Midjourney is best for designers, content creators and marketers. Its clearest advantage: Image quality is its reputation (not tested here).
- Avoid if
- teams needing an integrated asset-management workflow
- Cheapest useful plan
- $10.00/mo · Basic Plan
- Free plan
- No
- Setup effort
- moderate: 30 min
- Main limitation
- No free plan
- Image quality is its reputation (not tested here)
- Style consistency
- Actively developed
- teams needing an integrated asset-management workflow
What it actually does
V8.2 image model, the default since July 2026, 2K HD images without upscaling, Edit Model for references and image edits, personalisation profiles, up-scaling.
Before you pay
Which plan, for whom
There is no free plan. Basic suits someone who generates images now and then; Standard and above are for regular use. Image quality is Midjourney's reputation, which we have not tested ourselves, and writing good prompts takes practice.
What a year costs
Basic is $10 a month billed monthly, $120 a year, or $96 billed yearly ($8 a month). Standard is $30 a month, $360 a year, or $288 yearly. Pro is $60 a month or $576 yearly, and Mega $120 a month or $1,152 yearly. We read the same $10 on 7 August, 10 October and 25 October.
What we would check before paying
The plans page needs a signed-in session; the figures here come from the comparison table in Midjourney's help centre. Start on monthly billing until you know which tier your volume needs, then switch to yearly.
The limits to know
- No free plan
- Historically accessed via Discord
- Prompt learning curve
Pricing & billing commitment
- Rate on record
- $10.00/mo · Basic Plan
- What that figure is
- Month-to-month rate per account, read on the vendor's monthly view. The plan is capped by an allowance (credits, tasks or minutes) rather than by time.
- Commitment
- None: payable one month at a time
- The vendor's exact condition
- billed monthly; yearly billing takes 20% off (Basic $8, Standard $24, Pro $48, Mega $96 per month)
- Usage cap
- This plan is capped by an allowance (credits, tasks or minutes), not only by time. Going past it costs extra or stops the work, depending on the vendor.
The pricing page, as read
In practice
- Platforms
- Web, Discord
- Integrations
- Discord, Web
- Setup
- moderate: 30 min
Midjourney in our comparisons
Alternatives to Midjourney
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Frequently asked questions
What is Midjourney?
Midjourney is a tool from Midjourney, Inc., used mainly for image generation, concept art, brand visuals. Main features: V8.2 image model, the default since July 2026, 2K HD images without upscaling, Edit Model for references and image edits. It has no permanent free plan; the paid entry point is $10.00/mo · Basic Plan.
How much does Midjourney cost?
The paid entry point is $10.00/mo · Basic Plan. Month-to-month rate per account, read on the vendor's monthly view. The plan is capped by an allowance (credits, tasks or minutes) rather than by time. The exact condition attached to that figure: billed monthly; yearly billing takes 20% off (Basic $8, Standard $24, Pro $48, Mega $96 per month). Read on the official pricing page on 25.10.2026. Prices move quickly: confirm before subscribing.
Does Midjourney have a free plan?
No. Midjourney has no permanent free plan. Using it for real work costs $10.00/mo · Basic Plan.
What devices and tools does Midjourney work with?
According to the vendor's documentation, Midjourney runs on: Web, Discord. Documented integrations: Discord, Web. Listed from the official sources, not tested by us: check your own setup before subscribing.
How we checked this record
The evidence record
- Evidence level
- Vendor documented: Official documentation and pricing page reviewed and dated. No independent verification, no hands-on test recorded.
- Affiliate status
- No affiliate link on this record, no commission.
Hands-on test
No automated hands-on test has been completed for this review cycle. This record rests on the vendor's official documentation and pricing page, re-read and dated. We say so rather than imply otherwise.
The research record
Read on the vendor's monthly view, from France; screenshot kept
The plans page needs a signed-in session; read on the public help-centre comparison table instead
Read on the vendor's monthly view
Sources
The official pages this record rests on. No tracking links here: these addresses name the vendor.
Evidence freshness
Each kind of check has its own clock and its own threshold. A price ages in weeks and a feature list in months; sharing one date between them would let an old review pass for a recent check.
| Check | When | State |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Checked 18 days ago | Fresh |
| Features | Checked 41 days ago | Fresh |
| Privacy & data | Never checked | Not independently checked |
| Hands-on test | Never checked | Not independently checked |
| Page review | Checked 97 days ago | Due soon |
What remains unverified
- No workflow was run inside the product. Everything here comes from the vendor's documentation and public pages.
- Data handling and the privacy policy were not independently verified during this research cycle. We therefore publish no conclusion about security or where data is stored.
- Export terms and the real cost of leaving are not on this record: we have not tested them.