Ideogram vs Midjourney
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Ideogram
Image models built around legible in-image text, now with open weights
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Midjourney
Prompt-to-image generator known for its aesthetics, now on V8.2
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.6 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription |
| Free tier | 30 credits a week for accounts signed in with Google, Apple or Microsoft; free images are public | No free plan; a limited trial exists only in the niji·journey mobile app |
| Paid from | $15/month (Plus, billed yearly at $180) or $20 month to month | $10/month (Basic), or $8/month billed annually |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | 1m+ users | ~20m users (early 2026) |
| Founded | 2023 | 2022 |
| Maker | Yuheng Li, Jiahui Yu, Qifeng Chen, Huiwen Chang | David Holz |
| Verdict | Ideogram is the image generator to reach for when the words in the picture matter. Typography, headlines and packaging copy come out readable far more often than with general-purpose models, and 4.0's JSON prompts with b... |
Midjourney is still the tool designers reach for when the look of an image matters most. V8.2 sharpened aesthetics and personalisation, the new edit model handles instructions, references, inpainting and outpainting, and... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.