Markbase vs 8090: A software factory that fits the way your team already works.
8090 Software Factory moves planning into its own app. Work goes from requirements to blueprints to work orders there, and coding agents pick up the work orders. Markbase builds the factory into the process your team already has: your tickets, your branches and pull requests, and your coding agents.
Works with your branches and pull requests
Your team already has a way of shipping, with tickets, branches, reviews and merges, and Markbase follows it. A design written on a branch stays with its pull request, and the rest of the team's agents see it once the pull request merges. If the pull request is closed, the design is marked as abandoned.
Starts work without anyone opening an agent
In 8090, a work order waits until a developer asks their agent to pick it up. Markbase starts the agent itself when someone mentions it in a thread, an alert fires, an email arrives or a schedule comes round. You decide which jobs need a person's approval, and nothing reaches your code without the reviews your team already requires.
Keeps your context in Markdown
Markbase stores every document as Markdown, so your team and its agents work from the same files. People read and edit them in the browser, agents read and write them through MCP, and you can download all of them at any time without converting anything. In 8090, requirements live in its app.
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Where 8090 is the better choice
Choose 8090 if your main job is replacing a legacy system. It can read an existing codebase and draft requirements and blueprints from it, which helps when the people who built the system have moved on and it has to be rebuilt from a specification. For a team that already ships with coding agents and wants them to get better at its everyday work, Markbase is the closer fit.
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Markbase vs 8090, side by side
| 8090 | Markbase | |
|---|---|---|
| Process | Requirements, blueprints and work orders in 8090's app | Your existing tickets, branches and pull requests |
| How agents start | A developer asks their agent to fetch a work order | Mentions, alerts, email, schedules and webhooks start them |
| How context is kept | In 8090's app | Stored as Markdown |
| Free to start | No free plan | Free for one person |
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