Alternatives
Midjourney alternatives
Midjourney has no free plan or trial on its website or in Discord, its images are public by default unless you turn on Stealth mode on the Pro or Mega plan, and signing in needs a Discord or Google account. These six include free options, tools that keep images private by default, and paid tools with editing features of their own.
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Why people look for Midjourney alternatives
These reasons come from Midjourney's own pages, not from reviews.
- There's no free plan or free trial on the website or in Discord. (source)
- Images are public by default; private Stealth mode needs the Pro or Mega plan. (source)
- Signing in requires a Discord or Google account. (source)
- Companies earning over $1M a year must be on Pro or Mega to own their images. (source)
The alternatives at a glance
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| Tool | Free use | Are images public? |
|---|---|---|
| Leonardo AI | 150 fast tokens a day on the free plan; unused tokens don't carry overSource: leonardo.ai | Public by default on the free plan; private mode on paid plansSource: leonardo.ai |
| Ideogram | 30 credits a week for Google, Apple or Microsoft sign-ins; email sign-ups get noneSource: docs.ideogram.ai | Public on the free plan; on paid plans, new images stay private until you publishSource: docs.ideogram.ai |
| Adobe Firefly | A limited number of free generations a day; the number isn't publishedSource: helpx.adobe.com | Public only if you submit it to its Community gallerySource: helpx.adobe.com |
| NightCafe | 5 free credits a day, plus unlimited base Stable Diffusion imagesSource: creator.nightcafe.studio | Private by default; public only when you publish, with a newbie-feed exceptionSource: help.nightcafe.studio |
| Canva | Up to 20 AI uses a month on Canva Free, shared across AI toolsSource: canva.com | Designs stay private unless you choose to share themSource: canva.com |
| AIPhoto-GeneratorOur tool | 3 free images in total, with no sign-up; they don't resetSource: pricing | No public gallery: each image is delivered to you by link, and links may expireSource: Privacy Policy |
Facts about each Midjourney alternative come from its own public pages, last checked .
6 Midjourney alternatives, one by one
Leonardo AI
Choose it if you want a free daily allowance and many models, and don't mind free images being public. (sources: 1, 2, 3)
AIPhoto-Generator vs Leonardo AI, fact by factIdeogram
Choose it if you need text in images and a layered editor, and don't mind signing in. (sources: 1, 2, 3)
AIPhoto-Generator vs Ideogram, fact by factAdobe Firefly
Choose it if you want reference uploads, Generative Fill and Adobe's statement on commercial use of its own models. (sources: 1, 2)
AIPhoto-Generator vs Adobe Firefly, fact by factNightCafe
Canva
Choose it if you want images made straight inside a design editor. (source)
AIPhoto-Generator vs Canva, fact by factAIPhoto-Generator(our tool)
Choose it if you want to try for free, without an account, and keep every image out of a public feed.
What changes when you leave Midjourney
You'd give up its Relax mode and editing tools, along with any Fast time you haven't used. Its help center sets out how each one works.
- Fast hours left at the end of a month don't carry over, and extra hours you buy last 60 days. (sources: 1, 2)
- A refund is only possible if you've used less than 20 GPU minutes in total. (source)
- Relax mode gives Standard, Pro and Mega subscribers slower images without a cap. Leonardo AI's Premium and Ultimate plans, and Ideogram's paid plans, also keep generating more slowly once credits run out. (sources: 1, 2, 3)
- Midjourney doesn't offer an API, and its guidelines don't allow automating the service; Leonardo AI and Ideogram both have one. (sources: 1, 2, 3)
- Its Edit model, moodboards and style references have no counterpart in AIPhoto-Generator, which takes a text prompt only. (sources: 1, 2)
How we chose
Each pick runs in a web browser without Discord and differs from Midjourney on price, free use or image privacy. We left out tools that are also paid-only, because Midjourney itself has no free plan or trial on its website or in Discord.
These facts come from each tool's own pages; we haven't tested the tools side by side. Tool names are trademarks of their owners; we aren't affiliated with them. How we compare
Questions
Is there a free alternative to Midjourney?
Several have free use: Leonardo AI (150 tokens a day), NightCafe (daily credits), Adobe Firefly (limited daily generations), Ideogram (weekly credits for some sign-ins), Canva (up to 20 AI uses a month) and AIPhoto-Generator (3 free images, no account).
Which Midjourney alternatives work without Discord?
All six on this page run in a web browser. Midjourney has a web app too, but signing in to it needs a Discord or Google account.
Which alternatives keep images private without a paid plan?
AIPhoto-Generator has no gallery; Adobe Firefly publishes only work you submit to its gallery; NightCafe keeps creations private until you publish, though a new user's first few may appear in its newbie feed. Leonardo AI and Ideogram make free-plan images public.
