Midjourney Pricing 2026: Basic, Standard, Pro & Mega

Midjourney is a subscription built around GPU time, not a guaranteed number of images. The plan prices and limits below are from Midjourney’s official plan comparison checked October 20, 2026. Your actual generation count varies with model, settings, batch size, upscaling, and video resolution.

Midjourney plans at a glance

Annual plans save 20% relative to paying monthly, but require paying for the year upfront. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled. Midjourney lists extra GPU time at $4/hour on every tier.

What Fast and Relax time mean

Fast time is the monthly processing allowance included with a plan. It resets at renewal; unused Fast time does not roll over. A prompt’s GPU consumption depends on the generation, so hours do not translate neatly into a guaranteed image count. Midjourney’s own estimates say a typical image prompt uses about one minute, while a four-video batch can use about eight minutes at SD or 26 minutes at HD. These are examples, not fixed costs for every job.

Standard, Pro, and Mega include unlimited Relax image generation. Relax jobs use a queue and may take longer; it is not extra Fast time. Pro and Mega also include Relax-mode SD video. HD video is available in Fast mode on Standard, Pro, and Mega. All plans can generate video in Fast mode, but video consumes more GPU time than ordinary image jobs.

Basic at $10: test or light use

Basic gives 3.3 hours of Fast GPU time each month and no listed Relax-mode allowance. It is the lowest-cost way to use Midjourney regularly, but it is easier to exhaust when you iterate heavily, upscale, or generate video. Choose it for occasional image work, not for unlimited exploration.

Standard at $30: the image-generation sweet spot

Standard increases Fast time to 15 hours and adds unlimited Relax images. For many image-focused users, the Relax allowance is the key difference: you can continue generating when you are willing to wait. It also supports HD video in Fast mode, but does not list Relax video as included. Standard is often the practical upgrade when Basic’s Fast pool feels restrictive and private generation is not required.

Pro at $60: privacy and Relax video

Pro doubles Standard’s Fast time to 30 hours and adds unlimited Relax SD video, Stealth Mode, and higher concurrent job limits. It is the tier to consider when you need creations to be private on Midjourney’s website or you make enough video to benefit from Relax mode. Stealth is not a blanket privacy guarantee: content created in public Discord channels remains visible. Use the web Create page, Discord DMs, or a private server when privacy matters.

Mega at $120: more Fast capacity

Mega doubles Pro’s included Fast GPU time to 60 hours and increases video concurrency. The core Relax and Stealth benefits are also present on Pro, so Mega is mainly a capacity purchase. If you rarely exhaust Pro’s Fast time, Mega may not add meaningful value. Track usage for a billing cycle before upgrading.

Concurrency and queued jobs

Plan level also changes how many jobs you can run at once. For images, Basic allows 3 Fast jobs, Standard allows 3 Fast or Relax jobs, and Pro and Mega allow up to 12 Fast or 3 Relax jobs. For video, the listed limits are 1 Fast job on Basic, 3 Fast on Standard, 6 Fast or 3 Relax on Pro, and 12 Fast or 3 Relax on Mega. These are throughput limits, not extra GPU time: running more jobs at once can use the plan allowance faster.

When is extra Fast time cheaper than upgrading?

Extra Fast time is $4 per hour on every plan. Basic to Standard costs $20 more per month and raises the allowance from 3.3 to 15 hours, a 11.7-hour increase, while also adding unlimited Relax images. Standard to Pro costs $30 more and adds 15 Fast hours plus Stealth and Relax-mode SD video. Pro to Mega costs $60 more for 30 additional Fast hours and higher video concurrency. So a small occasional top-up may be cheaper than upgrading, but repeated top-ups can make a higher tier better value, especially when you also need its added features.

Midjourney video can change the plan calculation

Video generation starts from an image and consumes substantially more GPU time than an image prompt. The official guide lists a default four-video batch at about eight Fast minutes for SD and 26 minutes for HD; reducing the batch to one video lowers the listed cost to about two minutes SD or seven minutes HD. Videos start at five seconds and can be extended up to 21 seconds, with each extension costing the same GPU time as an initial generation. Use smaller batches and Relax-mode eligibility to manage usage.

Stealth Mode and commercial use

Stealth Mode is included only with Pro and Mega. It controls visibility on the Midjourney website, but it does not hide generations posted in a public Discord channel. Switching on Stealth also does not automatically make all earlier public creations private; existing work must be changed separately.

Midjourney’s plan comparison says all tiers include its General Commercial Terms. It also states that a company with more than $1 million in gross annual revenue must subscribe to Pro or Mega. Check the current Terms of Service for the full conditions before using outputs in a commercial project.

Which Midjourney plan should you choose?

Choose Basic if you make occasional images and can work within 3.3 Fast hours. Choose Standard if you want unlimited Relax images and more Fast capacity. Choose Pro if privacy or Relax-mode video matters, or if Standard’s 15 hours are not enough. Choose Mega only when you use Fast generation heavily enough to justify twice Pro’s Fast allowance. Buy extra Fast time at $4/hour only if the occasional top-up is cheaper than moving up a tier.

If you are unsure, start with the lowest plan that supports the feature you need. You can cancel any time and retain access through the end of the paid period. Midjourney says refunds are available only if you have used fewer than 20 GPU minutes across the account’s lifetime, so do not treat a subscription as a refundable trial.

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