Midjourney
Midjourney is an AI image generator that turns text prompts into detailed, artistic visuals through its web app and Discord, with paid plans for creators, designers and marketers.
Overview
What is Midjourney?
Midjourney is an AI image generation platform that creates original artwork, illustrations and photo-style visuals from simple text prompts. It is built by an independent research lab and is popular with designers, marketers, illustrators and hobbyists for its distinctive, polished visual style.
You describe the image you want, and Midjourney produces several variations that you can upscale, remix or refine. It can be used through its web app and through Discord. The platform also supports image-to-video generation, so you can animate still images.
Midjourney is a good fit for concept art, social media graphics, product mockups, mood boards, book covers and brand visuals. It offers style references, aspect ratio controls and parameters for steering composition, lighting and mood. Plans are subscription-based and differ in monthly GPU time, concurrency and privacy options such as Stealth mode.
FAQ
Is Midjourney free to use?
No. Midjourney has no permanent free plan. Paid plans start at $10 per month.
How do I use Midjourney?
Subscribe to a plan, then enter a text prompt in the web app or on Discord. Midjourney generates image options you can upscale or vary.
Does Midjourney have an official API?
No official public API is available, so workflows are built around its web app and Discord.
Can Midjourney create videos?
Yes. It supports image-to-video generation, but not text-to-video.
Can I use Midjourney images commercially?
Commercial rights depend on your plan and Midjourney’s current terms of service, so check them before publishing.
Key Features
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Pricing
Pricing tiers and plan details are set by Midjourney and can change — visit their site for current, official pricing.
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