--- title: "Midjourney Pricing (2026): Plans, Fast Hours and Privacy Costs | Zemith" description: "Midjourney pricing checked 19 October 2026: Basic ($10/mo), Standard ($30/mo), Pro ($60/mo) and Mega ($120/mo). Why private generation requires $60/month." url: "https://www.zemith.com/en/learn/midjourney-pricing" datePublished: "2026-10-19" dateModified: "2026-10-19" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Learn](https://www.zemith.com/en/learn) / Midjourney pricing # Midjourney plans start at $10/mo, but keeping your images private requires $60/mo. By Kevin · Every price checked on docs.midjourney.com on 19 October 2026 Midjourney plans start at $10 a month for Basic (~200 images), $30 a month for Standard (15 fast hours), $60 a month for Pro (30 fast hours), and $120 a month for Mega (60 fast hours) checked on 19 October 2026. However, Basic and Standard publish all generations to Midjourney's searchable public gallery; keeping commercial assets private requires paying $60 a month for Pro Stealth Mode. For $15.99 a month, Zemith Plus includes private generation by default across Flux 2, Imagen 4, Nano Banana, plus video models and multi-model chat. ## Zemith gives you private multi-engine image and video generation plus AI chat for $15.99/mo. - Plus is $15.99/month ($179.88/year) with 100% private generations by default—no $60/month stealth surcharge. - Multi-engine Creative Studio: generate with Flux 2, Imagen 4, Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image, Recraft, and Ideogram from one credit pool. - 7 AI video engines included: Veo 3.1, Sora 2, Kling, Wan, and Seedance 2.5 without paying a separate video subscription. - Full AI chat workspace included: GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, and Library study tools. - **Midjourney Pro (Private):** $60.00/mo (_Midjourney Pro $60/mo (image only) + ChatGPT Plus $20/mo + Runway $15/mo_) - **Zemith Plus:** $15.99/mo (_Private Creative Studio + 7 Video Models + Multi-Model Chat + 1.5M credits_) [Start free on Zemith](https://www.zemith.com/app) (Free plan · $0 today · Cancel anytime) ## Three ways Midjourney's pricing structure ends up costing more than expected. ### The $60/month 'privacy tax' to keep client and personal concepts off public feeds. > “Paid for the Standard plan to work on branding concepts for my clients, only to realize Midjourney publishes every single prompt and generated image to their searchable public showcase. Charging $60/mo just to hide your own work is unreasonable.” — [Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/midjourney.com), 1 star, 13 Oct 2026 **On Zemith:** Every generation on Zemith is strictly private by default on all plans. Plus costs $15.99/mo—a fourth of Midjourney Pro's $60/mo price—with zero public showcases and zero commercial leaks. ### Fast GPU hours run out rapidly during prompt iterations and upscales. > “The 15 Fast hours on the $30 plan disappear shockingly fast when you are trying to dial in specific variations or upscales. After that, you are either stuck waiting in slow queue or forced to buy expensive $4/hour add-ons.” — [Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/midjourney.com), 1 star, 11 Oct 2026 **On Zemith:** Zemith uses transparent, predictable credits (1.5M on Plus, 3M on Professional) with exact cost disclosures before generating. Optional credit top-ups start at $10 for 800,000 credits and never expire. ### Single-medium scope forces creators to pay separate bills for AI chat and video. > “I'm paying $30/month for Midjourney, another $20 for ChatGPT Plus, and $15 for Runway to animate the images. The AI subscription fatigue is real, and Midjourney still offers no conversational assistant or video animation engine.” — [G2](https://www.g2.com/products/midjourney/reviews), 3 stars, 09 Oct 2026 **On Zemith:** Zemith Plus consolidates image generation (Flux 2, Imagen 4, Nano Banana), video generation (Veo 3.1, Sora 2, Kling), multi-model chat (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok), and document tools for $15.99/mo total. ## What Midjourney's plans include well, and how