Midjourney v6.1
The gold standard for artistic AI image generation
If you create art, mood boards, or concept illustrations and don't need programmatic access, Midjourney v6.1 is unmatched. Accept the Discord workflow and you get the best-looking outputs on the market.
Midjourney v6.1 delivers the most visually stunning and aesthetically refined outputs of any AI image model. Trained on curated artistic datasets, it excels at mood, lighting, and composition — things other models still struggle with. The catch: it only works through Discord, with no public API.
Unmatched artistic quality and composition sense
Huge community — millions of shared prompts to learn from
Excellent style consistency across a series of images
Built-in upscaling and variation tools
No API — only accessible via Discord bot
Less precise prompt following than DALL-E 3
Basic plan has no commercial license
Hard to reproduce identical results
"A serene Japanese tea house in autumn, maple leaves falling, golden hour, ultra-detailed, studio ghibli aesthetic"
"Cyberpunk street market at night, neon reflections on wet pavement, cinematic lens flare, 8K"
200 fast GPU mins, no commercial use
15hr fast GPU, commercial use
30hr fast GPU, stealth mode