Overview
Summary
The useful answer before the supporting detail.
Midjourney is an independent research lab that builds AI models for image generation and editing S1. It serves creative professionals and enthusiasts who need to produce and refine images from text prompts S2. The platform provides tools for generating, editing, and exploring images, with a focus on creative control and collaboration S2.
Product identity and positioning
Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.
- Identity: Midjourney is an independent research lab and AI image generation platform S1.
- Core purpose: It helps users create and edit images using AI models S2.
- Intended users: Creative professionals and enthusiasts seeking AI-powered image tools S2.
- Product scope: A web-based platform with image generation, editing, and exploration features S2.
- Positioning: Midjourney positions itself as a community-funded research lab building beautiful AI models S1.
- Claimed distinction: It emphasizes a humane future and expanding imaginative powers S1.
Use cases and audiences
Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.
Traffic and search
SEO analysis
Collected Oct 21, 2026midjourney.com: an estimated 8,685,114 total monthly visits and about 205,698 monthly organic visits across 956 ranking keywords. Scout crawled 0 pages and measured a technical health score of 0/100.
Search summary
The useful answer before the supporting detail.
midjourney.com is the public website evaluated in this SEO report. midjourney.com: an estimated 8,685,114 total monthly visits and about 205,698 monthly organic visits across 956 ranking keywords. Scout crawled 0 pages and measured a technical health score of 0/100.
- Total traffic (modeled): 8,685,114 monthly visits across all channels.
- Organic search traffic (estimated): 205,698 monthly visits from search.
- Strongest sampled ranking: alpha midjourney at position 1.
- Leading page in the collected evidence: https://www.midjourney.com/.
- Closest measured organic competitor: docs.midjourney.com, appearing 4 times in the sampled first-page SERPs.
- Technical crawl: 0 pages, health score 0/100.
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Company identity and positioning
| Page type | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|
| other | We're a community-funded research lab of 60 people known for building the most beautiful AI models in the world. | https://www.midjourney.com/home |
| other | We believe that we are all midjourney: that we have a rich past behind us and an unimaginable future ahead — and the question we want to most help answer is: what do we want to become? | https://www.midjourney.com/home |
| other | We hope our work will help tell stories of a humane future that we all want to be a part of, and convince you that we aren’t at the end of time, or the beginning, but that we are all midjourney in a vast and great adventure. | https://www.midjourney.com/home |
| other | We're a lean, self-funded, distributed team and we're always hiring. | https://www.midjourney.com/home |
| other | Help us build and explore new infrastructure to amplify the human spirit. Learn more. | https://www.midjourney.com/home |
| other | For product questions and support go to our Discord or help page. | https://www.midjourney.com/home |
| other | For billing support email us at: billing@midjourney.com | https://www.midjourney.com/home |
| other | For journalistic inquiries: press@midjourney.com | https://www.midjourney.com/home |
Website intelligence — Scout synthesis
- First-party claim: Midjourney describes itself as a community-funded research lab of 60 people building AI models, with a focus on imagination, coordination, reflection, beauty, and human flourishing W2W4.
- First-party claim: The site positions its mission around a "midjourney" narrative — a rich past and unimaginable future — and invites users to consider "what do we want to become?" W3.
- First-party claim: The team is lean, self-funded, distributed, and always hiring, with a careers link for those interested in building "new infrastructure to amplify the human spirit" W6W7.
- First-party claim: Support channels include Discord, a help page, billing email, and press email; legal pages (Terms of Service, Privacy Policy) are linked from the homepage W8W9W10W11.
- Scout inference: The homepage is primarily a mission/company statement rather than a product or feature showcase; no pricing, feature lists, or product documentation are present in the captured evidence.
Domain performance
Modeled total traffic, six-month trend, engagement, countries, and domain identity.
