Subscription image and video generation, known for its distinctive aesthetic.
- Starting price
- $10/month (Basic)
- Pricing model
- Paid
- User rating
- 4.4 / 5
- Best for
- Stylised, high-quality image generation
Midjourney generates images from text prompts, and is still the benchmark most people judge other image models against. Its default look is more stylised than photorealistic, which is either the appeal or the problem depending on your work.
Who Midjourney is for
Art direction, concept work, moodboards and editorial illustration. It rewards prompt craft more than most tools, and the community gallery makes it easy to learn from what works.
There is no free tier. You are buying GPU time, not a fixed number of images, which catches people out.
Which Midjourney plan should you pick?
Basic at $10 a month gives 3.3 fast GPU hours. That is roughly 200 images, and it runs out quickly once you start iterating.
Standard at $30 a month is the sensible default. Fifteen fast hours plus unlimited relax-mode images means you stop counting.
Pro at $60 and Mega at $120 add more fast hours and stealth mode, which keeps your generations private. Annual billing takes 20% off every tier.
One caution on video: an HD video batch costs around 26 GPU minutes against roughly one minute for an image, so video burns a plan about 26 times faster.
Midjourney pricing and plans
Basic
$10
per month
$96 a year, about $8 a month.
- 3.3 fast GPU hours
- No relax mode
- No stealth mode
- Roughly 200 images a month
Standard
$30
per month
$288 a year, about $24 a month.
- 15 fast GPU hours
- Unlimited relax-mode images
- No stealth mode
- The default choice for regular use
Pro
$60
per month
$576 a year, about $48 a month.
- 30 fast GPU hours
- Relax mode for images and SD video
- Stealth mode for private generations
- Higher concurrency
Mega
$120
per month
$1,152 a year, about $96 a month.
- 60 fast GPU hours
- Relax mode for images and SD video
- Stealth mode
- Highest concurrency
Pricing checked against the official Midjourney pricing page on 5 September 2026. Vendors change plans often, so confirm before you buy.
What Midjourney actually does
- Text-to-image generation with strong stylistic control
- Image-to-image and style references
- Variations, upscaling and panning
- Video generation on paid tiers
- Relax mode for unlimited slow generations from Standard up
- Stealth mode for private work on Pro and Mega
- Web editor alongside the original Discord workflow
- Community gallery for prompt learning
Pros and cons
What works well
- Still the strongest default aesthetic of any image model
- Unlimited relax-mode images from Standard upwards
- Excellent style reference and consistency controls
- Large public gallery to learn prompting from
- 20% off on annual billing
What to watch out for
- No free tier or trial
- GPU-hour billing is hard to predict
- Video burns a plan roughly 26 times faster than images
- Stealth mode locked behind the $60 plan
- Basic plan runs out fast once you iterate
Midjourney FAQs
Is Midjourney free?
No. There is no free tier and no trial at present. The cheapest way in is the Basic plan at $10 a month.
How much does Midjourney cost?
Basic $10, Standard $30, Pro $60 and Mega $120 a month. Annual billing takes roughly 20% off each tier.
How many images do I get?
You buy GPU time, not images. A standard image prompt uses around one GPU minute, so Basic gives roughly 200 fast images a month.
What is relax mode?
Unlimited slow generations, included from Standard upwards. Jobs queue behind fast-mode users but do not consume your fast GPU hours.
Why does video drain my plan so fast?
An HD video batch costs about 26 GPU minutes against roughly one minute for an image, so video is around 26 times more expensive in plan terms.
What is stealth mode?
It keeps your generations off the public gallery. It is only available on the Pro and Mega plans.
Can I use Midjourney images commercially?
Paid subscribers get commercial usage rights. Companies above a revenue threshold are required to be on the Pro or Mega plan.
Do I still need Discord?
No. Midjourney has a web app now, though the Discord workflow still exists and many long-time users prefer it.
Where does the 4.4 rating come from?
It is the aggregate score from 102 reviewers on G2, checked 12 August 2026. It is not our own hands-on test score.
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