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ComfyUI
✓ verifiedFreemium
Open-source node-based engine for visual AI, giving pros granular control to build image, video, and 3D generation workflows.
3.3M visits/mo
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Upsampler
✓ verifiedFreemium
Multi-model AI workspace for generating, upscaling, and editing images and videos using dozens of integrated models.
713K visits/mo
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Macaron AI
✓ verifiedFreemium
Personal AI agent that builds custom mini-apps and tools on request and remembers your preferences to help with daily life.
184K visits/mo
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Paperguide
✓ verifiedPaid
All-in-one research platform for reading, writing and managing papers; high traffic.
286K visits/mo4.1K saves
Pricing
Standard: $20/mo (4,200 credits)
Creator: $35/mo (7,400 credits)
Pro: $100/mo (21,100 credits)
Starter: $0/month (0 monthly credits, 4 cents per extra credit)
Pro: $15/month (1400 monthly credits, 3 cents per extra credit)
Premium: $30/month (3000 monthly credits, 2 cents per extra credit)
Business: $95/month (10000 monthly credits, 1 cent per extra credit)
No public pricing
Free: $0/month
Starter: $9/month
Advanced: $16/month
Core features
- ✦Node-based workflow canvas
- ✦Simplified App Mode view
- ✦Community workflow templates and hub
- ✦Comfy Desktop (local) and Comfy Cloud
- ✦Comfy API for production endpoints
- ✦60,000+ nodes and many models
- ✦Access to 43+ image generation models and 19+ video generation models
- ✦Creative upscaling that regenerates images at higher resolution
- ✦Precise upscaling that preserves original content for photos and manga
- ✦Full-resolution image editing with inpainting and outpainting
- ✦Video upscaling up to 4K with stable motion
- ✦Credit-based usage across image and video tools
- ✦API access and commercial use license on all plans
- ✦Personal AI agent for daily life
- ✦Deep Memory that remembers user preferences
- ✦Builds custom tools and mini-apps on request
- ✦Personality test for personalization
- ✦Mobile app
- ✦Content and template library
- ✦AI Search
- ✦Literature Review
- ✦AI Writer
- ✦Reference Manager
- ✦Chat with PDF
Use cases
- →Building custom image/video/3D pipelines
- →VFX, advertising, gaming, and ecommerce content
- →Running workflows on cloud GPUs
- →Deploying workflows as production APIs
- →Designers enhancing AI-generated or low-resolution images
- →Photographers restoring and upscaling real photos
- →Video creators upscaling footage to crisp 4K
- →Game and architecture studios refining rendered assets
- →Developers integrating image/video AI via API
- →Getting personalized help with daily tasks
- →Generating small custom tools on demand
- →Building an AI that remembers your context
- →Creative writing and story generation
- →Finding relevant research papers and getting research-backed answers.
- →Analyzing papers faster with accurate data extraction.
- →Generating and polishing academic content using AI.
- →Streamlining citation and reference management.
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