Total website traffic
| Month | Modeled visits |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | 11,995,675 |
| 2026-05 | 10,704,696 |
| 2026-06 | 10,040,649 |
| 2026-07 | 9,858,237 |
| 2026-08 | 9,393,331 |
| 2026-09 | 8,685,114 |
Top visitor countries
| Country | Name | Traffic share |
|---|---|---|
| US | United States | 20.5% |
| KR | Korea, Republic of | 9.3% |
| GB | United Kingdom | 4.4% |
| CN | China | 4.0% |
| BR | Brazil | 4.0% |
Domain identity
| Signal | Value |
|---|---|
| Registered | Apr 24, 2007 |
| Last changed | Apr 29, 2025 |
| Expires | Apr 24, 2035 |
| WHOIS server | whois.verisign-grs.com |
| DNSSEC | Not signed |
| Nameservers | DAVE.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM, LUCY.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM |
Website capture

Organic keywords
Top keywords and an independent Google result page.
Top organic keywords
| Keyword | Volume | CPC | Estimated value |
|---|---|---|---|
| midjourney | 1,258,880 | $0.91 | $1,083,360 |
| midjourney ai | 142,150 | $0.92 | $110,540 |
| 미드저니 | 79,840 | $1.50 | $67,840 |
| mid journey | 24,250 | $1.35 | $15,980 |
| midjourney free | 40,100 | $0.94 | $13,780 |
Independent Google result page
Query: alpha midjourney
| Position | Title | URL | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V8 Alpha | https://updates.midjourney.com/v8-alpha/ | V8 brings a new --hd mode which natively renders images at 2K resolution and a --q 4 mode if you need a little bit of extra coherence. |
| 2 | Midjourney | https://www.midjourney.com/ | We're a community-funded research lab of 60 people known for building the most beautiful AI models in the world. We believe that we are all midjourney: that we ... |
| 3 | Midjourney Alpha | https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/1herhkj/midjourney_alpha/ | "Midjourney Alpha" is the web interface for Midjourney, and it's available to everybody now. I think we've stopped calling it "alpha" now, even ... |
| 4 | Explore | https://www.midjourney.com/explore | Feed of the latest Midjourney creations. Log in Updates Help Menu Explore Sign up Explore Images Top day |
| 5 | Midjourney V8 Alpha is here: first look and early impressions | https://geekycuriosity.substack.com/p/midjourney-v8-alpha-is-here-first | Midjourney finally dropped V8 Alpha for the community to test. text rendering has improved, generation speed is noticeably faster, and the ... |
| 6 | Midjourney V8 ALPHA is HERE! What's Working, What's Not & ... | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6nmz1lakqc | Midjourney's V8 Alpha Model is Here! What's Working, What's Not & What's Coming. Tips for BETTER Results | Prompting, HD Mode, SREFs & More |
| 7 | V8.1 Alpha | https://updates.midjourney.com/v8-1-alpha/ | V8.1 has a consistent and familiar aesthetic. Standard resolution is now 50% faster and 25% cheaper. |
| 8 | Guide to Access and Use Midjourney's Alpha (Website Version) | https://www.aifire.co/p/guide-to-access-and-use-midjourney-s-alpha | Express your creativity with Midjourney Alpha, an awesome website for image generation. This beginner guide shows you how to access and ... |
| 9 | What Is Midjourney V8 Alpha? The New Model's Strengths, ... | https://www.mindstudio.ai/blog/what-is-midjourney-v8-alpha-strengths-weaknesses | Key Takeaways · Midjourney V8 Alpha is a meaningfully new model — not just a fine-tune — with real improvements in photorealism, anatomy, and ... |
Important pages
Pages earning the most estimated search traffic in the sample.
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Prioritized website intelligence pages
| Type | Page | Words | Change | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| other | Midjourney | 212 | new | https://www.midjourney.com/home |
Features
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
Pricing and plans
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
Integrations and supported platforms
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
Product and company updates
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
Website intelligence — Scout synthesis
- First-party claim: The homepage (midjourney.com/home) is titled "Midjourney" and includes a link to documentation at docs.midjourney.com W1.
- First-party claim: The homepage links to a careers page (/careers) for hiring W7.
