Factory (Droids) vs Zed: what each really costs

Factory (Droids)

• 01Autonomous coding agentsPlan, build, review and ship software with agents on desktop, terminal, web and CLI.
• 02Droid change validationDroid plans, builds and validates changes while your team sets goals and policies.
• 03Usage analyticsTrack adoption and consumption per developer and team with exportable reports.
• 04Model routingRoutes each task to the best model for quality, speed and cost.
• 05Mission monitoringMonitor active missions, worker progress and execution logs in real time.
• 06Readiness scoreMeasure your organization's readiness score across repositories over time.
• 07Local agent hardwareDedicated hardware runs agents locally with persistent state.

Zed

• 01Real-time collaborationAims to remove the distinction between local and remote projects.
• 02Multi-buffersPerform multi-cursor edits that span multiple files.
• 03Language server supportDownloads and starts the appropriate language server automatically when supported.
• 04Integrated terminalIncludes a built-in terminal emulator using Alacritty as its backend.
• 05Vim modeOffers a Vim mode tested against Neovim itself.
• 06Project-wide diagnosticsShows the count of errors and warnings across the whole project in the status bar.
• 07Command paletteA command palette gives access to much of the editor's functionality.
• 08BreadcrumbsDisplays a breadcrumb trail at the top of buffers.