Lovart vs Midjourney (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Lovart grades higher than Midjourney: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Lovart grades higher on the free plan. Midjourney grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Lovart
AI design agent for images, video and brand assets from a brief
Midjourney
Image and short-video generator run on monthly GPU time
Which one is for you
Pick Lovart if
- Fits if you want brand images and short videos made from a written brief
- Works for a solo designer or marketer, as accounts are for one person
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price to count on: Pro and Ultimate are first-year discounts of 50% and 45%
- Tight if you stay free: sign-up credits, with the amount not shown
- Watch out: monthly credits do not roll over, and unlimited relaxed generations are a one-time perk
- Watch out: Starter allows 2 delegated tasks a day, and the Team plan has no published price
Pick Midjourney if
- Fits if you want stylized images and will put time into steering the prompt
- Works for heavy users on Standard, where slower Relax-mode image jobs are unlimited
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try before paying, as there's no free plan or trial
- Not for you if your images must stay private, since Stealth Mode needs Pro at $48 a month; Basic and Standard images go in the public gallery
- Tight if you're on Basic: about 200 fast minutes, no Relax mode, and unused time doesn't roll over
- Watch out: companies earning over $1 million a year must be on Pro or Mega to use images commercially
- Watch out: plan details come from a third-party summary, as Midjourney's own pages turned our reader away, and there's no phone app or API
How we grade them
| 2.2GPALovartFair | 2.0GPAMidjourneyFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BStarter is $16 a month on yearly billing, under the category's $19.99 cheaper-quarter start. Credits do not roll over. | BBasic is $8 a month on yearly billing ($10 monthly), inside this category's cheaper quarter of $9.99. It buys about 200 minutes of fast GPU time and no slower Relax mode. The price is from a third-party summary, as Midjourney's own pages turned our reader away. |
| Free plan and trial | CSign-up gives free credits with no card, per the site, but the pricing page does not show how many. | FNo free plan and no trial on record, so the least you can pay is $8 a month. And Basic's fast minutes don't roll over if you have a quiet month. |
| Features | CImages, video, brand kits and a commercial license from Starter. Delegated tasks are capped at 2 a day on Starter, and the Team plan has no published price. | BV8 text-to-image, an edit model that fills, swaps and extends with up to four reference images, image-to-video with loops and end frames, and style profiles and moodboards. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in making images. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You build the design by briefing the agent and fixing the output. | CNo app-store rating on record. It runs on the website or as a Discord bot, and it's sold in GPU hours rather than images, so it takes a while to know what a month buys. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no integrations listed. Tasks run on up to 2 desktop browsers and 1 mobile browser at once. | CThe midjourney.com website and a Discord bot, and that's it. No phone or desktop app of its own, and no API in the listing. |
| Best for | a design agent that works from a brief | stylized images and short clips from a prompt |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Lovart and Midjourney. How we grade
Where they differ
- Lovart also covers AI agents and ad creative.
At a glance
| Lovart | Midjourney | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $16 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) | $8 per month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Sign-up includes free credits with no card required, per the site; the amounts are not shown on the pricing page. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Lovart | Midjourney |
| Price read from | lovart.ai | eesel.ai (not the vendor's own page) |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Lovart
- The Pro and Ultimate prices shown are first-year discounts of 50% and 45%; they renew at $74 and $166 a month.
- Subscription credits do not roll over, and unlimited relaxed generations are a one-time benefit per account that expires after 31 or 180 days.
- Accounts are for one person; tasks run on up to 2 desktop browsers and 1 mobile browser at once.
- The Team plan has no published price on the page.
Midjourney
- Midjourney's own pricing and help pages turned away our reader, so plan details come from a third-party summary edited June 5, 2026.
- Basic has no Relax mode, so every job draws on its monthly fast time, and unused fast hours do not roll over.
- Private generation (Stealth Mode) starts at Pro; on Basic and Standard, images appear in the public gallery.
- Companies with more than $1 million in yearly gross revenue must be on Pro or Mega to use images commercially.
Key features
Lovart
- Arti design agent
- A personal design agent, marked beta, that runs delegated tasks, canvas check-ups and design research each day within plan limits, and keeps memory and feedback revisions.
- Many generation models
- Plans list access to models including Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2.6, Seedream 5.5 and Seedance 2.5 Flash for images and video.
- Brand kits
- Plans include 5 to 100 saved brand kits for keeping assets on brand.
- Credits and relaxed generation
- Fast generations spend monthly credits that reset each cycle; higher plans add unlimited slower generations on selected models for a fixed period.
- Commercial license
- Every paid plan lists a commercial license for what is generated.
- Team plan
- Accounts are for individual use, and a separate Team plan covers multiple users; its price is not shown.
Midjourney
- Text-to-image with V8 models
- V8.1 became the default model in June 2026 and V8.2 followed in July, with an HD setting that renders at a higher resolution.
- Image editing
- The V8.2 edit model changes images from written instructions, fills or replaces chosen areas, extends the canvas and takes up to four reference images.
- Image-to-video
- Any image, including an uploaded one, can be animated into short clips that can be extended, looped or given a set end frame.
- Personalization and moodboards
- Rating images builds a personal style profile, and moodboards or style references steer new images toward a chosen look.
- Conversational mode
- A text and voice mode on the website takes requests in plain language and can use the reference images and settings already in place.
- Organize page
- Past jobs can be searched, filtered and sorted into folders on the website.
Plans
Lovart
Starter$16
per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)
2,000 fast-generation credits a month, 2 delegated tasks a day, 2 concurrent tasks, 5 brand kits and a commercial license.
Basic$27
per month, billed annually ($32 billed monthly)
3,500 credits a month, 4 delegated tasks a day, 4 concurrent tasks, 10 brand kits, plus unlimited relaxed generations on Nano Banana Pro (1K) for 180 days.
Pro$74
per month at renewal, billed annually, after a first year at $45
11,000 credits a month, 8 delegated tasks a day, 8 concurrent tasks, 30 brand kits and 10% off credit refills. The advertised first-year price is $45 a month.
Ultimate$166
per month at renewal, billed annually, after a first year at $109
27,000 credits a month, 10 delegated tasks a day, 10 concurrent tasks, 100 brand kits and 10% off credit refills. The advertised first-year price is $109 a month.
Midjourney
Basic$8
per month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)
About 3.3 hours (200 minutes) of fast GPU time a month and no Relax mode; SD video only.
Standard$24
per month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)
15 fast GPU hours a month plus unlimited image jobs in the slower Relax mode.
Pro$48
per month, billed annually ($60 billed monthly)
30 fast GPU hours, Stealth Mode for private images, unlimited SD video in Relax mode and 12 fast jobs at once.
Mega$96
per month, billed annually ($120 billed monthly)
60 fast GPU hours a month, with everything in Pro and more video jobs at once.
Ways to pay less
Lovart
- Annual discount
Annual billing discount
The page marks 16% off on Starter and Basic when billed annually, and first-year discounts of 50% on Pro and 45% on Ultimate.
Midjourney
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Lovart or Midjourney?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Midjourney is cheaper to start with: $8 a month, against $16 a month for Lovart. Lovart starts at $16 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly), and Midjourney starts at $8 per month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Lovart or Midjourney?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Lovart has a free plan. Midjourney does not.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.