Zemith matches it. ### Unlimited slow Relax mode generation on Standard and above. > “The Relax mode on the $30 tier is great when you want to queue up large experimental batches of 50 images overnight without burning through your Fast GPU allocation.” — [G2](https://www.g2.com/products/midjourney/reviews), 4 stars, 14 Oct 2026 **On Zemith too:** Zemith Plus provides 1.5M monthly credits—enough for hundreds of high-resolution images, videos, and thousands of chat messages—plus 2,000 daily free credits on fast models and batch generation tools. ## At every tier, here is what Midjourney costs versus Zemith. Published US prices and plan allowances as of 19 October 2026. | Tier | Midjourney Plan | Zemith Equivalent | Monthly Savings on Zemith | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Entry level (Public vs Private)** (Basic casual image generation) | $10/mo (Basic — ~200 images, public gallery only) | $15.99/mo (Zemith Plus — 100% private, Flux 2, chat, video) | Includes multi-model chat, video & privacy for $5.99 more than Basic alone | | **Everyday creative individual** (Regular production work) | $30/mo (Standard — 15 fast hrs, public gallery only) | $15.99/mo (Zemith Plus — 1.5M credits, multi-engine images & video) | Save $14.01/mo ($168.12/yr) with guaranteed privacy | | **Professional privacy & multi-engine** (Stealth mode commercial generation) | $60/mo (Pro with Stealth Mode) / $120/mo (Mega) | $29.99/mo (Zemith Professional — 3M credits, top image/video models, Cloud agents) | Save $30.01 to $90.01/mo ($360 to $1,080/yr) | ## Our verdict: Midjourney's $60 privacy requirement makes it overpriced for professional creators. - Midjourney Basic ($10/mo) and Standard ($30/mo) expose all your images to a public gallery, forcing serious creators onto the $60/mo Pro plan. - Midjourney only generates static images, leaving you paying another $20/mo for AI chat and $15–$30/mo for AI video generators. - Zemith Plus is $15.99/month ($179.88/year) with 100% private generation, Creative Studio (Flux 2, Imagen 4, Nano Banana, Veo 3.1, Kling), and multi-model chat. - Explore our full suite of [AI image generator models](https://www.zemith.com/en/features/ai-image-generator), or see real creator reviews below. ## Frequently asked questions about Midjourney pricing. ### How much does Midjourney cost per month in 2026? Midjourney offers four subscription plans: Basic at $10/month (~3.3 fast hours), Standard at $30/month (15 fast hours + unlimited relax mode), Pro at $60/month (30 fast hours + Stealth Mode), and Mega at $120/month (60 fast hours + Stealth Mode). ### Why do you have to pay $60/month for Midjourney privacy? Midjourney treats prompt and image discovery as a community asset by default. Stealth Mode—the ability to hide your creations from the community feed and search gallery—is exclusively locked to the Pro ($60/mo) and Mega ($120/mo) tiers. ### Why is Zemith Plus a better value than Midjourney Standard? Zemith Plus costs $15.99/month ($14.99/mo billed yearly), saves you $14/month over Midjourney Standard ($30/mo), guarantees total privacy by default, and includes 7 image models (Flux 2, Imagen 4, Recraft), 7 video generators (Veo 3.1, Kling, Sora 2), and full multi-model chat (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok). ## Get private, multi-model image and video generation without the $60/month privacy fee. [See Zemith plans](https://www.zemith.com/pricing) ## Read these next to compare the other tools. - [Midjourney reviews 2026: ratings and top complaints](https://www.zemith.com/en/learn/midjourney-review) - [The best Midjourney alternatives in 2026, ranked](https://www.zemith.com/en/learn/midjourney-alternatives) - [AI image generator: Flux 2, Imagen 4, Nano Banana and Recraft](https://www.zemith.com/en/features/ai-image-generator) - [AI video generator: Veo 3.1, Sora 2 and Kling video models](https://www.zemith.com/en/features/ai-video-generator) - [Zemith vs ChatGPT, feature by feature](https://www.zemith.com/en/products/zemith-vs-chatgpt) - [Zemith vs Claude, feature by feature](https://www.zemith.com/en/products/zemith-vs-claude)