Factory Router
Automatic model router inside Factory's Droid coding sessions: picked once in the model selector, it sends each task to a cheaper model when one can handle it and moves a stuck session to a more capable model, which Factory says cut billed usage 63% in production.
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What it does
- Model inference
Features 5
- Per-session model selectionPicks a model for each Droid session, using cheaper models where they can handle the work.
- Stuck-model recoveryMoves the session to a more capable model if the selected one gets stuck.
- Provider failoverKeeps a session running on the same model through a healthy provider if one degrades.
- Dedicated TPMEnterprise customers get reserved throughput for critical work.
- Routing guidanceAdmins bring team context into routing so automatic model selection reflects organizational work.
Sources
- Pricing
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No separate price is published; routed sessions are billed as Droid usage. Neither pricing page names the router.
- Description
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
"Automatic model selection for every Droid session." "Drawing on a pool of frontier and efficient models, it routes to a cheaper model where one can handle the work." "If the selected model gets stuck, Factory Router moves the session to a more capable model." The docs: billed usage came in 63% below the same workload priced at frontier-model rates.
- What it does
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
It selects and switches the model serving each session and "cuts inference costs by 63% in production"; Enterprise customers "get reserved throughput for critical work".
- Sold within
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Read the router page, its docs page, factory.com/pricing and the individual and organization plan docs: it is selectable in the Droid CLI and the Factory App model selector with "No setup required", but no page states which Factory plans include it.
- Name
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
Some interfaces label it "Auto Model"; the docs give Factory Router as the canonical name. Factory's platform page lists it among "Six products. One self-improving loop." as Model Routing.
- URL
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
Factory's own product page for the router.
- Deployment
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
Runs in Factory's service as part of each Droid session.
- Interfaces
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
"selectable in the Factory CLI and Desktop App".
- Intended for
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Official documentation · 10 Oct 2026
Admin routing controls and reserved throughput for Enterprise; every Droid user can select it.
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