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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 agent platform

3Verified differences1Shared3Not yet verified
OpenHandsBackground agents
Entry price
Not yet verified
Free tier
Yes
Logged activity · 90d
38/100

Factory vs OpenHands

3Verified differences1Pricing differences · 2 not verified for both0Factory · verified changes 30d1OpenHands · verified changes 30d
Entry priceFactory starts at $20/mo; no paid monthly price is verified for OpenHands.
DeliveryDelivery differs: Factory — Cloud agents; OpenHands — Agent platform.
Last 30 daysFactory logged 0 verified changes, OpenHands 1 verified change.
Evidence4 of 7 compared facts are verified for both; 1 only for OpenHands and 2 for neither.

At a glance

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

Where they differ

3
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 ↗
OpenHandsAgent platform — web GUI, terminal UI, and CLI; runs locally, in the cloud, or self-hosted
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page

openhands.dev/pricing: "Run locally, in our cloud, or self-host"; Open Source includes "Web-based GUI, Terminal UI, and CLI".

https://www.openhands.dev/pricing ↗
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 ↗
OpenHandsOpen source — free locally and in the cloud with BYOK or at-cost models; custom Enterprise
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page

openhands.dev/pricing: "BYOK or use OpenHands models at-cost"; Enterprise "Custom pricing".

https://www.openhands.dev/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 ↗
OpenHandsEnterprise tier only — SAML/SSO
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page

openhands.dev/pricing, Enterprise: "Enterprise SAML / SSO".

https://www.openhands.dev/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 ↗
OpenHandsFree tier: Yes
No paid price verified yet
Individual (cloud)$0/mo
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page
https://www.openhands.dev/pricing ↗

Where they match

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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 ↗
OpenHandsCustom pricing — SaaS or self-hosted in your VPC, SAML/SSO, priority support
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page

openhands.dev/pricing, Enterprise: "SaaS or Self-hosted in your VPC", "Enterprise SAML / SSO", "Priority support & shared Slack channel".

https://www.openhands.dev/pricing ↗

Not yet verified for one or both

3
Platforms
FactoryNot yet verified
OpenHandsNot yet verified
Editor integrations
FactoryNot yet verified
OpenHandsNot yet verified
Free tier
FactoryNot yet verified
OpenHandsYes — open source locally, and a free cloud Individual plan with your own key
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page

openhands.dev/pricing: Open Source "Free"; SaaS Individual "Free — Bring your own key or use our providers at-cost".

https://www.openhands.dev/pricing ↗

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 ↗
OpenHandsdocs.openhands.dev
docs.openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official documentation

OpenHands documentation, linked from the repository README.

https://docs.openhands.dev ↗
Changelog
FactoryNot yet verified
OpenHandsgithub.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — GitHub releases

OpenHands release notes are published as GitHub releases.

https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases ↗
Source repository
FactoryNot yet verified
OpenHandsgithub.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 31 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official repository

OpenHands' public repository.

https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands ↗

Recent record

Each side’s own record · not a score
Recent record of Factory and OpenHands, side by side
ReadingFactoryOpenHands
Verified changes0 in 30 days · 2 in 90 days · Background agents median 11 in 30 days · 2 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 3638 · 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 · free plan only
Comparable facts4 of 7 verified5 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 ↗

OpenHands · latest 3

  1. Platform

    OpenHands agents can run on DigitalOcean from Agent Canvas

    With OpenHands 1.27.0, developers can create and manage DigitalOcean-hosted agents in isolated microVM sandboxes directly from Agent Canvas.

    openhands.dev
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 13 Oct 2026
    OpenHands — blog
    https://www.openhands.dev/blog/run-digitalocean-managed-agents-with-openhands ↗
  2. Release

    OpenHands 1.23 ships a universal macOS desktop build

    The desktop app ships as a universal macOS DMG with per-architecture bundled runtimes.

    github.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 23 Sept 2026
    OpenHands — GitHub releases
    https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases/tag/v1.23.0 ↗
  3. Release

    OpenHands 1.0.0 ships on the new software-agent-sdk

    OpenHands releases version 1.0.0, rebuilt on its new software-agent-sdk, and moves the OpenHands CLI to its own repository.

    github.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 16 Dec 2025
    OpenHands — GitHub releases
    https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases/tag/1.0.0 ↗

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Compared using 15 verified facts · oldest record verified 2 Oct 2026. Tools appear in URL order, alphabetically by identifier — it implies no ranking.