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PClipdrop vs Midjourney
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Clipdrop if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: marketers, designers
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Choose Midjourney if…
- you're in its core audience: digital artists, graphic designers
Side by side
Feature Clipdrop Midjourney
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starting price—$8/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
GitHub stars467—
Background removal—
AI upscaling—
Generative fill/erase—
Relighting—
Photoshop/Lightroom plugin—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CategoryPhoto EditingImage Generators
CompanyInitMLMidjourney, Inc.
Based in——
Founded2020—
Part ofJasper.ai—
Key features
C Clipdrop
- Text-to-image generation
- Background removal and replacement
- Cleanup of objects, people, text and defects
- Image upscaling up to x16 on Pro
- Relight to change image lighting
- Uncrop to extend photos into new formats
- Universal resizer for social media formats
- Photoshop plugins and usage-based API
M Midjourney
- Text-prompt image generation
- Video generation
- Monthly Fast GPU time allowance
- Unlimited Relax Mode on Standard and above
- Stealth Mode for private images on Pro and Mega
- Monthly or yearly billing with 20% yearly discount
Plans and prices
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Clipdrop
Free$0
ProNot listed
APIUsage-based
Midjourney
Basic$10/mo or $96/yr ($8/mo billed yearly)
Standard$30/mo or $288/yr
Pro$60/mo or $576/yr
Mega$120/mo or $1,152/yr
Strengths and limitations
Clipdrop
- Free plan includes daily uses of most tools
- Pro raises limits to 1,000 uses per 24 hours per tool
- API and Photoshop plugins available
- Pro price not shown on the pricing page
- Free plan limited to 20 uses per day on several tools
- No mobile apps listed
Midjourney
- Unlimited Relax Mode on Standard, Pro and Mega
- Yearly billing is 20% cheaper
- Four tiers from $10/mo
- No free plan listed
- Stealth Mode only on the $60+/mo plans
- Basic includes only 3.3 Fast GPU hours a month
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