Agentic Index
Cognition vs Factory (2026)
Devin and Factory are the two most complete autonomous engineering platforms, and Factory is the sleeper. Devin popularized the ticket to pull request teammate and adds Devin Desktop for supervising agents. Factory scores Full on eleven of fourteen axes in our matrix, with role specialized Droids, first class Linear and Jira intake, and model routing per step, from 20 dollars a month.
| At a glance | Cognition | Factory |
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| Category | Coding agent | Coding agent |
| Entry price | Free · Pro $20/mo · Max $200/mo · Teams $80/mo + $40/seat · Enterprise custom | Pro $20/mo · Plus $100/mo · Max $200/mo (usage-credit model; free Droid Core pool; prepaid Extra Usage $10 min) · Teams/Enterprise custom |
| Free / trial | Free tier: light agent quota, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits and Tab completions. | n/p |
| Pricing confidence | public exact | public partial |
| Feature |
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| Action & orchestration | ||
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Integrations & Tool Calling Ability to connect agents to real systems through native integrations, OAuth-authenticated actions, custom tools, APIs, webhooks, or MCP-compatible tools. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Workflow Orchestration Ability to sequence, branch, retry, route, and combine deterministic workflow nodes with autonomous agent steps. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Triggers & Channel Coverage How agents wake up and where they work: schedules, webhooks, message events, CRM events, inbox events, chat, email, voice, and collaboration tools. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
| Knowledge & context | ||
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Knowledge Grounding & RAG Ability to ground agent behavior in company data through document ingestion, retrieval, external knowledge APIs, semantic search, or RAG layers. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
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Memory & State Persistence Ability to persist context across a run, conversation, workflow, user, team, or longer-term memory layer. |
Full / Explicit
Devin Desktop + Spaces (June 2026) enable shared context persistence across related agents and cloud sessions. |
Partial |
| Control & trust | ||
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Human Oversight & Guardrails Approval steps, consent checkpoints, escalation rules, structured guardrails, policy constraints, and pause/resume controls. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Security, Identity & Governance RBAC, SSO, auditability, encryption, least-privilege tool access, compliance posture, and data handling policy. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Observability & Auditability Traces, logs, execution histories, metrics, audit events, and debugging detail for production agent behavior. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
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Deployment & Data Residency Deployment modes and options, including SaaS, dedicated cloud, VPC, on-prem, hybrid, local runtime, and self-hosting. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
| Solution readiness | ||
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Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs Ready-made workflows, packaged employees, templates, blueprints, industry solutions, and role-specific agents that reduce time-to-value. |
No / Not documented | Full / Explicit |
| Platform extensibility | ||
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Model Flexibility & Routing Ability to work across multiple foundation models, route tasks to different models, or let buyers bring their own providers and keys. |
No / Not documented | Full / Explicit |
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APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility Composability layer: stable APIs, SDKs, MCP tool consumption/serving, custom tools, and integration into internal systems. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Testing, Debugging & Optimization Testing, debugging, scoring, retries, fallbacks, quality gates, and optimization loops for improving agent workflows before and after deployment. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
| Specialist automation | ||
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Browser & Computer Use Browser, desktop, or remote/local computer control for workflows that cannot be handled through stable APIs alone. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
Pricing snapshot
Sourced from the Index pricing dataset · open each vendor's profile for full detail.
| Pricing |
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
Free · Pro $20/mo · Max $200/mo · Teams $80/mo + $40/seat · Enterprise custom | Pro $20/mo · Plus $100/mo · Max $200/mo (usage-credit model; free Droid Core pool; prepaid Extra Usage $10 min) · Teams/Enterprise custom |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Public — exact | Public — partial |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
quota + usage beyond quota | hybrid |
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Variable cost Workload / overage exposure |
High variable cost | High variable cost |
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Free tier / trial Try before you buy |
Free tierTrial
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No free tier
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
Self-serve | Mixed |
Choose Cognition if
- You want the most recognized autonomous engineer with managed onboarding and enterprise support.
- Devin Desktop's command center consolidates local and cloud agents in one view.
- In house SWE models plus proven migration case studies fit your workload.
Choose Factory if
- Breadth of capability: our matrix scores Factory Full on observability, security, testing, and browser use.
- Tickets are your unit of work, and Droids pull description, criteria, and context straight from Linear or Jira.
- Model agnostic routing picks the best model per step instead of one fixed provider.