Software Development · head to head
Baseten vs Factory
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Factory
Software Development
The autonomy stack for enterprise teams
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Baseten gPU compute is billed per minute by hardware class, from $0.01052 per minute on a T4 up to $0.16633 per minute on a B200, so costs vary by which accelerator a workload lands on, as of August 2026.; Factory the $100 per month Plus tier only grants about 5 times the usage of the $20 Pro tier, so usage scales sub-linearly with price, as of August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Baseten and Factory actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Software Development).
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Baseten
- GPU compute is billed per minute by hardware class, from $0.01052 per minute on a T4 up to $0.16633 per minute on a B200, so costs vary by which accelerator a workload lands on, as of August 2026.
Factory
- The $100 per month Plus tier only grants about 5 times the usage of the $20 Pro tier, so usage scales sub-linearly with price, as of August 2026.
Pricing, plan by plan
Baseten
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Baseten review.
Factory
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Factory review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Baseten if
Nothing in the data separates Baseten from Factory on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Factory if
Nothing in the data separates Factory from Baseten on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Baseten or Factory better?
- Neither clearly leads. Baseten starts at On request and Factory at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Baseten or Factory?
- Baseten starts at On request and Factory at On request.
- Does Baseten or Factory run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
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