ComfyUI Workflow Hosting / API Platform
Turn ComfyUI workflows into production APIs on GPUs you manage, and charge creative teams a subscription.
In plain English
Creative teams use ComfyDeploy when they want their ComfyUI picture recipes to run on computers the service looks after. ComfyUI is a tool for chaining picture-making steps, and teams can ask a saved recipe to make pictures, with seats for the whole group. Studios and agencies pay a subscription because getting ComfyUI, including custom add-on pieces, to run reliably is a real pain. Once a recipe is set up, the AI does most of the picture making. The people running ComfyDeploy still handle the machines, sales calls, and support for larger customers.
$0–$29K MRR (example, founder-reported)
A named, real operator ran this and shared results publicly. The figures are their own.
Not disclosed. GPU hosting is the main cost. The example later joined Y Combinator, so it isn't a pure bootstrap example.
The tool stack
Workflow engine the platform deploys.
RunPod ↗Serverless or pod GPUs to run workflows.
Stripe ↗Subscriptions and usage billing.
Prices are the vendors' published list prices as researched in Oct 2026 and change often — always check the vendor's pricing page.
Step-by-step setup
- Solve a real pain: getting ComfyUI with custom nodes and models running reliably in a serverless or production setup.
- Open-source the core and post the build on X. The example's post got 100K impressions, and the founder put a booking link in it.
- Sell to studios and agencies: hosted workflows, API endpoints, team seats. Later add pay-as-you-go.
What's automated vs. the human 20%
The machine does
- Workflow execution and scaling
You still do
- Infrastructure, sales calls, enterprise support
Overview
ComfyDeploy started as an indie open-source project in late 2023. Its founder reported getting into YC at about $2.5K MRR and later reaching $29K MRR ($50K processed in 30 days). In the same letter the founders said growth was slow, that they compete with Comfy Org’s own cloud, and that they were open-sourcing the whole platform.
Risks
- Comfy Org (the funded official company) now sells Comfy Cloud and an API.
- GPU costs and custom-node breakage.
*Income figures are illustrative ranges based on public pricing and typical outcomes reported by practitioners, not guarantees. Most new online businesses earn little or nothing at first. Not financial, legal or tax advice.
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