🎨 AI Image — pricing, compared
4 tools tracked · prices verified against official pages · last sweep June 11, 2026
💸 Cheapest entry: Midjourney from $8/mo
🆓 Free tiers: Adobe Firefly · Leonardo.Ai · Ideogram
All ai image tools
| Tool | Paid from | Free tier | G2 | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midjourney The reference point for AI image aesthetics | $8/mo | — | — | Designers and creators who want the most distinctive aesthetic quality and a huge style community. | alternatives → |
| Adobe Firefly Commercially-safe generation inside the Adobe ecosystem | $9.99/mo | ✅ | — | Brands and agencies that need commercially-safe training data provenance and Adobe app integration. | alternatives → |
| Leonardo.Ai Production-oriented image generation with daily free tokens | $10/mo | ✅ | — | Game artists and product teams who need consistent characters, fine-tuned models, and a real free tier. | alternatives → |
| Ideogram The image generator that renders text correctly | $15/mo | ✅ | — | Marketers making logos, banners, and posters — Ideogram's text rendering inside images is its defining strength. | alternatives → |
Real unit costs
| Tool | ≈ Cost | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Midjourney | ≈$0.05 per image | Basic plan: $10/mo ≈ 200 fast-mode images; Relax mode on Standard+ is effectively unlimited |
| Leonardo.Ai | ≈$0.004–0.005 per image (top tier) | Maestro: $48/mo annual for 60K tokens ≈ 10-15K images (vendor estimate) |
| Ideogram | ≈$0.02–0.08 per image | Plus plan: $15-20/mo for a realistic 250-1,000 images/mo |