- First-party claim: The homepage links to external support resources: Discord (discord.gg/midjourney) and a help page (help.midjourney.com) W8.
- First-party claim: The homepage links to Terms of Service and Privacy Policy pages on docs.midjourney.com W11.
- Scout inference: The captured evidence only covers the homepage; no other internal pages (e.g., product, pricing, gallery) were captured in this catalog.
Rank tracking
Persistent keyword baselines and position movement.
This analysis created the first position baseline at 2026-10-21T20:19:20.165Z. Movement appears after the next fresh analysis using the same location and language.
Features
Features and capabilities
Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.
| Capability | What it does |
|---|---|
| Image generation | Generates images from text prompts using AI models S2. |
| Image editing | Edits images with inpainting and outpainting, preserving aspect ratio S2. |
| Thinking mode | Reruns jobs with AI analysis to fix prompt mismatches S2. |
| Style exploration | Previews styles before generating and explores style space S2. |
| Shared folders | Allows collaborative creation by sharing folders S2. |
| Search and archive | Searches and navigates through creation history S2. |
Integrations and ecosystem
Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.
Pricing
Pricing and plans
Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.
| Plan or offer | Verified price and billing | Included | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $10 per month, billed monthly or $96 per year S1 | 3.3 hours of Fast GPU time per month S1 | No Relax mode; no Stealth Mode S1 |
| Standard | $30 per month, billed monthly or $288 per year S1 | 15 hours Fast; unlimited Relax images S1 | No Stealth Mode S1 |
| Pro | $60 per month, billed monthly or $576 per year S1 | 30 hours Fast; unlimited Relax images and SD video S1 | Stealth Mode; 12 concurrent Fast jobs S1 |
| Mega | $120 per month, billed monthly or $1,152 per year S1 | 60 hours Fast; unlimited Relax images and SD video S1 | Stealth Mode S1 |
Competition
Competitive landscape
Domains competing for the same organic search demand.
Sampled competitors
| Competitor | First-page appearances | Sampled queries | Average position | Queries observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| docs.midjourney.com | 4 | 1 | 4.5 | cancel midjourney subscription |
| reddit.com | 2 | 2 | 3.5 | alpha midjourney, cancel midjourney subscription |
| youtube.com | 2 | 1 | 7 | cancel midjourney subscription |
| aifire.co | 1 | 1 | 1 | alpha midjourney |
| updates.midjourney.com | 1 | 1 | 2 | alpha midjourney |
| promptengineering.org | 1 | 1 | 4 | alpha midjourney |
| facebook.com | 1 | 1 | 5 | alpha midjourney |
| medium.com | 1 | 1 | 6 | alpha midjourney |
| mindstudio.ai | 1 | 1 | 7 | alpha midjourney |
| cometapi.com | 1 | 1 | 8 | cancel midjourney subscription |
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
Independent review sources discovered
No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.
Backlink profile
Authority and referring-domain signals.
Backlink comparison profile
- Domain rating: 90/100
- Backlinks: 1,813,052
- Referring domains: 58,438
- Dofollow backlinks: 39.0%
- Dofollow referring domains: 85.0%
Collection decision
The Scout search index remains intentionally excluded from automatic Scout analysis. This Scout traffic model profile costs 5 credits (0.5 cents) and is included in the first comparison run so its usefulness can be judged before the recurring collection is finalized.
AI visibility
Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.
AI-assistant referral traffic
- Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 1.6%
| Month | Traffic share | Source |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | All AI assistants |
| — | — | All AI assistants |
| — | — | All AI assistants |
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Site-stated AI capabilities
| Page type | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|
| other | We're a community-funded research lab of 60 people known for building the most beautiful AI models in the world. | https://www.midjourney.com/home |
These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.
Website intelligence — Scout synthesis
- First-party claim: Midjourney states it builds "the most beautiful AI models in the world" and is a research lab focused on AI W2.
- First-party claim: The company mentions "ambitious projects under the themes of imagination, coordination, reflection, beauty, and human flourishing" W4.
