Factory vs OpenHands

Pick two tools from the same category to compare side-by-side.

	Factory Agent-native software development platform from Factory AI, powered by its Droid agents in the terminal, desktop, and web.	OpenHands Open-source, model-agnostic platform for running autonomous software engineering agents, formerly known as OpenDevin.
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 core with 75+ LLM provider support + Multiple interfaces: SDK, CLI, GUI, cloud, and Kubernetes-based enterprise + Sandboxed (Docker) execution for autonomous multi-step tasks + Strong research lineage and large contributor community (~77k stars)
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	− Heavier setup (Docker/sandbox runtime) than editor-extension agents − Autonomous runs can consume significant tokens without close supervision
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