Pick ComfyUI if
power users who already understand samplers, seeds, and checkpoints.
Read the ComfyUI pageComfyUI vs InvokeAI
Our take
Pick ComfyUI if power users who already understand samplers, seeds, and checkpoints. Pick InvokeAI if artists and local-image tinkerers who want layers and regional edits, not only a txt2img form. Skip ComfyUI if people who want a hosted prompt box (Leonardo / Midjourney) with no graph. Skip InvokeAI if people who want a hosted prompt box with Essential $12 (Leonardo) or a node graph (ComfyUI).
InvokeAI
local diffusion studio
Best for
ComfyUI A reusable pipeline
InvokeAI A Photoshop-shaped local canvas
Free plan
ComfyUI No free plan
InvokeAI $0 · apache-2.0. You pay the GPU, disk, and any commercial model license
Lowest paid
ComfyUI Standard $16/mo yearly
InvokeAI Not published by the vendor
Next step up
ComfyUI Pro-class cards $28
InvokeAI
Coding agent
ComfyUI Queue / Run
InvokeAI
Runs where
ComfyUI Local or hosted
InvokeAI Local or hosted
Watch out
ComfyUI You bring the GPU
InvokeAI The hosted Invoke meter is gone after the Cloud shutdown
Last checked
ComfyUI 2026-10-19 · comfy.org/pricing
InvokeAI 2026-10-20 · github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI
Which one, then?
Pick InvokeAI if
artists and local-image tinkerers who want layers and regional edits, not only a txt2img form.
Read the InvokeAI page