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Midjourney review
7.4/10★★★★★Subscription image generator known for striking, artistic images
- Best for
- Artists and designers who want the most striking, stylised images
- Price
- Paid · from $10/month
- Platforms
- Web, Discord
- Made by
- Midjourney, Inc., San Francisco, USA
What it is
Midjourney is an independent AI lab whose image models are known for their aesthetics. It runs in a web app and on Discord, and its V8.2 model (July 2026) added native 2K output and a rebuilt personalization engine that learns your taste. Finished images can be turned into short video clips.
Latest: Midjourney made V8.2 its default model in July 2026 and began testing a V8.2 edit model in August 2026.
What the AI does
- V8.2 image model with native 2K output
- Personalization that learns your style preferences
- Image prompts, style references and moodboards
- Image editing and repainting (V8.2 edit model in testing)
- Image-to-video clips
Pros and cons
- Outstanding aesthetics, textures and colour
- Deep style and personalization controls
- Web app no longer needs Discord
- Large community gallery for inspiration
- No free plan or free trial
- Text in images is still unreliable
- Images are public unless you pay for Pro or Mega
- Facing copyright lawsuits from Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery
How it scores
Reviewers still rate it the most artistic; not listed on the Arena leaderboard, and weak text and no free tier hold it back.
Feature checklist · 4 of 9
- Edit an uploaded image with text instructions (no)
- Reliable text rendering inside images (no)
- Style or character references, or custom style training (yes)
- Edit selected regions (inpaint, outpaint or expand) (yes)
- Upscaling or 2K+ output (yes)
- Free plan for generating images (no)
- Commercial use allowed on a paid plan (yes)
- iOS and Android apps (no)
- Developer API (no)
Alternatives
See all Midjourney alternatives, ranked →
- ChatGPT Images 9.2/10Anyone who wants the best all-round results just by describing what they want
- Gemini (Nano Banana) 8.9/10Editing your own photos and anyone already using Google's apps
- Grok Imagine 8.2/10Grok and X users who want strong photorealism and editing
- Adobe Firefly 8.0/10Designers working in Photoshop and businesses that need commercially safe images
Sources
▸▸ Midjourney in the news
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