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AGenerate and edit images, video and audio with AI for creators and teams
Free, from $9.99/mo
Midjourney vs NovelAI
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Midjourney if…
- you want the lower entry price ($8/mo vs $10/mo)
- you're in its core audience: digital artists, graphic designers
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Choose NovelAI if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: anime artists, content creators
Side by side
Feature Midjourney NovelAI
Pricing modelPaidFree trial
Starting price$8/mo$10/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryImage GeneratorsAnime & Art Styles
CompanyMidjourney, Inc.Anlatan Inc.
Full feature lists
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
N NovelAI
- NovelAI Diffusion V5 anime image model
- Natural-language and tag-based prompting
- Separate character definitions for consistency across scenes
- Inpainting to change selected areas of an image
- Director Tools for clothing, lighting and pose edits
- Built-in canvas to guide generations
- Story generator powered by GLM 4.6
- On-demand Anlas credit purchases
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Work it out for your team
- MidjourneyBasic$8/mo
- NovelAIStarting subscription$10/mo
The cheapest paid plan with a published price that fits. Custom and sales-quoted plans aren't included.
All plans and prices
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
NovelAI
Starting subscription$10/mo
Strengths and limitations
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
NovelAI
- Commercial use allowed without an extra tier
- Prompts are encrypted and images are not stored on its servers
- Image and story tools come in one subscription
- Runs in the browser, including on mobile, with nothing to install
- No free plan; access after the trial needs a subscription or Anlas credits
- Image generation focuses on anime style
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Oct 26, 2026. Editorial policy