Does Midjourney or Penpot have a free plan?

Penpot has a free plan. Midjourney does not.

Midjourney vs Penpot

A side-by-side look at Midjourney and Penpot: what each costs to start, whether there is a free plan, how easy they are to pick up, and which features and integrations they cover.

Which should you choose?

Choose Midjourney if

Illustrators, concept artists and designers producing stylized imagery
Marketers who need distinctive visuals and can work without exact text rendering
Hobbyists who value quality over integration

Visit Midjourney

Choose Penpot if

Teams that need self-hosted design tooling for compliance or data residency
Developer-heavy teams that value CSS-accurate layouts
Open-source projects and budget-constrained teams

Visit Penpot

Cheapest to start

Not confirmed

Free plan

Penpot

Highest editor rating

Midjourney · 4.4

Comparison of Midjourney and Penpot
Compare	Midjourney Visit site	Penpot Visit site
Free plan	No	Yes
Free trial	No	No
Starting price	From $10/mo	From $7/mo
Editor rating	4.4	4.0
Ease of use	Moderate (3/5)	Moderate (3/5)
Category	AI	Design
Pricing model	No free plan; Basic is $10 per month ($8 billed annually), Standard $30 ($24), Pro $60 ($48) and Mega $120 ($96), differing mainly in fast GPU hours, Relax mode and Stealth mode.	Hosted Free plan with unlimited editors, files and projects; a paid hosted tier costs approximately $7 per editor per month; Enterprise pricing for supported self-hosting is custom. Self-hosting the open-source edition is free.
Plans	Basic — $10/mo Standard — $30/mo Pro — $60/mo Mega — $120/mo	Free — Free Premium — $7/user/mo Enterprise — Custom
Platforms	Web	Web, API
Integrations	Discord	—
Best for	Illustrators, concept artists and designers producing stylized imagery Marketers who need distinctive visuals and can work without exact text rendering Hobbyists who value quality over integration	Teams that need self-hosted design tooling for compliance or data residency Developer-heavy teams that value CSS-accurate layouts Open-source projects and budget-constrained teams
Pros	Consistently strong aesthetics and lighting with little prompt engineering Web editor, style and character references, upscaling and moodboards Unlimited Relax generation from the Standard tier up Image-to-video animation included in the subscription Large, active community sharing prompts and styles	Open source (MPL 2.0) and self-hostable with Docker or Kubernetes SVG and CSS-based files; Flex and Grid layouts map directly to code Real-time collaboration, comments and prototyping included on the free plan Native design tokens and a growing plugin system No seat limits on the hosted Free plan
Cons	No free plan or trial Images on Basic and Standard are public by default; Stealth needs Pro or Mega Text inside images and precise layout control remain weak No public API, so it cannot be automated into pipelines	Much smaller plugin, template and community ecosystem than Figma Performance drops on very large files No desktop or mobile apps and no offline mode Few AI-assisted features
AI content generation	Yes	No
API access	No	Yes
App marketplace	No	Yes
Comments & mentions	No	Yes
Design systems & components	No	Yes
Import & export	Yes	Yes
Interactive prototyping	No	Yes
Multi-language support	Yes	No
Photo editing	Yes	No
Real-time collaboration	Yes	Yes
Roles & permissions	No	Yes
Self-hosting option	No	Yes
Templates	No	Yes
Text to video	Yes	No
Vector editing	No	Yes

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Does Midjourney or Penpot have a free plan?: Penpot has a free plan. Midjourney does not.

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