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Which paid provider models can run inside ComfyUI as built-in "Partner" (API) nodes, and how does that change workflow design?

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Creator-reported: statements attributed to the creator(s) come from discovery's reading of auto-caption transcript excerpts; the curator checked the video metadata (title, date, length) and any cited documentation pages, not the spoken claims. Nothing was tested; promotional or sponsored framing applies where stated. The ComfyUI docs index (captured 2026-10-23) lists 298 built-in Partner node pages: Video 126, Image 101, 3D 45, Audio 16, Text 10. By name prefix the largest groups are Tripo (24), Recraft (20), Bria (19), Kling (19), ByteDance (18, i.e. Seedance/Seedream), Luma (15), Vidu (15), Flux/BFL (12), Wan API (12, incl. Wan 3 reference/image-to-video), Gemini (10), MiniMax (9), PixVerse (9), Meshy (8), ElevenLabs (8), Rodin (7), HeyGen (7), Grok (7), OpenAI (7), Runway (7), Tencent (6), Ideogram (6), plus Magnific, Fish, Topaz, Krea, Reve, LTX, Sync, Beeble, Veo, Claude and Higgsfield entries. Implication: a single ComfyUI graph can mix local open-weight models with hosted clo...

Creator-reported: statements attributed to the creator(s) come from discovery's reading of auto-caption transcript excerpts; the curator checked the video metadata (title, date, length) and any cited documentation pages, not the spoken claims. Nothing was tested; promotional or sponsored framing applies where stated. The ComfyUI docs index (captured 2026-10-23) lists 298 built-in Partner node pages: Video 126, Image 101, 3D 45, Audio 16, Text 10. By name prefix the largest groups are Tripo (24), Recraft (20), Bria (19), Kling (19), ByteDance (18, i.e. Seedance/Seedream), Luma (15), Vidu (15), Flux/BFL (12), Wan API (12, incl. Wan 3 reference/image-to-video), Gemini (10), MiniMax (9), PixVerse (9), Meshy (8), ElevenLabs (8), Rodin (7), HeyGen (7), Grok (7), OpenAI (7), Runway (7), Tencent (6), Ideogram (6), plus Magnific, Fish, Topaz, Krea, Reve, LTX, Sync, Beeble, Veo, Claude and Higgsfield entries. Implication: a single ComfyUI graph can mix local open-weight models with hosted closed models (e.g. local depth/Canny prep feeding a hosted Kling or Seedance node), keeping one reproducible graph while paying per call; partner calls are billed through Comfy (API credits; Comfy Cloud billing pages cover payment). The --offline flag disables partner nodes (C3-B337-01). Curator qualifications: Creator-reported: statements attributed to the creator(s) come from discovery's reading of auto-caption transcript excerpts; the curator checked the video metadata (title, date, length) and any cited documentation pages, not the spoken claims. Nothing was tested; promotional or sponsored framing applies where stated. All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Partner-node counts (298 pages by category/prefix) not reproduced by the curator. Limitations: Vendor counts derived from node-name prefixes; per-node pricing not retrieved. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://docs.comfy.org/_llms/en/built-in-nodes/nodes/partner.txt",
      "note": "section headings and 298 list entries"
    }
  ]
}

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  • [sourced_fact] The ComfyUI docs index (captured 2026-10-23) lists 298 built-in Partner node pages: Video 126, Image 101, 3D 45, Audio 16, Text 10. By name prefix the largest groups are Tripo (24), Recraft (20), Bria (19), Kling (19), ByteDance (18, i.e. Seedance/Seedream), Luma (15), Vidu (15), Flux/BFL (12), Wan API (12, incl. Wan 3 reference/image-to-video), Gemini (10), MiniMax (9), PixVerse (9), Meshy (8), ElevenLabs (8), Rodin (7), HeyGen (7), Grok (7), OpenAI (7), Runway (7), Tencent (6), Ideogram (6), plus Magnific, Fish, Topaz, Krea, Reve, LTX, Sync, Beeble, Veo, Claude and Higgsfield entries. Implication: a single ComfyUI graph can mix local open-weight models with hosted closed models (e.g. local depth/Canny prep feeding a hosted Kling or Seedance node), keeping one reproducible graph while paying per call; partner calls are billed through Comfy (API credits; Comfy Cloud billing pages cover payment). The --offline flag disables partner nodes (C3-B337-01). · locator: section headings and 298 list entries source

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