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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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Raycast
✓ verifiedFreemium
A fast, keyboard-driven Mac/Windows launcher with an extension store and built-in AI commands for power users who live in shortcuts.
1.1M visits/mo3.4K saves
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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)
Pro (with AI): $8/month
Free trial available
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
- ✦Extendable command-bar launcher for macOS and beta Windows support
- ✦Thousands of third-party extensions from a public store
- ✦Built-in AI chat and custom AI command automation
- ✦Clipboard history, window management, and calculator utilities
- ✦Text snippets and quicklinks for repetitive actions
- ✦Hotkeys and aliases for common apps and commands
- ✦Team plan for sharing snippets, quicklinks, and extensions
- ✦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
- →Launching apps and running quick commands without leaving the keyboard
- →Automating repetitive text and file tasks with snippets and quicklinks
- →Getting AI answers or writing help without switching apps
- →Sharing productivity tooling and extensions across a team
- →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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