Factory vs OpenCode

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	Factory Agent-native software development platform from Factory AI, powered by its Droid agents in the terminal, desktop, and web.	OpenCode Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, IDE, and desktop, maintained by Anomaly.
Category	harness	harness
Vendor type	commercial	hybrid
Pricing	subscription	freemium
Strengths	+ Multi-surface platform spanning CLI, desktop, web, and headless CI/CD exec mode + Model routing across providers instead of single-vendor lock-in + Deep extensibility with MCP, custom droids, skills, hooks, and plugins + Multi-agent Missions for coordinated feature development	+ MIT-licensed and developed fully in the open with a large contributor base + Provider-agnostic with 75+ LLM providers, local models, and BYOK support + Privacy-first design that does not store code or context data server-side + Runs in terminal, IDE, and desktop with multi-session support
Tradeoffs	− No free tier; entry starts at the $20/month Pro subscription − Usage is capped by rolling rate limits within each subscription tier − Enterprise-oriented platform breadth can be heavyweight for solo developers	− Rapid release cadence can bring breaking changes between versions − Result quality varies with whichever provider and model the user configures
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