- Scout inference: The homepage text is AI-centric but does not describe specific AI features, model names, or use cases; AI visibility in search engines cannot be assessed from this catalog.
Marketing opportunities
Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.
| Opportunity | Recommended action | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Competitor gap | Review the sampled queries where docs.midjourney.com appears. | 4 first-page appearances across cancel midjourney subscription |
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Website evidence gaps
- pricing: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- features: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- integrations: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- changes: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- identity: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
Website intelligence — Scout synthesis
- First-party claim: The homepage invites users to explore documentation and provides a direct link to docs.midjourney.com W1.
- First-party claim: The site promotes its hiring page and encourages visitors to "Learn more" about careers W7.
- First-party claim: The homepage provides multiple contact channels: Discord, help page, billing email, and press email W8W9W10.
- Scout inference: The homepage lacks explicit calls-to-action for product signup, pricing, or feature exploration; there may be an opportunity to add product-focused content or conversion paths, but this is not supported by the evidence.
Trust and proof
Customers, proof, and reviews
Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.
Independent reviews
| Platform | Page | How it was found | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | Compare Midjourney and Stable Diffusion | Grounded web search | Midjourney(88)4.4 out of 5Midjourney By Midjourney Stable Diffusion(10)4.3 out of 5Stable Diffusion By Stability AI ... Midjourney Star Rating (88) 4.4 out of 5 Market Segments Small-Business (75.9% of reviews) Entry-Level Pricing No pricing |
| G2 | Midjourney Reviews & Product Details / G2 AI | Grounded web search | Midjourney is an independent research lab renowned for developing advanced AI models that transform textual descriptions into compelling visual imagery. Launched in July 2022, Midjourney has rapidly become a leading platform in the generative AI landscape, enabling users to create high-quality images from natural language prompts. Key Features and Functionality: - Text-to-Image Generation: Users input descriptive prompts, and Midjourney's AI generates corresponding images, facilitating a seamles |
| G2 | Midjourney - AI Marketplace / G2 | Grounded web search | Text-to-Image Generation: Users input descriptive prompts, and Midjourney's AI generates corresponding images, facilitating a ... - Regular Model Updates: Midjourney consistently enhances its algorithms, with versions like V5.2 introducing features |
| G2 | I Tested Midjourney vs. DALL·E to Find the Best AI Image Generator | Grounded web search | TL;DR: Midjourney delivers stunning, artistic visuals perfect for storytelling and emotional impact, while DALL·E 3 is more accurate with prompts, easier to access, and better for quick, clean, and literal image generation. With the latest updates, Midjourney’s V7 offers sharper realism, better prompt fidelity, and even AI-video capabilities. DALL·E 3 now delivers higher |
| G2 | [Compare AI modeland Midjourney Social Share Options](https://www.g2.com/compare/google-AI modelvs-midjourney) | Grounded web search | AI model(165)4.4 out of 5Gemini By Google Midjourney(88)4.4 out of 5Midjourney By Midjourney ... Midjourney Star Rating (88) 4.4 out of 5 Market Segments Small-Business (75.9% of reviews) ... Language Models (LLMs), AI Code Generation, AI |
| G2 | The Rise of AI-Generated Art: From Algorithms to Aesthetics | Grounded web search | Some of the most well-known ones today include DALL·E (2021), DALL·E 2 (2022), Midjourney (2022), Adobe Firefly (2023), DALL·E 3 (2023), and AI model (2023). ... Midjourney is an independent research lab that provides text-to-image generative AI services. The service (currently only available through the Discord chat app) lets you quickly and easily transform a text description into a realistic image. The Midjourney Bot interprets a short text phrase by breaking down the words and phrases entered |
Customer proof
No named customers, testimonials, or customer case studies were found.
Independent mentions
- Midjourney AI Guide / Hacker News — I feel that Midjourney v5 really lets you explore different worlds. One recent feature the guide missed is the permutation and repeat features 1 . They're quite helpful for power users that want to explore multiple styles quickly.
External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.
