How to Cancel Midjourney 2026 — Is $10-120/Month AI Art Still Worth It?

Updated March 2026 • 7 min read

Midjourney was the AI image generator that sparked the creative AI revolution. But in 2026, the competitive landscape has completely changed. DALL-E 3 is free inside ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion runs locally for $0, and Google's Imagen is included with Gemini. Paying $10-120/month for Midjourney is no longer the obvious choice it was in 2023.

How to Cancel Midjourney

1. Go to midjourney.com and sign in
2. Click your profile icon → Manage Sub
3. Click Cancel Plan
4. Confirm cancellation
5. Your access continues until the end of the current billing period

Alternatively, in Discord type /subscribe in any Midjourney bot channel, click the link, and manage your subscription from the account page. Midjourney processes cancellations without retention tactics.

Midjourney Pricing in 2026

• Basic ($10/month): ~200 images/month, no private mode
• Standard ($30/month): 15 hours fast GPU, unlimited relaxed, private mode
• Pro ($60/month): 30 hours fast GPU, stealth mode
• Mega ($120/month): 60 hours fast GPU, maximum priority

Free and Cheaper Alternatives

• DALL-E 3 (in ChatGPT): Free with ChatGPT — excellent quality, natural language prompts, good for most use cases
• Google Imagen (in Gemini): Free with Google account — photorealistic output, integrated with Google ecosystem
• Stable Diffusion (local): Free — run on your own GPU, unlimited generations, no subscription, full control
• Leonardo.ai: Free tier (150 images/day) — web-based, good quality, more generous than Midjourney Basic
• Ideogram: Free tier available — excellent for text in images (Midjourney's weakness)
• Adobe Firefly: Included with Creative Cloud — commercially safe, trained on licensed content
• Bing Image Creator: Free — powered by DALL-E 3, no ChatGPT subscription needed

When Midjourney Is Still Worth Paying For

• Consistent aesthetic: Midjourney's "look" is distinctive — if your brand depends on that specific style, alternatives may not match it
• High volume professional use: Designers generating 50+ images/day need the fast GPU hours
• Community and inspiration: Midjourney's Discord is a creative community — the gallery of others' work is genuinely valuable for ideation
• Stealth mode for commercial work: Pro/Mega tiers keep your prompts and images private

Your Images After Canceling

Your generated images remain accessible in your Midjourney gallery after cancellation — they're not deleted. However, you can't generate new images or upscale existing ones without an active subscription. Download everything you want to keep before or after canceling by visiting your gallery at midjourney.com/app.