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Factory vs Cline
Live matchup data for Factory and Cline: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
usage — openrouter daily tokens
Usage crossover
usage series pending — daily OpenRouter snapshots build this chart
source: OpenRouter app rankings · daily · 90d · no OpenRouter feed: Factory
through Jul 7, 2026
side by side
Spec & pricing
| Spec | Factory | Cline |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Factory | Cline Bot Inc. |
| Homepage | factory.ai | cline.bot |
| GitHub | — | cline/cline |
| Package | — | cline |
| Subscription plans | — |
snapshot Jul 8, 2026 |
| GitHub stars | — | 64,445 |
| Pkg downloads/day | — | 11,117 |
| Latest release | — | cli-v3.0.38 · 46 h ago |
sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries
— = not tracked / not applicable
head to head
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Factory | Cline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Lite | 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 | Factory | Cline |
|---|---|---|
| Mentions (30d) | 10 | 10 |
| Positive share | 0% | 20% |
| Negative share | 0% | 20% |
| Net sentiment | 0% | 0% |
| 30d trend |
source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d
through Jul 8, 2026
faq
Frequently asked
- Is Factory more used than Cline?
- The Token Tape tracks daily OpenRouter usage for this matchup, but Factory has no usage feed yet, so no usage comparison is published. Pricing, benchmarks, and sentiment compare on the available signals.
- How does Factory pricing compare to Cline?
- Cline tracked plans: Free (free), Enterprise. Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
- How do Factory and Cline score on coding benchmarks?
- The tape holds 3 tracked results for Factory and 0 for Cline, but none on a shared benchmark yet — scores are listed side by side without a common baseline.
- 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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