Is Midjourney Free? Plans and Free Options 2026

No, Midjourney does not have a free plan, and its official help centre says no free trial is currently available in Discord or on the midjourney.com website. Every plan is a paid subscription, starting at $10 per month for Basic. If you want to make AI images without paying, tools such as Leonardo AI, Adobe Firefly and Canva have free options.

This guide explains what Midjourney costs, what the one limited trial is, and which free alternatives are worth trying. We checked Midjourney's official documentation and the alternatives' official sites on 20 October 2026.

Is there a free Midjourney trial?

Midjourney's official Free Trials help page says two things:

• A limited trial is available on the niji journey app, for iOS and Android devices.
• No free trial is currently available in Discord or the midjourney.com website.

The niji journey app is a separate app from the main Midjourney service. The help page does not give a date or say how long the trial lasts, so we cannot tell you what it includes. If you want to try it, check the app store listing and Midjourney's help centre first.

You may also see talk of "free GPU time". That is something different. Midjourney's help centre explains that the top 2,000 image raters each day can receive an extra hour of Fast time, but you need an active subscription to use it, and it expires 30 days after it is given. It is a bonus for paying members, not a free plan.

Midjourney plans and prices

All Midjourney plans are subscriptions that renew automatically unless you cancel. The official plan comparison page shows these prices:

Extra GPU time is available at $4 per hour. Basic is limited to SD video, while Standard, Pro and Mega also offer HD video. The official page for these figures is the Comparing Midjourney Plans help article. Yearly billing is the default when you subscribe, and you can switch to the monthly tab to pay monthly.

Monthly or yearly billing?

Midjourney's help centre says yearly billing is the default when you subscribe, and you switch to the monthly tab if you prefer to pay monthly. Yearly billing is cheaper per month on every plan in the table. For example, Standard is $30 per month when billed monthly, or $288 for the year (equal to $24 per month). Because all plans renew automatically unless you cancel, it is worth setting a reminder if you only want to try Midjourney for a month. Checkout is handled through Stripe, and you receive a confirmation email with your invoice and receipt.

Which Midjourney plan suits whom?

Using the figures above:

• Basic ($10 per month) suits light use. It has no Relax mode, so once your 3.3 hours of Fast time are used, you would need to buy extra time at $4 per hour or wait for the next month.
• Standard ($30 per month) adds unlimited images in Relax mode, which helps if you generate a lot of images and do not mind waiting.
• Pro ($60 per month) and Mega ($120 per month) add Stealth mode (listed as Yes on those two plans only) and more Fast time, at 30 and 60 hours per month.

Free alternatives to Midjourney

If you want to make AI images without paying, these tools list free options on their official sites. Free plans can change, so check each tool's own page before you start.

Leonardo AI

Leonardo AI has a Free plan at $0 per month (excluding tax). The official pricing page shows 150 Fast Tokens per day, a Token Bank of 150, and public access to your creations. Paid individual plans are Essential at $12 per month, Premium at $30 per month and Ultimate at $60 per month. The page says yearly billing offers up to 20 percent off. See the official Leonardo pricing page for details.

Note that creations on the Free plan are public, and private creations come with the paid plans.

Adobe Firefly

Adobe Firefly has a free plan. Adobe describes it as free daily generations to create video, audio and images, with limits that refresh every day. Anything beyond that allowance needs a paid subscription. Adobe's paid Firefly plans start with Firefly Standard at 2,000 generative credits per month. The price is shown in the visitor's local currency, so check the official Firefly plans page for the amount in your country.

Adobe describes the free plan as covering image, video and audio generation, so you can try it before paying.

Canva

Canva describes its text-to-image tool as a free AI image generator. On the official pricing page, the Free plan lists limited AI access and up to 20 Standard or Premium AI uses, and the page notes that the actual amount you get depends on the feature you use. See the official Canva pricing page for current limits.

Which option should you choose?

• If you want Midjourney specifically, you will need to pay. Basic at $10 per month is the cheapest way in.
• If you just want to experiment for free, Leonardo AI, Adobe Firefly or Canva are the places to start.
• If you plan to make a lot of images, compare the paid plans of each tool, because the way each tool measures usage differs (GPU hours, tokens or credits).

How we chose

We checked Midjourney's plans and trial status against its official documentation, and checked each alternative against its own official site, on 20 October 2026. We did not use third-party review sites. We only included free options that the tool itself describes on its official pages. Anything we could not confirm, such as the length of the niji journey trial, has been left out. Prices and free allowances change, so confirm on the official page before you pay.

Frequently asked questions

Is Midjourney free to use?

No. Midjourney's help centre says no free trial is currently available in Discord or on the midjourney.com website, and all its plans are paid subscriptions.

How much does Midjourney cost?

Basic is $10 per month ($96 per year), Standard is $30 per month ($288 per year), Pro is $60 per month ($576 per year) and Mega is $120 per month ($1,152 per year).

Does Midjourney have a free trial on mobile?

The help centre says a limited trial is available on the niji journey app for iOS and Android. It does not say how long it lasts or what it includes.

Can I earn free Midjourney time?

Only if you already subscribe. The help centre says the top 2,000 image raters each day receive an extra hour of Fast time, and you need an active subscription to use it.

What is the cheapest Midjourney plan?

Basic, at $10 per month, or $8 per month when billed yearly ($96). It includes 3.3 hours of Fast GPU time per month and does not include Relax mode.

What is a good free alternative to Midjourney?

Leonardo AI, Adobe Firefly and Canva all list free options on their official sites. Which one suits you depends on what you want to make and how many images you need.