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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

2Verified differences2Shared3Not yet verified
OnaOpenAI · Background agents
Entry price
$20/mo
Free tier
Not yet verified
Logged activity · 90d
42/100

Factory vs Ona

2Verified differences1Pricing differences · 1 not verified for both0Factory · verified changes 30d1Ona · verified changes 30d
Entry priceSame verified entry price: $20/mo (Factory Pro, Ona Core (from)).
DeliveryShared delivery: Cloud agents.
Last 30 daysFactory logged 0 verified changes, Ona 1 verified change.
Evidence4 of 7 compared facts are verified for both; 3 for neither.

At a glance

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

Where they differ

2
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 ↗
OnaUsage-based — Core from $20 a month with Ona Compute Units; add-on OCUs from $10
ona.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Ona — official pricing page

ona.com/pricing: Core "from $20 month"; "Included OCUs 80 - 2,200 OCUs (monthly recurring)"; "Add-on OCUs from $10 / 40 OCUs".

https://ona.com/pricing ↗
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 ↗
OnaEnterprise tier only — SSO and OIDC
ona.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Ona — official pricing page

ona.com/pricing, Enterprise: "SSO and OIDC identity and access controls".

https://ona.com/pricing ↗

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 ↗
OnaFree tier: not yet verified
Entry price · Core (from)
$20/mo
Core (from)$20/mo
ona.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Ona — official pricing page
https://ona.com/pricing ↗

Where they match

2Toggle
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 ↗
OnaCloud agents — each in a full cloud environment, Ona Cloud or your own VPC
ona.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Ona — official site

ona.com: "Run background agents in the cloud." "Task in, pull request out." "Each agent gets a full cloud environment with your tools, network access, and permissions." Pricing lists "Ona Cloud (multi-tenant)" and "Self-hosted, Ona-managed VPC".

https://ona.com ↗
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 ↗
OnaCustom pricing — VPC deployment, SSO/OIDC, audit trails on every human and AI action, SLAs
ona.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Ona — official pricing page

ona.com/pricing, Enterprise "Custom pricing": "Bank-grade VPC deployment", "SSO and OIDC identity and access controls", "Detailed audit trails on every human and AI action", "Uptime guarantees (SLAs)".

https://ona.com/pricing ↗

Not yet verified for one or both

3
Platforms
FactoryNot yet verified
OnaNot yet verified
Editor integrations
FactoryNot yet verified
OnaNot yet verified
Free tier
FactoryNot yet verified
OnaNot 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 ↗
Onaona.com/docs
ona.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Ona — official documentation

Ona's documentation, linked as Docs from ona.com.

https://ona.com/docs ↗
Changelog
FactoryNot yet verified
Onaona.com/docs/changelog
ona.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Ona — official changelog

Ona's changelog in its documentation.

https://ona.com/docs/changelog ↗
Source repository
FactoryNot yet verified
OnaNot yet verified

Recent record

Each side’s own record · not a score
Recent record of Factory and Ona, side by side
ReadingFactoryOna
Verified changes0 in 30 days · 2 in 90 days · Background agents median 11 in 30 days · 4 in 90 days · Background agents median 1
Last verified change18 Sept 2026 · 49 days ago13 Oct 2026 · 24 days ago
Activity · 90 days26 · below the Background agents median of 3642 · above the Background agents median of 36
Latest list-price moveNone observedNone observed
Pricing on record4 verified plans · verified monthly entry price $201 verified plan · verified monthly entry price $20
Comparable facts4 of 7 verified4 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 ↗

Ona · latest 3

  1. Availability

    Ona Cloud will shut down on October 31, 2026

    Following Ona's move to OpenAI, Ona Cloud winds down on October 31, 2026; new sign-ups have closed, October payments and unused credits will be refunded, and users are pointed to Codex Cloud.

    ona.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 13 Oct 2026
    Ona — stories
    https://ona.com/stories/ona-core-shutdown ↗
  2. Release

    Codex in Ona follows the organization's configured model access

    Inherited Codex access tokens no longer override the model access configured for the organization.

    ona.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 31 Aug 2026
    Ona — official changelog
    https://ona.com/docs/changelog ↗
  3. Release

    Codex in Ona gives clearer error messages

    When a run cannot continue, messages focus on what happened and what to do next, with a reference ID tied to the support bundle.

    ona.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 25 Aug 2026
    Ona — official changelog
    https://ona.com/docs/changelog ↗

Keep comparing

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Compared using 11 verified facts · oldest record verified 2 Oct 2026. Tools appear in URL order, alphabetically by identifier — it implies no ranking.