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Midjourney vs Together AI

Midjourney logo

Midjourney

Social Media & Content

AI image generation with artistic excellence

From
$10/month
Rated
-
Together AI logo

Together AI

AI Tools

Open-source AI at scale

From
Free
Rated
-

The short version

  • Only Together AI has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Midjourney subscription tiers as captured 29 December 2023 ranged from $10/month (3.3 Fast GPU hours) to $120/month (60 Fast GPU hours), with extra GPU time at $4/hour, and companies earning over $1,000,000/year in gross revenue were required to use the Pro plan; Together AI fine tuning carries a minimum charge of $4.00 per job regardless of dataset size
  • They diverge on capability: Midjourney covers Text-to-image, Together AI covers Open-source models.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Midjourney and Together AI actually diverge.

Attributes where Midjourney and Together AI differ
AttributeMidjourneyTogether AI
Starting price$10/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionusage-based
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsDiscord, WebApi, Cloud
CategorySocial Media & ContentAI Tools
Founded20212022

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Midjourney

  • Text-to-image
  • Style transfer
  • Image upscaling
  • Variation generation
  • Discord
  • Web interface
  • Discord support
  • Web support

Only in Together AI

  • Open-source models
  • Fine-tuning
  • Fast inference
  • Embeddings
  • REST API
  • Python SDK
  • OpenAI compatible
  • Api support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Midjourney

  • ai tools managementnot Together AI
  • Workflow automationnot Together AI
  • Reportingnot Together AI

Together AI

  • Serverless inference against open source chat, vision, embedding, image and video modelsnot Midjourney
  • Renting dedicated single tenant H100, H200 or B200 GPU clusters by the hournot Midjourney
  • Fine tuning open weight models on a per token basisnot Midjourney

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Midjourney

  • Subscription tiers as captured 29 December 2023 ranged from $10/month (3.3 Fast GPU hours) to $120/month (60 Fast GPU hours), with extra GPU time at $4/hour, and companies earning over $1,000,000/year in gross revenue were required to use the Pro plan

Together AI

  • Fine tuning carries a minimum charge of $4.00 per job regardless of dataset size
  • Reserved GPU commitments beyond 180 days are priced by contacting sales with no published rate
  • Volume and enterprise discounts are quote only with no published threshold
  • Reserved dedicated inference pricing is contact sales while only on demand rates of $5.49 to $8.99 per GPU hour are published

Pricing, plan by plan

Midjourney

$10/month
  • Basic$10/month
    • 200 generations/month
    • General commercial terms
  • Standard$30/month
    • 15 GPU hours
    • Unlimited relaxed
  • Pro$60/month
    • 30 GPU hours
    • Stealth mode

Together AI

Free
  • FreeFree
    • $5 credits
    • API access
  • Pay-per-use$0.2/per-million-tokens
    • All models
    • Fine-tuning

Which should you pick?

Choose Midjourney if

  • You need text-to-image.
  • You work on Discord, Web.
  • You also want style transfer.

Choose Together AI if

  • You need open-source models.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Api, Cloud.
  • You also want fine-tuning.

Questions people ask

Is Midjourney or Together AI better?
Neither clearly leads. Midjourney starts at $10/month and Together AI at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Midjourney or Together AI?
Together AI has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $10/month for Midjourney and Free for Together AI.
Does Midjourney or Together AI run on more platforms?
Midjourney runs on Discord, Web. Together AI runs on Api, Cloud.
Can I use Together AI for free?
Yes. Together AI has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Midjourney starts at $10/month.
What is Midjourney best used for?
Midjourney is most often used for ai tools management, workflow automation, reporting. Of those, ai tools management and workflow automation are not what Together AI is typically brought in for.
What can Midjourney do that Together AI cannot?
Midjourney covers Text-to-image, Style transfer, Image upscaling, Variation generation. Together AI covers Open-source models, Fine-tuning, Fast inference, Embeddings.

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