Launched 2022 · Listed Aug 2026 · Verified Sep 6, 2026

Midjourney

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Subscription image generator with a distinctive illustrative house style

text to image image generationconcept artimage to videostyle referencePaid · from $8/mo

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Screenshot of the Midjourney website — midjourney.com as we captured it — our own screenshot, not the vendor’s press image.

Overview

About Midjourney

Midjourney renders images from text prompts, reachable either from its own browser workspace or through the original Discord bot, with variations, upscaling, style and character references. Output leans illustrative rather than photographic, and recent model versions add image-to-video. Every plan meters fast GPU time, and running out drops you into a queue or costs $4 an hour to top up.

Platforms: Web
API: No
Last verified: Sep 6, 2026

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Basic $10, Standard $30, Pro $60, Mega $120 month-to-month, or $96 / $288 / $576 / $1,152 a year on annual billing at 20% off, i.e. $8 / $24 / $48 / $96 a month; 3.3/15/30/60 fast GPU hours; extra fast hours $4 and non-expiring; relax image from Standard, relax video from Pro; stealth from Proeesel.ai ↗
Midjourney, Inc., San Francisco, founded by David Holz; open beta 12 July 2022; access via Discord bot or the official websiteen.wikipedia.org ↗
No broadly available official public API as of 2026; keys restricted to an enterprise dashboard and automation prohibited by the terms of servicewireflow.ai ↗

Pricing

Pricing model: Paid
Paid options from: $8/mo
Billing: Monthly

Four tiers, all discounted 20% on annual billing: Basic $8/mo on annual ($96 a year), $10 month-to-month; Standard $24 on annual ($288), $30 month-to-month; Pro $48 on annual ($576), $60 month-to-month; Mega $96 on annual ($1,152), $120 month-to-month. What you actually buy is fast GPU hours: 3.3 / 15 / 30 / 60 a month. Extra fast hours are $4 each and do not expire. Unlimited relaxed-queue image generation starts at Standard; relaxed video needs Pro. Stealth mode, required for client work, starts at Pro.

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Editorial verdict

Pros & cons of Midjourney

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Midjourney still produces the most immediately attractive images of any generator, and it is still the least programmable. Buy it if you are art-directing by eye; look elsewhere if a machine has to call it.

Pros

Default aesthetic quality is still the reason people pay for it
Style and character references keep a look consistent across a set
Image-to-video arrived natively rather than through a bolted-on partner

Cons

No official public API, and unofficial wrappers breach the terms of service
GPU-hour metering makes cost per image hard to predict, and video burns roughly 26x a still
Images are public by default until you reach the $60 Pro tier
No free trial since 2023, so evaluation costs $10

Best for

Concept art, mood boards and editorial illustration where look beats control
Designers iterating visually rather than specifying precisely
Client work, provided you are on Pro or above for stealth mode

Not for

Any product that needs to generate images programmatically
Strict brand or spec compliance, where a controllable model is a better fit
Casual or occasional use, since there is no free tier at all

Watch out: Everything you generate is visible to other users until Stealth Mode, which is Pro ($60/mo) and up. On Basic and Standard you cannot do confidential client work without leaking it.

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