Hello everyone.
I have been working more intensively with various AI tools in the last few days and weeks. In this article I would like to briefly share my opinion on the "workflows" that you can create with ComfyUI.
First of all, my computer is not the "more expensive, faster, better" type. It is a Ryzen 5 with a GForce 3060 Ti. So it is not bad, but by far not the best for training LoRAs, checkpoints or other AI things. It simply takes longer than with a Ryzen 9 and a GForce 4090 ;)
But back to ComfyUI and the workflows.
Since I have only been working with it for a few days, before that I used A1111 (Stable Diffusion), I am of course far from someone who can give you tips if you have problems. But one thing is certain: ComfyUI is definitely extremely faster than A1111 when creating images.
With my current setup, I need over 2 minutes per XL image and almost 5 minutes for FLUX-based images with A1111. Anyone who can do a bit of math knows that this is really incredibly slow...
ComfyUI, on the other hand, even with my setup, needs less than 20 seconds for an XL image and almost 60 seconds for a FLUX-based image. Of course, that depends on the workflow.
The problem with ComfyUI, in my opinion, is that it is not at all beginner-friendly. There is a "standard" workflow, but that is not enough. After all, we want to integrate or test various checkpoints, LoRAs or other things.
So you start and look at the different options... and then... then you don't know what to do next. So without looking at various documentation or examples, you will have an extremely difficult time understanding this tool.
If we take the "fresh" installation of ComfyUI, after a long browse you will find that the things you actually want are "not" there. This includes things like using placeholders or a "better" way to save the files you create.
This brings us to the possible extensions. Like in so many other communities, there are a huge number here. Unfortunately, this also makes things very confusing. Again, you have to look closely at what you want, need or expect, but even then it doesn't mean that the extension does what you want.
The worst thing about ComfyUI in my opinion is the confusing menu and it gets worse with every extension. If you just look at the "Workflow" tool here in Tensort.Art, you immediately understand what I mean.
Still. ComfyUI is a very good and powerful tool. Most importantly, it is much faster than the other tools I have tried so far. I also really like the flexibility of the tool. However, it could have a "better" menu to make it more user-friendly.
If you haven't done it before: It's worth to check it out.
