A
AGenerate and edit images, video and audio with AI for creators and teams
Free, from $9.99/mo
Midjourney vs Photo AI
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 $9/mo)
- you're in its core audience: digital artists, graphic designers
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Choose Photo AI if…
- you're in its core audience: social media creators, professionals needing headshots
Side by side
Feature Midjourney Photo AI
Pricing modelPaidPaid
Starting price$8/mo$9/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryImage GeneratorsAI Headshots
CompanyMidjourney, 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
P Photo AI
- AI twin trained from 5+ selfies in about 2 minutes
- 174+ photo packs such as dating, LinkedIn and Halloween
- Several image and video models, including Nano Banana 2 and Kling 3.0
- AI video generation with sound
- Custom prompts and remixing of any photo
- Magic upscaler plus edit, crop and zoom-out tools
- Shopify clothing try-on
- MCP connection for ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
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
Photo AI
Starter$19/mo or $9/mo billed yearly ($99/yr)
Pro$49/mo or $29/mo billed yearly ($349/yr)
Max$99/mo or $49/mo billed yearly ($599/yr)
Ultra$199/mo or $99/mo billed yearly ($1,199/yr)
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
Photo AI
- Annual billing roughly halves the price, with Starter at $9/mo
- Many image and video models available in one subscription
- 174+ ready-made photo packs
- Commercial use license from the Pro plan
- No free plan or free trial
- Starter is limited to personal use, slow processing and low quality
- Video generation and the upscaler require the Max plan ($49/mo yearly) or higher
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