Dutopilot vs Factory

A platform of agent tools your team sets up, or a ready-made delivery pipeline above coding agents: what each automates, how each is priced and who pays for AI.

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Comparison	Factory	Dutopilot
What you are buying	A coding agent platform sold as plans with usage limits, from $20 a month (Pro).	A managed delivery service and platform: the nine-step pipeline, a dedicated cloud infrastructure and a Forward Deployed Engineer, working above your coding agents.
What it does	An agent-native software development platform for planning, building, reviewing, testing and shipping software, used to implement backlog work, review pull requests and generate tests.	30+ AI agents plan, build, review, test, fix and merge software changes from the tickets on your project board, 24/7.
Scope, from ticket to merged pull request	Offers the Droid CLI, Missions for long-running multi-phase work, and Automations for event-driven or scheduled workflows.	The whole delivery, from backlog ticket to a merged, tested pull request, with two independent reviews and automatic fixes for failing checks.
Delivery steps	Supports planning, building, reviewing, testing and shipping through the Droid CLI, Missions and Automations.	Nine steps in order, from plan and build through two independent reviews, tests and automatic fixes to merge.
Review, tests and self-healing	Can review pull requests and generate tests, and Spec Mode needs your approval before implementation.	Two independent reviewer agents, quality gates on every change and self-healing: a failing check is fixed before anyone is asked.
Number of agents and steps	From a single session to an automated delivery flow, with subagents and Missions.	30+ agents across nine steps. Up to 3 (Solo) or 15 (Team) Dutopilot virtual team members at once, and each can run hundreds of parallel sub-agents, on every plan. Enterprise has no limit.
Human approvals	You set an autonomy level (Off, Low, Medium or High) and allow, ask or block rules for commands. Spec Mode needs your approval before implementation.	Only where you choose. It pauses for the approvals you select and merges for you otherwise.
Works with your backlog	Works from Jira and Linear, plus connectors.	Jira, Linear, Notion, GitHub Issues and Azure DevOps for your backlog, and GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps for your code.
Tools and connectors	Slack, Microsoft Teams and CI, plus connectors and MCP.	Slack for notices and conversations, and a Claude connector (MCP) to follow and steer work from a chat, on top of your backlog and code tools.
AI model and who pays for AI	Supports all leading frontier and open-weight models. Free is bring your own inference, with your own API keys or a ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot or OpenRouter sign-in. Paid plans come with usage limits.	Your own Claude, Codex, OpenCode or Oh My Pi subscription or API key, billed by your provider with no per-credit markup from us.
Pricing modelFactory prices are its published prices in US dollars. Dutopilot plans are priced in euros, from EUR 499 a month.	Free, Pro at $20 a month, Plus at $100, Max at $200, Teams at $60 a month plus $40 per person (up to 10 seats), and custom Business and Enterprise.	Plans are priced by Dutopilot virtual team members, not by users: your whole team can use Dutopilot. It is a managed service: your dedicated cloud infrastructure, the full pipeline and a Forward Deployed Engineer are included. You bring your own AI, with no markup.
Where code runs and security	Works from the command line, a desktop app, the web and mobile. On-premise options are listed for Enterprise.	An isolated sandbox for every ticket on our managed infrastructure. Enterprise customers can request deployment in their own environment. We never keep a copy of your repository, and your code is not used to train models.
Forward Deployed Engineer working with your team	Enterprise lists a dedicated Account Manager and Customer Engineer.	Included on every plan. A Forward Deployed Engineer from us works with your team on setup, tuning and ongoing improvement.
Onboarding and support	Business lists dedicated onboarding and support, and Enterprise adds a custom onboarding program and priority support with SLAs.	Included on every plan: a pilot on one project and one slice of your backlog, with your Forward Deployed Engineer alongside you, and ongoing support from them.

Details about other products come from their public pages, last checked 14 November 2026. Check the vendor for current terms.

The ticks mark rows where Dutopilot clearly leads. Rows without a tick are about even.

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A layer above coding agents

Coding agents write code for a task. Dutopilot sits above them as a managed service and platform: inside its pipeline it runs leading coding agents, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and Oh My Pi, on your own AI account, and adds planning, independent review, quality gates, self-repair, merging, a dedicated cloud infrastructure with an isolated sandbox for every ticket, and a Forward Deployed Engineer.

Factory

Your teamSets up the workflows, autonomy levels and approval rules.

Agent platformThe Droid CLI, Missions and Automations for planning, building, reviewing and testing.

Dutopilot

Your teamWrites tickets on the board and approves only where it chooses.

Dutopilot delivery layerPlans, builds, runs two independent reviews and the tests, fixes failing checks and merges.

Coding agentsClaude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Oh My Pi, on your own AI account.

Where the work sits. With Dutopilot, the steps between a ticket and a merged change run in a managed layer above the coding agents, not on your team's desk.

How the pricing compares

Factory lists Free, Pro, Plus, Max and Teams plans with usage limits, plus custom Business and Enterprise plans. Dutopilot has fixed monthly Solo and Team plans and pay as you go Enterprise, with AI cost on your own account.

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Questions buyers ask

Is Dutopilot a better choice than Factory for delivering whole tickets?

Yes, for teams that want tickets delivered end to end. Dutopilot runs the whole delivery, from backlog ticket to a reviewed, tested, merged pull request, with 30+ agents across nine steps.

Who pays for AI with Dutopilot?

You do, through your own Claude, Codex, OpenCode or Oh My Pi subscription or API key, at the rate your provider already charges you. Dutopilot adds no per-credit markup.

How is Dutopilot priced?

Solo is EUR 499 a month and Team is EUR 2,999 a month, flat for the number of parallel Dutopilot virtual team members, not per user, and Enterprise is pay as you go. Your AI cost is separate and stays with your provider.

Does Dutopilot include onboarding help?

Yes. Every customer gets a Forward Deployed Engineer who sets Dutopilot up with your team, tunes approvals and gates to your workflow, and keeps improving it.

Can we keep our backlog in Jira, Notion or GitHub Issues?

Yes. Dutopilot works with your backlog in Jira, Linear, Notion, GitHub Issues or Azure DevOps, and with your code in GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps. It also posts notices and takes conversations in Slack, and has a Claude connector (MCP), so your team keeps its current tools.

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