Factory and Claude Code: compare completed work

Factory and Claude Code may generate different costs for the same successful engineering task because of variables such as model selection, cache use, context handling, tool output, retries, and failed attempts, so neither product can be declared cheaper without controlled testing. A fair comparison should use the same repository revision, environment, task description, predefined acceptance criteria, and documented model, provider, reasoning, and configuration settings, while separating product-native workflows from same-model harness tests. Evaluations should track input, output, cache reads and writes, reruns, corrections, human intervention, elapsed time, reviewer effort, and both accepted and failed tasks across varied work types. Factory’s support for custom models, external providers, local endpoints, and routing makes model choice and routing important variables, while Claude Code also provides documented controls that should be assessed according to their configuration and date. The recommended headline measure is total measured model cost per accepted task, with subscription fees distinguished from metered API spending, and any savings claim should be supported by an inspectable, reproducible record rather than a demonstration alone.

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