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Midjourney

Text-to-image generation via Discord and web UI, known for artistic quality, v7 default, v8 Alpha available (5× faster, native 2K). Midjourney Video v1 launched 2025 with 8× GPU cost per clip.

Recraft

AI image + vector generation platform built for designers. Raster (1 cr), vector (2 cr), mockups (2 cr), creative upscale (20 cr). Pro tier adds video generation (Kling, Grok, Veo, Sora, Seedance) and custom styles.

Pricing model

Subscription

Free tier

Yes

Access

Web UI

API

Cheapest plan

Basic4 plans total

Basic9 plans total

Models offered

Midjourney Video v1, Midjourney v7, Midjourney v7 (Draft Mode)

Recraft Erase Region, Recraft Prompt Enhancement, Recraft Remove Background, Recraft Style Creation, Recraft V2 +17 more

Pros

High-quality aesthetic output; strong text coherence in v7/v8
Relax Mode on Standard+ for unlimited slower generations
Video generation included on all tiers (Fast mode)

Vector output native to the model (2 cr per vector)
Custom style creation + unlimited styles on Basic+
Pro adds video gen via Kling/Grok/Veo/Sora/Seedance

Cons

No official public API (enterprise-only, by application)
No affiliate or referral program
Video costs ~8× a standard image in GPU-hours

Free tier no commercial use, public generations only
Creative Upscale pricey at 20 credits
Prices shown are annual-billed; monthly rate higher

Model availability

Every model offered by at least one selected tool, plus trending models (marked ) shown even when neither tool hosts them. A · means that tool does not host the model.

Midjourney v7

Midjourney · 1K

≈$0.0333/gen

Recraft V3

Recraft · 1K

$0.04/gen

Recraft V4

Recraft · 1K

$0.04/gen

FLUX.2 Klein 9B

Black Forest Labs

FLUX.2 Max

Black Forest Labs

FLUX.2 Pro

Black Forest Labs

Seedream 4

ByteDance

Nano Banana 2

Google

Nano Banana Pro

Google

GPT Image 2

OpenAI

Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large

Stability AI

Z-Image

Midjourney v7 (Draft Mode)

Midjourney · 1K

≈$0.0167/gen

Recraft Erase Region

Recraft · 1K

$0.0020/gen

Recraft Prompt Enhancement

Recraft · 1K

$0.01/gen

Recraft Remove Background

Recraft · 1K

$0.01/gen

Recraft Style Creation

Recraft · 1K

$0.04/gen

Recraft V2

Recraft · 1K

$0.0220/gen

Recraft V2 Vector

Recraft · 1K

$0.0440/gen

Recraft V3 Vector

Recraft · 1K

$0.08/gen

Recraft V4 Pro

Recraft · 1K

$0.25/gen

Recraft V4 Pro Vector

Recraft · 1K

$0.30/gen

Recraft V4 Vector

Recraft · 1K

$0.08/gen

Recraft V4.1

Recraft · 1K

$0.04/gen

Recraft V4.1 Pro

Recraft · 1K

$0.25/gen

Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector

Recraft · 1K

$0.30/gen

Recraft V4.1 Utility

Recraft · 1K

$0.04/gen

Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro

Recraft · 1K

$0.25/gen

Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro Vector

Recraft · 1K

$0.30/gen

Recraft V4.1 Utility Vector

Recraft · 1K

$0.08/gen

Recraft V4.1 Vector

Recraft · 1K

$0.08/gen

Recraft Variate

Recraft · 1K

$0.04/gen

Recraft Vectorize

Recraft · 1K

$0.01/gen

Veo 3.1

Google

Kling 3.0 Video Pro

Kuaishou

Kling 3.0 Video Standard

Kuaishou

Ray 2

Luma AI

Magnific Creative Video Upscaler

Magnific

Sora 2

OpenAI

Runway Gen-4

Runway

Grok Imagine Video

xAI

Midjourney Video v1

Midjourney · 480p

≈$0.0533/sec

Midjourney Video v1

Midjourney · 720p

≈$0.1733/sec

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May 14, 2026

May 31, 2026

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