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Aider vs Factory
Live matchup data for Aider and Factory: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
openrouter tokens/day
usage compares on other signals below
usage — openrouter daily tokens
Usage crossover
usage series pending — daily OpenRouter snapshots build this chart
source: OpenRouter app rankings · daily · 90d
awaiting first snapshot
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Spec & pricing
| Spec | Aider | Factory |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Aider | Factory |
| Homepage | aider.chat | factory.ai |
| GitHub | Aider-AI/aider | — |
| Package | aider-chat | — |
| Subscription plans | — | — |
| GitHub stars | 47,184 | — |
| Pkg downloads/day | 28,435 | — |
| Latest release | v0.86.0 · 333 d ago | — |
sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries
— = not tracked / not applicable
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Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Aider | Factory | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Lite | 26.3%May 23 · aider | 31.3%Jun 17 · factory code droid | github.com |
| swe-bench-test | — | 19.3%Jun 17 · factory code droid | github.com |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 37%Jun 17 · factory code droid | github.com |
best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks
sources linked per row
community pulse
Reddit sentiment
| Signal | Aider | Factory |
|---|---|---|
| Mentions (30d) | 10 | 10 |
| Positive share | 0% | 0% |
| Negative share | 0% | 0% |
| Net sentiment | 0% | 0% |
| 30d trend |
source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d
through Jul 8, 2026
faq
Frequently asked
- Is Aider more used than Factory?
- The Token Tape tracks daily OpenRouter usage for this matchup, but Aider and Factory have no usage feed yet, so no usage comparison is published. Pricing, benchmarks, and sentiment compare on the available signals.
- How does Aider pricing compare to Factory?
- Pricing for this pair isn't in the tape yet — plan and price snapshots land with the daily crawl and will appear in the spec table with their sources.
- How do Aider and Factory score on coding benchmarks?
- On SWE-bench Lite, Aider scores 26.3% (May 23, 2024) and Factory scores 31.3% (Jun 17, 2024). All tracked results and their sources are in the benchmark table above.
- Where does this comparison data come from?
- OpenRouter public rankings (usage), provider pricing pages (plans and per-token prices), GitHub and package registries (adoption), public benchmark leaderboards, and Reddit (sentiment). Every stored datum keeps its source URL, and the tape refreshes daily. The Token Tape publishes the data without declaring a winner.
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