Pick Midjourney Basic if…
you need a handful of images a week for posts, mood boards or experiments.
Midjourney has no free tier, so Basic is the entry ticket. The real decision is whether a monthly image cap will annoy you.
Start on Basic ($10/mo) if you generate occasionally — roughly 200 images a month. Choose Standard ($30/mo) if you iterate a lot: 15 fast hours plus unlimited relaxed images means you never hit a hard stop.
| Midjourney Basic | Midjourney Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Price / month | $10/mo | $30/mo |
| What you get |
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| Monthly images | ~200 generations | 15h fast + unlimited relaxed |
| Privacy | No stealth mode (Pro and Mega only) | Stealth off — images are public |
Monthly prices in US dollars before tax, from each vendor's official pricing (US list price; weekly-billed plans converted to a monthly figure). Updated October 7, 2026
you need a handful of images a week for posts, mood boards or experiments.
you explore dozens of variations per idea and would rather wait for relaxed jobs than run out.
Neither plan has stealth mode — it starts at the Pro plan ($60/mo). Relaxed video is also Pro and Mega only. If you're making client work you don't want visible, budget for Pro rather than Standard.
No. Basic ($10/mo) is the cheapest way in.
Basic is built around roughly 200 generations a month with no unlimited relaxed mode listed. Standard adds unlimited relaxed image generation after its 15 fast hours.
How we choose: prices come from each vendor's official pricing page and are re-checked every week. We take no affiliate fees, so rankings aren't for sale.