NodeTool vs ComfyUI

The open creative AI workspace, not just a diffusion editor.

ComfyUI is a node editor focused on Stable Diffusion and diffusion image generation, with engineer-first UX. NodeTool is the studio around it: image, video, music, and words on one canvas; a much wider model roster across providers and modalities; editing tools creatives actually use — called with your own keys at provider prices. Both are node-based and open source.

ComfyUI

Node editor for diffusion images

  • Deep control over Stable Diffusion pipelines
  • Engineer-first, graph-based UX
  • Local model focused
  • Open source community

NodeTool

The studio around the canvas

  • Image, video, audio, and text on one canvas
  • Every major model from every major provider
  • Editing tools: masks, inpaint, relight, layers
  • BYOK at provider prices — no credits, no markup
FeatureComfyUINodeTool
ModalitiesDiffusion imagesImage, video, audio, text
Model rosterStable Diffusion / diffusionEvery major provider & modality
BYOK / provider billing
Editing tools (masks, inpaint, relight, layers)
Local models
Desktop + browser
Open source

One canvas for everything, not just images

If your work starts and ends with Stable Diffusion images, ComfyUI gives you fine-grained control. But most creative projects span modalities — image into video, voice and music into a cut, words into everything. NodeTool keeps image, video, audio, and text on one node-based canvas with the editing tools you reach for built in: masks, inpaint, outpaint, relight, upscale, layers, and compositing. You call every major model from every major provider with your own keys at provider prices — no credits, no markup, no curated roster — and run locally too via Ollama, MLX, and llama.cpp.

Open, multimodal, and yours.

Download Studio and build across image, video, audio, and text in one place.