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Factory

Factory ranks #32 of 34 in ai coding assistants in the week of 12 October 2026, with a visibility score of 1 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 3% of the answers we sampled.

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Factory barely registers on AI assistants' radar in the coding category, scoring just 1 out of 100 overall. Gemini gives it a 3, Claude a 2, while ChatGPT and Perplexity both land on 0. Across 89 questions tracked, Factory was named in only 4, each time just once: as an alternative to Cursor, an alternative to Claude Code, a cross-codebase coding agent, and a top assistant for 2026. It gets no mentions at all for mobile app development, Python work, general "best AI code editor" questions, or as a Windsurf alternative. In short, Factory shows up rarely, and only in passing.

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Who's talking about you

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	0	0% of answers
Claude	2	5% of answers	#15.0
Gemini	3	9% of answers	#6.0
Perplexity	0	0% of answers

Questions you win

question	named in	best spot
What are the best AI coding agents that can work across a whole codebase?	1 of 3	#15
What are the top AI coding assistants in 2026?	1 of 4	#6
What are the best alternatives to Claude Code?	1 of 4	#18
What are the best alternatives to Cursor?	1 of 4	#20

Questions you lose

question	who got named instead
What are the best AI coding assistants?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
What's the best AI code editor right now?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf
Which AI coding assistant is best for professional developers?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
What are the best free AI coding assistants?	GitHub Copilot, Gemini Code Assist, Cline
Which AI coding tool writes the most reliable code?	Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex
What's the best AI coding assistant for a solo developer building a SaaS?	Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot
What's the best AI coding assistant for beginners learning to code?	GitHub Copilot, Cursor
Which AI coding assistant gives the best value for the money?	GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code
What's the best AI coding assistant for Python?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
What's the best AI tool for writing and fixing React and Next.js code?	Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot
Which AI coding assistant is best for large codebases?	Claude Code, Cursor, Sourcegraph Cody
What's the best AI tool to review pull requests automatically?	CodeRabbit, Greptile, GitHub Copilot
What's the best AI coding assistant that works in the terminal?	Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Aider
What's the best AI coding assistant I can run locally for privacy?	Continue, Aider, Cline
What's the best open-source AI coding assistant?	Cline, Aider, OpenCode
Which AI coding tool is best for writing tests?	Cursor, Qodo, Claude Code
What's the best AI coding assistant for VS Code?	GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Cline
What's the best AI coding assistant for building mobile apps?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
What are the best alternatives to GitHub Copilot?	Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf
What are the best alternatives to Windsurf?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
What are the best alternatives to Aider?	Claude Code, OpenHands, Aider

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In their words

Claude“Devin (Cognition), Jules (Google), Copilot coding agent (GitHub), Factory — different takes on "assign a ticket, get a pull request." Generally better for well-specified, bounded tasks than exploratory work.”
Gemini“Devin (by Cognition) / Factory AI”
Claude“Devin, Jules, GitHub Copilot coding agent, and Factory assign tasks that run in the background and open PRs.”

Closest rivals

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