What is Midjourney?
Midjourney guides image generation using prompts and visual references. After users describe the subject, scene, and style, they can compare the candidates generated from the same request and further refine their choices. Reference images can influence content, composition, color, and style, making them ideal for concept exploration, visual proposals, and the early stages of content creation.
The web interface offers a workflow that spans from generation to organization. On the Create page, you can submit tasks and view the results, with options to edit, zoom in, expand the canvas, and explore variations. The Organize page is designed for filtering, sorting, and downloading your creations. Personalized settings and moodboards can also help establish a more consistent aesthetic direction, though you’ll still need to review each image’s details individually.
The official website’s beginner’s guide requires users to subscribe before they can start creating, but the web portal is now accessible directly; joining Discord should no longer be presented as the sole mandatory step for all users. GPU time, video capabilities, and privacy modes vary across plans, so be sure to review the relevant offerings before handling sensitive materials or running large-scale tasks.
Key features
Text and Image Guidance: Control the creative direction using prompts and reference images.
Result iteration: Continue generating variations, editing, enlarging, or expanding the image.
Style Exploration: Use style references, moodboards, and personalized settings.
Work Management: Organize downloaded images on the web page and use the supported image-to-video feature.
Use cases and audience
Designers and creators who engage in conceptual design, visual proposals, illustrations, and explorations of content imagery.
Text prompts, reference images, and generation settings and style references.
Generate images, edited visual versions, or supported video clips.
How to use
- 01
Log in to midjourney.com and select a subscription plan.
- 02
Go to the Create page and describe the desired image in the Imagine field.
- 03
View the candidates, then continue using the variants, edit, or zoom-in features.
- 04
Organize and download in Organize, then review details and material usage terms before publishing.
Benefits and limitations
Benefits
- Prompt words and visual references can be used in combination.
- Generation, editing, modification, and organization of works are seamlessly integrated within the web-based workflow.
Limitations
- Subscription required; the number of tasks is subject to the plan and computing resource rules.
- Private mode is not available in all plans; sensitive materials should be reviewed for eligibility first.
Pricing and availability
Paid
Regular monthly subscription price.
Regular monthly subscription price.
Regular monthly subscription price, including Stealth Mode.
Regular monthly subscription price, including Stealth Mode.
The currency is USD. The above plans are billed monthly, with automatic renewal terms as outlined on the official website. Annual payments require upfront payment for the full year; the converted monthly rate does not reflect the monthly billing price. GPU time, Relax Mode, and video capabilities are subject to the plan comparison table.
- Pricing source
- https://docs.midjourney.com/hc/en-us/articles/27870484040333-Comparing-Midjourney-Plans
- Pricing last updated
- 2026-10-22
Prices and limits may change. Check the official website for current terms.
Official website & sources
Sources
Updated on 2026-10-22
