Availability

    Factory adds Factory Private for VPC, on-premises and air-gapped deployment

    Factory introduces two deployment models, Factory Managed and Factory Private, the latter for VPCs, on-premises and air-gapped networks.

    factory.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 18 Sept 2026
    Factory — news
    https://factory.com/news/factory-private ↗
  2. Plans

    Factory Pro plan adds managed computers with five compute hours a month

    Factory's Pro plan now includes managed computers with five compute hours each month.

    docs.factory.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 9 Sept 2026
    Factory — changelog
    https://docs.factory.com/changelog/cli-updates ↗
  3. Release

    Factory announces Factory 2.0, moving from coding agents to software factories

    Factory announces Factory 2.0, describing a shift from individual coding agents to organization-wide, agent-native systems covering the development lifecycle.

    factory.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 15 Jun 2026
    Factory — news
    https://factory.com/news/software-factory ↗

Jules · latest 3

  1. Release

    Gemini 3.1 Pro becomes available in Jules

    Jules adds Gemini 3.1 Pro as an available model.

    jules.google
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 9 Mar 2026
    Jules — official changelog
    https://jules.google/docs/changelog/ ↗
  2. Release

    Jules launches Jules Tools, a command-line interface

    Google launches Jules Tools, a CLI for controlling the Jules agent from the terminal; the Jules API follows on October 3, 2025.

    jules.google
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 2 Oct 2025
    Jules — changelog
    https://jules.google/docs/changelog/2025-10-02 ↗
  3. Availability

    Jules exits beta and launches publicly

    Google takes Jules out of public beta and launches it publicly, powered by Gemini 2.5.

    blog.google
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 6 Aug 2025
    Google — The Keyword blog
    https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/jules-now-available/ ↗

Keep comparing

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FactoryFull record →JulesFull record →Factory alternatives→Jules alternatives→Factory pricing4 plansJules pricingnot verified
Compared using 10 verified facts · oldest record verified 2 Oct 2026. Tools appear in URL order, alphabetically by identifier — it implies no ranking.