SCANNING● LIVE DATAUTC 2026-06-29 00:00:00
VENDORS 23RECEIPTS 32CRITICAL 57D 0 NEWv0.9.4-rc1
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✓Filed by gotnerfed.comCase #M-2021-633Classification ON WATCH-trackOpened 2026-02-28Last scanned 2026-06-29 00:00 UTCACTIVE
AI IMAGE/Midjourney/founded 2021/private (no VC)

Midjourney

AI image generation

1 critical receipt logged.

Defining receipt|Midjourney removes Basic ($10/mo) tier with v7 launch — minimum subscription is now $30/mo|2026-02-28
► On watch25-49 · minor-to-major changes in the last 12 months; staying observant.
Ranked #2 of 23 tracked vendors.
Receipt trail
1 filed · 1 critical · latest 121d ago
◆ At a glanceAll time · since 2026-02-28
121days
Since last receipt
Midjourney removes Basic ($10/mo) t… · critical
1
Receipts
all time
1
Critical
tier removed
0
Major
none on record
0
Last 90d
quiet
73
Peak nerf
Feb 28 · tier removed
—
Cadence
avg between receipts
►Verdict: On watch
Receipt trail
1 filed · 1 critical
Methodology ↗
↗ Current pricing pageHow the index is calculatedEmbed badgeProcurement report (PDF)Compare to peers
◆ 30 / 60 / 90 forecast →
likely next: tier removed · expected severity critical
Next 30d39%
prob of any change
Next 60d63%
prob of any change
Next 90d78%
prob of any change
Observed 1 receipt over 1 days (cadence ~30d). Last receipt 121 days ago. Most common kind: tier-removed. Brier-scored against subsequent reality on the public leaderboard.
Vendor average28%Category avg22%Brier · last 90d0.18Modelv0 heuristic
◆ Nerf Index · trailing 12 monthsflat vs. 90d · now 32
JunAugOctDecFebAprJun
Recency-weighted Nerf Index, 30-day rolling. Dots mark receipts. Index breached “on watch” threshold on 2026-02-28 at the defining receipt.
◆ Community sentimentReddit · last 90d

Community sentiment

No sentiment data yet. Reddit posts about Midjourney are scored by Claude Haiku 4.5 on first render and cached daily - the next page load will populate this card. Requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY + Vercel KV.

Net = (positive − negative) / total Reddit posts mentioning Midjourney in the trailing 7 days. Updated daily. Read methodology →
Receipts · all time · reverse chronological

Every silent change Midjourney made.

1 receipt · 1 critical · 0 major · 0 minor
1 MORE RECEIPT HIDDEN · LAST 12 MONTHS

You’re seeing the last 30 days. Personal sees the last year.

Free tier shows the most recent 30 days of receipts per vendor. Personal ($9/mo) unlocks the full 1-year diff history - plus a 3-vendor watchlist, real-time alerts on every severity, migration playbooks, and Slack/Discord/Teams webhooks.

◆ Escape pod · if you're leaving

Free & open-source alternatives to Midjourney.

See full migration playbook ->
◆ ESCAPE POD · FREE / OPEN-SOURCE ALTERNATIVES
5 ranked alternatives to Midjourney.
  • Default Midjourney replacement if you have a GPU. Largest community + extension library.
    Most-used SD frontendMassive extension ecosystemimg2img, ControlNet, LoRA training
    install: git clone, run webui-user.bat / webui.sh
    caveat: Needs 8GB+ VRAM for usable speeds. Setup is fiddly.
  • ComfyUI ↗FREE / OSSGPL-3.0★ 65k
    When you want full control over the diffusion pipeline. Power-user choice.
    Node-based image/video pipelineSDXL, Flux, video diffusion modelsReproducible workflows you can share as JSON
    install: git clone + Python deps
    caveat: Steep learning curve vs A1111.
  • FLUX.2 [klein] 4B ↗FREE / OSSApache-2.0
    Fast, fully-open (Apache-2.0) Midjourney alternative you can run locally. The 4B 'klein' is the commercially-usable variant.
    4B rectified-flow transformer from Black Forest LabsText-to-image + multi-reference editing in one modelSub-second generation on consumer GPUsLoads in ComfyUI or the official flux2 repo
    install: Download FLUX.2-klein-4B from HuggingFace; run in ComfyUI or via github.com/black-forest-labs/flux2
    caveat: Only the 4B klein is Apache-2.0 - the 9B klein and FLUX.2 [dev] are non-commercial. Needs ~13GB VRAM (RTX 3090/4070+).
  • Fooocus ↗FREE / OSSGPL-3.0★ 42k
    If you want Midjourney's simplicity without ComfyUI's complexity.
    Midjourney-feel UX (one prompt, presets)Built-in style libraryMinimal config - just run
    install: Download zip, run run.bat / run.sh
    caveat: Less customizable than A1111/ComfyUI.
  • InvokeAI ↗FREE / OSSApache-2.0★ 24k
    Cleanest UI in the SD ecosystem. Best for design-pipeline use.
    Polished web UICanvas/inpainting workflowStudio-grade install experience
    install: Installer .exe / .pkg / launcher script
    caveat: Needs 8GB+ VRAM. Smaller extension ecosystem than A1111/ComfyUI.
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