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Midjourney
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RANKED #3 OF 101 IMAGES · OVERALL #12 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 7.1 · 16,590 VOICES ·
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An AI image maker that creates stunning, stylized art quickly.
HAPPY9.1
3.9k mentions
SAD5.9
1.1k mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 9,936 voices in this window
QUIETLY DEGRADING
Recent vibe and chatter are both sliding.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Midjourney hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Midjourney is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.3
FluxBlack Forest LabsPick for top photorealism and detailed prompt adherence locally.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE❤️ CROWD FAVORITE37.5k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.9Flux.2 KleinBlack Forest LabsPick for faster everyday image creation with much lower compute requirements.⚡ FAST🪶 RUNS ON LESS💸 COST EFFICIENT5.5k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users love Midjourney for its fast generation and high quality art that feels worth the subscription price. However, many are frustrated by strict content censorship and occasional service limits.
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PEOPLE LOVE
- Results look great (50 mentions)
- People feel it is worth the money (33 mentions)
- Answers come back fast (3 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (19 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (11 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- How results lookPEOPLE LOVE THIS
50 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- PricePEOPLE LOVE THIS
33 thumbs up · 11 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
3 thumbs up · 19 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 11 thumbs down
- SpeedMOSTLY POSITIVE
3 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM X >
“I love this kind of style reference in Midjourney V 8.2: --sref 1486914613 A beautiful mix of vintage editorial illustra.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Hell, even fucking midjourney doesnt do that but some of you on here think any1 who finds that annoying is ungrateful bcos "free-product".”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Can anyone suggest a platform with quality on par or better than Midjourney, but without all the censorship?”
- FROM REDDIT >
“YSK all the new image generation and editing features of Midjourney are just a censored proprietary mix of open source tools available for stable diffusion, which you can run uncensored on your own PC.”
- FROM X >
“Seedance 2.5 x Midjourney v8.2 impressive combo He didn't fly down.”
- FROM X >
“AI Composition Wins — Tools like Midjourney, Krea, and Nano Banana generate clean focal points faster than manual sketch.”
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
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> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2025-06-15 · 3060 UPVOTESMidjourney's first video model
Midjourney's first video model
- REDDIT · 2024-11-12 · 2045 UPVOTESFixed ChatGPT’s Plastic Face Problem with Midjourney Retexturing!
Fixed ChatGPT’s Plastic Face Problem with Midjourney Retexturing!
- REDDIT · 2024-04-14 · 1939 UPVOTESThe Matrix - 1950s Super Panavision 70
The Matrix - 1950s Super Panavision 70
- REDDIT · 2024-05-29 · 1585 UPVOTESHardly any of us are using AI tools like ChatGPT, study says – here’s why
Hardly any of us are using AI tools like ChatGPT, study says – here’s why
- REDDIT · 2024-12-01 · 1521 UPVOTESMidjourney + Kling AI 1.5 Motion Brush is amazing
Midjourney + Kling AI 1.5 Motion Brush is amazing
- REDDIT · 2025-02-20 · 1414 UPVOTESMidjourney new video to video ai tool is incredible 😲
Midjourney new video to video ai tool is incredible 😲
- REDDIT · 2025-01-06 · 1396 UPVOTESSchool of Satan TV Commercial
School of Satan TV Commercial
- HACKER NEWS · 2026-06-18 · 1377 UPVOTESMidjourney Medical
Midjourney Medical
- REDDIT · 2026-06-18 · 1329 UPVOTESMidjourney, The Image Generation Company, Just Built the Sequel to the MRI
Midjourney, The Image Generation Company, Just Built the Sequel to the MRI
- REDDIT · 2023-12-29 · 1316 UPVOTESMidjourney V6.0 vs SDXL, exact same prompts, using Fooocus (details in a comment)
Midjourney V6.0 vs SDXL, exact same prompts, using Fooocus (details in a comment)
- REDDIT · 2024-08-07 · 1263 UPVOTESMidjourney to Runway is scary good
Midjourney to Runway is scary good
- REDDIT · 2024-08-01 · 1253 UPVOTESAnnouncing Flux: The Next Leap in Text-to-Image Models
Announcing Flux: The Next Leap in Text-to-Image Models