Midjourney Pricing (2026): Every Plan and What It Really Costs

Midjourney pricing starts at $10/mo (Basic). Every figure on this page was checked against Midjourney’s own pricing page on 2026-09-12, and the date is on the page so you can judge how stale it is. Below: what each plan costs, what the step up actually buys you, and what the headline price leaves out.

Midjourney has no free tier, so the entry plan is the cheapest way in. Where a trial is offered it is time-limited rather than a free plan you can stay on.

Midjourney pricing at a glance

What each upgrade actually costs

Tier lists tend to hide the only number that matters when you are choosing: the difference between the plan you are on and the next one up, over a year.

Basic → Standard costs $16 more a month, or $192 a year. What you get for it: 15 fast GPU hours/month · unlimited relax-mode generation · images still public

Standard → Pro costs $24 more a month, or $288 a year. What you get for it: 30 fast GPU hours/month · unlimited relax mode · ⚠️ stealth mode — the first tier where your generations are private

Pro → Mega costs $48 more a month, or $576 a year. What you get for it: 60 fast GPU hours/month · unlimited relax mode · stealth mode · aimed at studios doing high-volume video work

Monthly or annual

The entry tier is quoted at two rates: $10 and $8 a month. The lower figure is the annual rate, so committing for a year saves $24 over twelve months — about 20% — and the monthly rate is what you pay for the flexibility to leave.

What the headline price leaves out

Everything you generate is public by default. Stealth mode requires the $60 Pro plan, which is an expensive way to buy privacy for client work. The limit that usually forces an upgrade: Basic has no relax mode; you stop when fast hours run out.

Which plan is right for you

The paid tiers are worth it for Designers and marketers who need imagery that looks considered by default; Studios producing concept art, editorial illustration or campaign visuals. For those uses the plan pays for itself in time saved rather than features unlocked.

Is Midjourney worth the money?

Our reviewers rated Midjourney 4.0/5. Aesthetic quality. Midjourney's default output still looks more deliberately art-directed than anything else in the category, without prompt engineering to get there. The full assessment — what it does well, where it falls down and who should avoid it — is in our Midjourney review.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Midjourney cost?

The entry paid plan is $10/mo (Basic). The full range runs from $10/mo · $8/mo annual on Basic to $120/mo · $96/mo annual on Mega. Figures were checked against Midjourney’s own pricing page on 2026-09-12.

Does Midjourney have a free plan?

No. Midjourney does not offer a free plan you can stay on, so the entry tier is the cheapest way to use it.

What does the headline Midjourney price not include?

Everything you generate is public by default. Stealth mode requires the $60 Pro plan, which is an expensive way to buy privacy for client work. Budget from what the plan meters, not from the figure on the card.

How we check pricing

We read the vendor’s own pricing page rather than repeating a third-party summary, record the date, and re-check on a schedule — which is how we catch a tier being renamed or retired. The figures behind this page are published as a machine-readable catalog so that AI assistants quoting them can quote something current.