Midjourney

• Midjourney pros: Consistently produces the best looking AI generated images; the community is a great way to get inspiration
• Midjourney cons: Can only be used through Discord—which is just strange; images you generate are public by default; free trials are currently suspended

Midjourney consistently produces my favorite results of all of the image generators on this list. The images it creates seem more coherent, with better textures and colors—and overall, the results are just more interesting and visually appealing. In particular, people and real-world objects look more lifelike and natural than they do with other AI image generators, at least without lots of prompting, and the latest version can even get hands kind-of right. It’s telling that it was the first AI image generator to win an art competition.

Unfortunately, Midjourney is let down by one major quirk: the beta is only accessible through Discord. Once you join Midjourney’s Discord server or invite the Midjourney bot to one you control, you can enter a prompt by typing /imagine [whatever you want to see]. The bot will then generate four variations of your prompt, which you can then download, upscale, re-edit, and more.

you generate is posted publicly in Midjourney’s Discord.

By default, every image you generate is posted publicly in Midjourney’s Discord. It gives everything a cool community aspect. It means that anyone who cares to look can see what you’re creating. While not necessarily a problem for artists. This might be a dealbreaker if you’re looking to use Midjourney for business purposes.

If all this sounds confusing, don’t worry. Midjourney’s help docs are really good and walk you through getting started as well as all its advanced features. Like the different model versions, upscaling your images, blending multiple images, and using different parameters to control things. Once you understand the different options, the results you can get are genuinely amazing.

Midjourney’s free trials are currently suspended

because of the overwhelming number of people trying to use it, but they’re occasionally reinstated for a few days. If you miss a free trial window. The Basic Plan starts at $10/month and comes with 3.3 hours of GPU time per month, or around 200 images. You also get the option to buy additional GPU time, and you can use your images commercially.

Midjourney pricing: From $10/month for the Basic Plan that allows you to generate ~200 images/month and provides commercial usage rights.