Midjourney
A research lab whose model is prized for style and composition over literal prompt following.
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Midjourney vs Stable Diffusion
Midjourney (Midjourney) and Stable Diffusion (Stability AI) both sit in Image. Midjourney is the cheaper entry point at from $10/mo. Stable Diffusion shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (8 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Midjourney Midjourney | Stable Diffusion Stability AI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | v7.2 | Stable Diffusion 3.5 |
| Entry cost | from $10/mo | from $19/org/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Basic $10 · Standard $30 · Pro $60 · Mega $120 | Trial free · Creator $19 · Core $50 |
| Model stack | Midjourney v7 · Midjourney Video V1 | more · Nano Banana · Seedream · Stable Audio 3.0 · Stable Diffusion · Stable Diffusion 3.5 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 8 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Style references, Character references, Omni reference, Draft mode, Video generation, Editor | Open weights, LoRA fine-tuning, ControlNet ecosystem, Local inference, Commercial licence, Text-to-image, Sketch-to-image, Inpainting |
Stable Diffusion
A family of downloadable image models with a large ecosystem of fine-tunes and tooling.
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