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Factory vs Poolside
Live matchup data for Factory and Poolside: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
usage — openrouter daily tokens
Usage crossover
source: OpenRouter app rankings · daily · 90d
through Aug 17, 2026
side by side
Spec & pricing
| Spec | Factory | Poolside |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Factory | Poolside |
| Homepage | factory.ai | poolside.ai |
| Subscription plans |
snapshot Aug 12, 2026 | — |
| Latest plan change | Factory plans changed: Team limits changed; added PO; removed Plan1 detected Aug 12, 2026 | — |
sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries
— = not tracked / not applicable
head to head
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Factory | Poolside | 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 | Poolside |
|---|---|---|
| Mentions (30d) | 271 | 290 |
| Positive share | 20.3% | 16.2% |
| Negative share | 15.9% | 3.1% |
| Net sentiment | +4.4% | +13.1% |
| 30d trend |
source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d
through Aug 21, 2026
faq
Frequently asked
- Is Factory more used than Poolside?
- As of Aug 17, 2026, Factory shows 2.5B tokens/day through OpenRouter-tracked apps and Poolside shows 1.8B tokens/day through OpenRouter-tracked apps. The chart above tracks the full daily series with every lead change marked.
- How does Factory pricing compare to Poolside?
- Factory tracked plans: PO, Team, Enterprise. Poolside runs $0.1 per million input tokens and $0.2 per million output tokens (as of Aug 21, 2026). Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
- How do Factory and Poolside score on coding benchmarks?
- The tape holds 3 tracked results for Factory and 0 for Poolside, 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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