Leonardo.Ai vs Midjourney
Leonardo.Ai scores 8.0 to Midjourney's 6.0 among the AI image generators we rate, and is the better pick for 3 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
Leonardo.Ai wins, 8.0 to 6.0
Daily free tokens are part of Leonardo's standing plan; Midjourney has no free tier at all and starts at $10 a month instead. Leonardo also does one-action background removal and offers a public API, both missing from Midjourney. Midjourney's own generations stay private only on its Pro and Mega plans, while Leonardo needs any paid plan, starting at $12 a month, to do the same.
Pick Leonardo.Ai if you want a free plan, background removal or an API.
Pick Midjourney if you don't mind paying from the start for private generations.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Controlled by a pose, sketch or depth map: Leonardo.Ai yes, Midjourney no
- One-action background removal: Leonardo.Ai yes, Midjourney no
- Highest resolution it outputs: Over_4k against 2K
- Public API: Leonardo.Ai yes, Midjourney no
- Rewrites the prompt for you: Leonardo.Ai yes, Midjourney does not say
- The vendor covers a copyright claim: Leonardo.Ai not published, Midjourney no
- Does not train on what you make: Unless you opt out against No
- You own what you generate: Midjourney yes, Leonardo.Ai does not say
- Free plan: Leonardo.Ai yes, Midjourney no
- But Midjourney leads on cheapest paid plan, monthly: $10 against $12
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI image generators we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Leonardo.Ai leads on 5 of 5 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (11)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Leonardo.Ai
Midjourney
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
Leonardo.Ai
- The free plan gives 150 Fast Tokens a day plus a 150 Token Bank, at no cost.
- Its own models accept a fixed seed, a negative prompt field and adjustable prompt enhancement for precise control.
- One account reaches a large roster of other companies' models, including FLUX, GPT Image, Nano Banana, Ideogram and Seedream.
- Leonardo runs on web, iOS and Android, with a separate pay-as-you-go API alongside the subscriptions.
- Leonardo does not offer vector output.
- Free-plan generations are public by default, and keeping them private requires a paid subscription.
Midjourney
- Every subscriber owns what they create and may use it commercially from the cheapest paid plan.
- Midjourney turns a still image into a 5-second video as well as generating stills, alongside style reference, seed and negative prompt controls.
- There is no free plan and no free trial, so there is no way to try Midjourney before paying.
- Midjourney trains on user prompts and interactions with no opt-out offered.
- There is no public API, so generation cannot be built into another product.
- A company with more than $1,000,000 a year in gross revenue must be on the Pro or Mega plan to use its images commercially.
Leonardo.Ai vs Midjourney: common questions
Which is better, Leonardo.Ai or Midjourney?
Leonardo.Ai scores 8.0 and Midjourney 6.0 out of 10 among the AI image generators we rate. Leonardo.Ai is ahead on what it makes, control and automation, rights and privacy, pricing and openness and support.
Is Leonardo.Ai or Midjourney cheaper?
Leonardo.Ai's cheapest paid plan is $12/mo (Essential) and Midjourney's is $10/mo (Basic). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
Do Leonardo.Ai and Midjourney have a free plan?
Leonardo.Ai does and Midjourney does not.
What can Leonardo.Ai do that Midjourney cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: controlled by a pose, sketch or depth map, one-action background removal, public API and free plan.
