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AMidjourney vs Runway
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 $12/mo)
- you're in its core audience: digital artists, graphic designers
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Choose Runway if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you need an API to build on
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: content creators, marketing teams
Side by side
Feature Midjourney Runway
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starting price$8/mo$12/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
Updates, last 90 days—30
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, API
CategoryImage GeneratorsVideo Generators
CompanyMidjourney, Inc.Runway AI, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded—2018
Part of——
Key features
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
R Runway
- Text and image to video with Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0
- Third-party models such as Kling, Seedance and Nano Banana Pro
- Music, voice, sound effects and text-to-speech generation
- Agentic creative collaborator
- Runway Ads publishes ads to Meta, Google and TikTok
- 4K upscaling, plus HDR and ProRes output on Max
- Custom voice clones and brand kits
- Developer API and MCP server
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
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
Runway
Free$0
Standard$12/mo billed yearly ($15 monthly)
Pro$28/mo billed yearly ($35 monthly)
Max$76/mo billed yearly ($95 monthly)
EnterpriseCustom
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
Runway
- Free plan with 125 credits that don't expire
- Own models and third-party models available in one workspace
- iOS and Android apps plus an API
- Extra purchased credits never expire
- Free credits are one-time, not monthly
- Monthly credits on Standard and Pro don't roll over
- Minimum top-up purchase is 1,000 credits
- Standard is limited to 3 projects
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