Midjourney

Midjourney starts at $10/month for the Basic plan (200 image generations). Standard ($30/mo) offers 15 hours of fast generation, and Pro ($60/mo) provides unlimited relaxed generations.

Midjourney produces more artistic and aesthetically refined images. DALL-E 3 is better at following specific prompt instructions and text rendering.

Midjourney no longer offers a free trial, so the cheapest way in is the Basic plan at $10 per month, which includes roughly 200 image generations with fast GPU time. There is no free tier to fall back on, and generating at volume quickly justifies Standard at $30 per month, which adds 15 hours of fast generations plus unlimited relax mode. New users can start entirely on the web app at midjourney.com without joining any Discord server, which lowers the trial friction compared to earlier versions.

Access Midjourney through Discord or their web app. Type /imagine followed by your prompt to generate images. The web app offers a more intuitive interface.

Yes, all paid Midjourney plans include commercial usage rights for the images you generate, and since there is no free tier, every active subscriber is covered by default. For client work the Pro plan at $60 per month additionally includes stealth mode, which keeps your generations private from other users, an important detail for agencies working under NDA. Keep billing active for the period in which final deliverables are produced, because the rights attach to paid generation.

V6.1 is the latest model version offering improved photorealism, better text rendering, more accurate prompt following, and enhanced detail in generated images.

Midjourney does not currently offer a public API for programmatic image generation. All image creation is done through their Discord bot interface or the web-based Alpha interface. For developers needing API access to image generation, alternatives like DALL-E 3, Stable Diffusion, or Flux provide official APIs with pay-per-use pricing.

Midjourney supports character reference: paste an image URL alongside your prompt to carry the same face, outfit, and look into new generations. Combine it with style tuning and personalization, then use variations to iterate on the best result, which is how creators keep a recurring character recognizable across a whole storyboard without reprompting from scratch.

Basic at $10 per month includes about 200 image generations with fast GPU time. Standard at $30 per month adds 15 hours of fast generations per month plus unlimited relax mode generations, which removes the hard monthly cap for patient users. Most regular creators move to Standard once Basic runs out mid month.

No. The web app at midjourney.com is now the main interface with prompt editing, personal galleries, and image organization. Discord still works and some community features live there, but new users can start entirely on the web without joining any server.

Yes. The editor supports inpainting to redraw selected areas, outpainting to expand the canvas, and pan and zoom to extend a scene beyond its original frame. You can also reroll variations of a region while keeping the rest of the image unchanged, which is useful for fixing hands, text, or small objects.

Style references let you feed an image as a style guide so new generations match its look, while character references keep the same face consistent across images. Combine both with a text prompt to control scene and mood. This is the main workflow behind consistent characters and branded visual sets.

For commercial output the Pro plan at $60 per month adds stealth mode so your generations stay private, which matters for client work. Composition, lighting, and color quality remain the category benchmark in most reviewer comparisons. Teams that generate at volume also get priority processing on Pro.