# ComfyUI review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Open-source node editor for image and video AI workflows, plus a cloud

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

ComfyUI is an open-source, node-based editor for building image, video and audio generation workflows step by step, from the model and prompt to each sampler setting. The desktop app runs free and offline on your own computer, while Comfy Cloud runs the same editor in a browser on rented GPUs for a monthly credit allowance. Comfy Agent can build workflows from a description, and the Comfy API turns a workflow into a production endpoint.

- **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators
- **Made by:** Comfy Org (since 2023)
- **Website:** https://comfy.org
- **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want to type a prompt and get a picture, as the node graph takes learning.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, ComfyUI has a free plan, and paid plans start at $16 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly) for Comfy Cloud.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** ComfyUI Desktop is free and open source to run on your own hardware with no feature limits. Comfy Cloud gives new users 5 free GPU runs and free Agent credits.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ComfyUI Desktop | $0 | The full open-source engine on your own computer and GPU, offline after setup; partner models such as Nano Banana use paid credits. |
| Standard | $16 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly) | Comfy Cloud with 50,400 credits a year (about 4,560 five-second videos), 30-minute runs, 4 Agent sessions, 5 API builds and 2 deployments. |
| Creator | $28 per month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly) | 88,800 credits a year, importing your own models and LoRAs, and 6 Agent sessions per workspace. |
| Pro | $80 per month, billed annually ($100 billed monthly) | 253,200 credits a year, runs up to 1 hour, 8 Agent sessions, 10 API builds and 5 deployments of up to 10 workers. |
| Team | $630 per month, billed annually ($700 billed monthly) | 1,772,400 credits a year in a shared pool, up to 50 members with roles, 16 Agent sessions and 20 API deployments. |
| Enterprise | Custom | More members, higher Agent limits and custom features, arranged with sales. |

Read from https://comfy.org/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ComfyUI before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Up to 20% off Comfy Cloud billed yearly** (Annual discount): Yearly billing takes Standard from $20 to $16 a month, Creator from $35 to $28 and Pro from $100 to $80; Team saves 10%. Source: https://comfy.org/pricing

## Key features

- **Node-based workflows:** Chain models, prompts, samplers and other steps into a visual graph that can be saved, shared and rerun, with control over each setting.
- **Open and partner models:** Run open models such as Wan 2.2, Flux, LTX and Qwen Image Edit locally, or call partner models like Nano Banana Pro, Seedance 2.0 and GPT Image 2 with credits.
- **Community extensions:** Install from more than 5,000 community extensions adding 60,000+ nodes, or write your own custom nodes.
- **Comfy Cloud:** Run ComfyUI in a browser on 96GB RTX PRO 6000 GPUs with 900+ preinstalled models, paying only for active GPU time and queuing up to 100 workflows.
- **Comfy Agent:** Describe the result you want and the agent plans, builds and runs the workflow on the canvas, charging its language-model use to your credits.
- **Comfy API:** Deploy a workflow as a production API, with GPU time billed by the second, for example $3.49 an hour on an RTX PRO 6000.

## Good for

- Artists and studios who want step-by-step control over open models
- Running image and video models offline on your own GPU
- Developers turning a tested workflow into an API

## Worth knowing

- The Windows desktop app recommends an NVIDIA or AMD GPU, and the Mac app supports Apple Silicon only.
- Cloud runs stop at 30 minutes (1 hour on Pro), and importing your own models or LoRAs needs Creator or above.
- Partner models such as Nano Banana are paid in Comfy credits, even when ComfyUI runs on your own machine.
- On the Team plan, shared workflows, shared assets and projects are listed as coming soon.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. ComfyUI is an open-source node editor for building image and video AI workflows, free to run on your own computer, with a paid cloud version from $16 a month. It has a steep learning curve, and the desktop app wants a capable GPU or an Apple Silicon Mac.

- **Value for money: A.** The desktop program is free and open source with no feature limits, which counts as free and substantial. Comfy Cloud starts at $16 a month billed yearly.
- **Free plan and trial: A.** ComfyUI Desktop is free to run on your own hardware, offline after setup, with no cap. Cloud gives new users 5 free GPU runs.
- **Features: B.** Node workflows, open and partner models, 5,000+ community extensions, a cloud, an agent and an API. Nothing in the core job is missing, though Team's shared workflows are still coming soon.
- **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. You wire up nodes and models yourself, and local use needs a GPU and some setup.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Windows, Mac and Linux desktop apps, a browser cloud, an API and links to Photoshop, Blender, Nuke, Houdini, Civitai and Hugging Face. No phone app is listed.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ComfyUI's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among AI image and video generators

- ComfyUI's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 82 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 6.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 86 of 89) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $16 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 55 of the 65 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 29 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace ComfyUI you would be making an image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 82 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade. It costs $192 a year. ComfyUI is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.

- You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make.
- You could not: A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make.
- You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Photoshop, Blender and Nuke among them, and has an API.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Photoshop, Blender, Nuke, Houdini, Civitai, Hugging Face

**Tags:** Image generation, Video generation, Open source, Works offline, Public API, AI agents

## Alternatives

- [Draw Things](https://toolgpa.com/tools/draw-things): Image generation that runs on your own iPhone, iPad or Mac. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/comfyui-vs-draw-things)
- [DiffusionBee](https://toolgpa.com/tools/diffusionbee): Free Stable Diffusion app that runs locally on a Mac. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/comfyui-vs-diffusionbee)
- [fal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fal): Developer platform and API for generative image and video models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/comfyui-vs-fal)
- [Replicate](https://toolgpa.com/tools/replicate): Cloud API for running open-source and hosted AI models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/comfyui-vs-replicate)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://comfy.org/pricing
- https://comfy.org/
- https://comfy.org/download/
- https://comfy.org/about/
- https://docs.comfy.org/installation/system_requirements
- https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/comfyui
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