Lensa AI vs Midjourney
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Lensa AI
AI photo editor that creates stunning avatar portraits — Magic Avatars...
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Midjourney
AI image generation with a signature painterly aesthetic
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Free tier | 5 free Magic Avatar generations on signup | New accounts get a 25-image free trial at full V7 quality via midjourney.com |
| Paid from | $29.99/year (Premium) | $10/month (Basic) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | 100m+ downloads | ~20m users (early 2026) |
| Founded | — | 2021 |
| Maker | Prisma Labs | David Holz |
| Verdict | Lensa AI, from Prisma Labs (100+ staff), is still best known for Magic Avatars -- upload 10-20 selfies, get dozens of stylised AI portraits back within the app. It remains one of the most-downloaded AI photo apps in 2026... |
Midjourney is still the reference point for sheer aesthetic quality in AI image generation — the polished, painterly look that concept artists, designers and marketers reach for first. The V8-era models improved coherenc... |
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