# Noco Factory and Other Coding Agents > Part of the NocoDB documentation (Factory). Index of all pages: https://nocodb.com/llms.txt. Any docs page is available as Markdown by adding `.md` to its URL. URL: https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/coding-agents Last updated: 2026-10-21 Compare Noco Factory with cloud AI coding agents such as Devin, OpenAI Codex and the GitHub Copilot coding agent, and see when Noco Factory is the right fit. Noco Factory is a cloud AI coding agent. It is in the same category as Devin, OpenAI Codex, the GitHub Copilot coding agent, Cursor cloud agents, Google Jules and Claude Code on the web. Each of them takes a task in plain language, works in a cloud environment, and returns code changes for a person to review. This page shows what Noco Factory shares with these agents, where it differs, and when another agent can fit better. ## What Noco Factory shares with other cloud coding agents Noco Factory works like other cloud coding agents in these ways: * You describe a task in plain language, or start from a GitHub issue or pull request. * The agent works on a cloud machine, not on your laptop. * The agent works on its own branch and returns a pull request. * You can run many tasks at the same time. ## Where Noco Factory differs | Area | Noco Factory | | ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Where it lives** | Inside your NocoDB workspace, next to your tables, apps and workflows. A factory uses the same members, audit log and credits as the rest of the workspace. | | **What you see while it works** | A live stream of the agent's desktop, a preview of the app on each port, a terminal, and a diff with line comments that you send back to NocoAI. See [Live screen and preview](/docs/factory/live-screen-and-preview). | | **Machines** | Versioned machine builds with your languages, package managers, tools and services (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB). NocoAI suggests changes to the machine as it works. See [Machines](/docs/factory/machines). | | **Team visibility** | Every member with the **Developer** role or above can watch any session as it happens. Only the person who started a session can control it. See [Members and roles](/docs/factory/members-and-roles). | | **Repository access** | The NocoDB GitHub App reaches only the repositories that you pick. NocoAI gets a short-lived token for each turn, and never pushes to the default branch or to a fork. See [Connect GitHub](/docs/factory/connect-github). | | **Models** | Pick the model for each message, from the models that NocoDB manages or on your own API keys. See [Models and credits](/docs/factory/models-and-credits). | | **Billing** | Workspace credits: tokens for NocoAI on managed models, and machine time by the second. | ## When to choose Noco Factory Noco Factory is a good fit when: * Your team already works in NocoDB, and you want the coding agent in the same workspace, with the same members and audit log. * You want to watch and steer the agent while it works, not only read the result. * Your sessions need services such as PostgreSQL or Redis, set up once for every session. * You want to pay for usage with workspace credits. ## When another agent can fit better Another coding agent can fit better when: * Your code is on GitLab or Bitbucket. Noco Factory supports GitHub today. GitLab and Bitbucket are coming soon. * You need the agent on your own servers. Noco Factory is available only on NocoDB Cloud. * You want the agent inside your IDE or terminal. Noco Factory runs in the browser. ## Availability Noco Factory is in beta. During the beta, it is available on the paid plans of NocoDB Cloud: **Plus**, **Business**, **Scale** and **Enterprise**. See [Availability](/docs/factory#availability). ## Related * [Noco Factory overview](/docs/factory) * [Sessions](/docs/factory/sessions) * [Connect GitHub](/docs/factory/connect-github) * [Models and credits](/docs/factory/models-and-credits) --- ## Related pages - [Noco Factory](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory.md): Noco Factory is the AI coding agent of NocoDB. NocoAI takes a task to its own cloud machine and branch, and returns a GitHub pull request for you to review. - [Connect GitHub](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/connect-github.md): Connect GitHub to Noco Factory with the NocoDB GitHub App, choose the repositories that NocoAI can reach, and see what access it gets in a session. - [Create a Factory](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/create-factory.md): Create a NocoDB factory from a GitHub repository: pick the repository on the workspace home screen, and NocoAI sets up the project in the first session. - [Sessions](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/sessions.md): Start a Noco Factory session to give NocoAI a coding task on a branch, a pull request or an issue, and manage sessions: rename, archive, resume and delete. - [Live Screen and Preview](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/live-screen-and-preview.md): Watch NocoAI work on its machine's desktop in Noco Factory with Live screen, and try the app it runs in Preview, from the side panel of a session. - [Terminal and Files](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/terminal-and-files.md): Run your own commands on the machine of a Noco Factory session in the Terminal tab, and read, compare and edit the repository's files in the Files tab. - [Review Changes](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/review-changes.md): Review the code changes of a Noco Factory session in the Changes tab, comment on lines of the diff, and send the comments back to NocoAI to fix. - [Branches and Pull Requests](https://nocodb.com/docs/factory/branches-and-pull-requests.md): How each Noco Factory session works on its own git branch, and how NocoAI commits, pushes and opens a GitHub pull request for you to review and merge.