Head to head · Images · updated Oct 15, 2026
ComfyUI vs FLUX (Black Forest Labs)
ComfyUI scores 47 to FLUX (Black Forest Labs)'s 14 on public evidence for edit & retouch photos with AI, and they rank #2 and #3 there. Both are free to start. Numbers below are the same public signals the ranking uses, recomputed nightly — nothing here is sponsored.
ComfyUI
Node-based open-source interface for building image, video and audio generation pipelines locally.
+ Gets day-one support for new open models (Flux, Wan, Hunyuan) and lets you wire up any pipeline you can imagine.
− The node graph has a steep learning curve and shared workflows frequently break on missing custom nodes.
FLUX (Black Forest Labs)
Family of image models (schnell, dev, Pro, Kontext) with open weights and a hosted API from the original Stable Diffusion team.
+ Best prompt adherence and hand/text rendering of any open-weight image model, with Kontext adding instruction-based editing.
− The dev weights are non-commercial, and the 12B model needs a 16GB+ GPU to run comfortably.
Side by side
public evidence| ComfyUI | FLUX (Black Forest Labs) | |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence score / 100 | 47 | 14 |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Hacker News stories, 30d | 4 | 0 |
| Release-feed mentions, 30d | 3 | 0 |
| Last activity | 0 days ago | – |
| Pricing | Open source · free; needs your own GPU | Open source · schnell/dev weights free; Pro via API per image |
| Platforms | windows, mac, linux | api, linux, web |
| Maker | Comfy Org | Black Forest Labs |
Which one?
Pick ComfyUI if
- you want the stronger public evidence (47 vs 14)
- you need it on mac, windows
Best for power users running open models locally.
Pick FLUX (Black Forest Labs) if
- you need it on api, web
Best for high-fidelity open-weight generation.