Short answer: commercial use depends on the vendor plan and the content of the image. Output that looks like a real person, brand, or copyrighted character is still your legal problem even if the tool allowed the prompt.
Check before you publish
- Current commercial-use terms on the official Midjourney and Leonardo plan pages.
- Whether the paid plan you have actually includes commercial rights.
- Likeness, celebrity, and trademark risk in the prompt and the output.
- Client contract language: some NDAs forbid AI-generated creative without disclosure.
This is not legal advice. Confirm current terms on vendor pages. See commercial image rights workflow.
Practical test
Generate one real asset you would actually deliver. Compare acceptance rate, edit time, and whether a designer still has to rebuild it. Reviews: Midjourney, Leonardo AI, Canva AI.
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