# Pike and Factorial

> Sync employees, contracts, and approved leaves from Factorial, and plan with accurate capacity.

Canonical URL: https://usepike.com/integrations/factorial
Last updated: 2026-11-04

## At a glance

- **Direction:** Factorial to Pike, every 3 hours. On the Enterprise plan, changes sync in real time.
- **Who sets it up:** A workspace admin, by signing in to Factorial as an administrator or with a Factorial API key.
- **Source of truth:** Factorial, for person fields and contracts.
- **Plan:** All plans
- **Documentation:** [Factorial docs](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/factorial)

## What syncs between Factorial and Pike

| Factorial | Pike | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Employee | Member | Matched by email |
| Team | Team |  |
| Job title on the contract | Position |  |
| Working hours on the contract | Capacity per week | From each contract version’s effective date |
| Termination date | Member status | A terminated employee becomes a deactivated member. History is kept |
| Approved leaves | Time off | By mapped leave type |

Approved time off creates Pike time off of the mapped type and comes off capacity. Pending or rejected requests do not sync.

## Set up and use Factorial

### Connect

1. Go to **Workspace settings → Integrations → Factorial** and click **Add integration**.
2. Sign in to Factorial as an administrator, or enter a Factorial API key.
3. Choose legal entities, map leave types to Pike time off types, then click **Import data**.

### How to use it in your business

- **Measure utilization on contract hours.** A 30-hour contract in Factorial sets 30 hours of weekly capacity in Pike, from the date the contract changes.
- **Staff projects around leave.** Approved Factorial leaves come off capacity, so allocations avoid people who are away.

### Limits

- Pike does not write to Factorial.
- Pending or rejected leaves do not sync.
- Compensation sync is off until an admin or finance user turns it on.

Setup steps and field mappings: [Factorial docs](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/factorial).

## Factorial integration questions

### Does Pike integrate with Factorial?

Yes. Pike syncs Factorial employees, teams, and approved leaves, and sets weekly capacity from each contract’s working hours.

### Does Pike use Factorial contract hours for capacity?

Yes. The working hours on each contract version set the member’s weekly capacity in Pike from that version’s effective date.

### Can Factorial compensation update cost rates in Pike?

Yes, when an admin or finance user turns on Sync compensation to cost profiles. Base salary and its effective date then set the member’s cost profile.

## Related

- [Personio](https://usepike.com/integrations/personio): Employees, departments, work schedules, and absences.
- [Lucca](https://usepike.com/integrations/lucca): Users, departments, work cycles, leaves, and timesheets.
- [Resource planning in Pike](https://usepike.com/features/resources): Allocations and capacity by person and week.