Design comparison
Midjourney vs Ideogram
High-quality image generation and concept visuals · Marketing visuals, Social media graphics, Concept art
| Decision point | Midjourney | Ideogram |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | High-quality image generation and concept visuals | Marketing visuals, Social media graphics, Concept art |
| Category | Creative | Creative |
| Price | Paid plans | Free plan; Plus $15/mo ($180/yr); Pro $42/mo ($504/yr); Team $20/user/mo |
| AIToolsEssentials editorial score | 4.5/5 | 4.4/5 |
Scores are editorial product assessments of job fit, likely output quality, ease of adoption, and operational cost. They are not lab benchmarks, and no tool here has a published hands-on result. How we score.
Evidence status
Official plans are Basic at US$10/month or US$96/year with 3.3 Fast GPU hours/month; Standard at US$30/month or US$288/year with 15 Fast GPU hours/month and unlimited Relax image generations; Pro at US$60/month or US$576/year with 30 Fast GPU hours/month, unlimited Relax images and SD video, and Stealth Mode; and Mega at US$120/month or US$1,152/year with 60 Fast GPU hours/month, unlimited Relax images and SD video, and Stealth Mode. Annual billing is a 20% discount. Unused subscription Fast time does not roll over.
Official sources checked 2026-10-01Open verification questions
- The official Privacy Policy discusses training-data collection and service improvement but does not expressly state, in the reviewed text, whether every user's prompts or generated Assets are used for model training.
- Midjourney does not guarantee that generated Assets are copyrightable, unique, or free of third-party rights.
- Commercial ownership for organizations above US$1 million annual revenue depends on maintaining the required Pro or Mega subscription when creating the Assets.
- Relax Mode is unlimited subject to queues and operational limits; it is not a guaranteed throughput rate.
The current Terms are effective 2026-05-27. They say users own Assets they create to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, subject to third-party rights and the Agreement. Companies, and employees of companies, with more than US$1 million in annual revenue must use Pro or Mega to own Assets. Midjourney receives a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-free, irrevocable license over submitted Content and generated Assets. Content is publicly viewable and remixable by default; Stealth Mode is limited to Pro and Mega. The Privacy Policy covers prompts and uploaded content and says Midjourney may use personal data to provide, maintain, and improve the service. Re-verified 2026-10-01: Official plan pages still match the recorded Basic/Standard/Pro/Mega prices, Fast GPU-hour allocations and the 20% annual discount; no drift detected.
Free includes 10 slow credits weekly. Plus is $15/month billed annually with 1,000 priority credits; Pro is $42/month billed annually with 3,500 priority credits; Team is $20/user/month billed annually with 1,500 priority credits per user; Enterprise is custom.
Official sources checked 2026-10-01Official pricing and terms checked 2026-08-28. Paid plans add private generation; Ideogram says it does not claim ownership of generated images and permits commercial use subject to its terms. Re-verified 2026-10-01: Ideogram plan prices and credit allocations (Plus $15/mo billed annually, Pro $42/mo billed annually, Team $20/user/mo billed annually, 1,000/3,500/1,500 priority credits) are unchanged on the official pricing page, which still records paid plans as not claiming ownership of generated images and permitting commercial use subject to the terms.
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