Company, security, and trust
Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.
| Signal | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Company and ownership | I first met Banu, the founder of Co–Star, a little over 5 years ago as I was thinking about the ways people reflect and make decisions both in the present, future, and over the past thousands of years. | source |
| Contact and support | MOBILE/TABLET A starter pass here. Pages use the full width, nothing hides behind the bottom bar, and rotating your phone or Safari's toolbar no longer leaves a blank strip. Menus and sheets stay on screen. Uploads get a | source |
| Legal and privacy | Not published on the collected pages. | — |
| Security and compliance | Not published on the collected pages. | — |
| Uptime and status page | Not published on the collected pages. | — |
| Domain registered | 2007-04-24 | — |
| Domain expires | 2035-04-24 | — |
Not found on the collected pages: legal and privacy, security and compliance, uptime and status page. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.
Documentation and product updates
Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.
| Resource or update | Type | What is available | Date or freshness |
|---|---|---|---|
| Updates | Changelog | Public product change history. (source) | Not dated |
Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, status page, separate help center or knowledge base.
Technical
Technical and delivery signals
Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.
| Signal | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension) | Web-based platform accessed via alpha.midjourney.com S2. | S2 |
| Platforms and apps | Web platform; mobile/tablet starter pass mentioned S2. | S2 |
| API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins) | Not published on the collected pages. | — |
| Data ownership and export | Downloads save with proper filenames and extensions S2. | S2 |
| Performance and reliability claims | Not published on the collected pages. | — |
| Release activity | Weekly changelogs on alpha.midjourney.com S2. | S2 |
Measured infrastructure
Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.
| Signal | Finding |
|---|---|
| Domain registered | 2007-04-24 — GoDaddy.com, LLC |
| Domain expires | 2035-04-24 |
| First archived | 2010-05-17 — web archive |
| TLS certificate | Google Trust Services, valid, expires 2026-11-23 |
| Security headers | CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy |
| Headers not served | HSTS |
| Server header | cloudflare |
| Mail handled by | aspmx.l.google.com, alt2.aspmx.l.google.com |
| Nameservers | dave.ns.cloudflare.com, lucy.ns.cloudflare.com |
Not measurable: rdap: exceeded the overall budget; wayback: exceeded the overall budget; tls: exceeded the overall budget; dns: exceeded the overall budget; headers: exceeded the overall budget. A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.
Technical site audit
A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.
Scout — Bounded technical crawl
- Pages crawled: 0 of 15 maximum
- Technical health: 0/100
- Critical issues: 0
- Warnings: 0
- Notices: 0
Issues
The bounded crawl did not detect title, description, H1, canonical, indexing, thin-content, image-alt, response-time, or duplicate-metadata issues.
Crawled pages
The website did not return crawlable HTML pages.
This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.
Search Console and Analytics
First-party search and behavioral data connection state.
Modeled acquisition channels
| Channel | Estimated share |
|---|---|
| direct | 64.3% |
| search | 22.7% |
| search organic | 20.4% |
| search paid | 2.2% |
| social | 4.9% |
| social organic | 4.8% |
| social paid | 0.1% |
| referrals | 5.1% |
| paid referrals | 0.4% |
| 1.1% | |
| gen ai | 1.6% |
| affiliate | 0.0% |
| other | 0.0% |
First-party connections
| Integration | Status | Data available after connection |
|---|---|---|
| Google Search Console | Not connected | Clicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices |
| Google Analytics | Not connected | Organic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices |
No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.
Limits and method
Limitations and open questions
Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.
The collected pages do not mention any competitors. Evidence gaps include lack of API documentation, security certifications, and customer reviews. Open questions remain about data ownership and export policies beyond file downloads.
Sources, method, and limitations
Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.
This report is based on 3 collected pages from midjourney.com (home, updates, explore) and an authoritative pricing table from docs.midjourney.com. Static collection was blocked; browser rendering rendered 6 pages. External proof search was used but no customer reviews were verified. Limitations include incomplete coverage of the site and lack of first-party customer evidence.
- Official Websitehttps://www.midjourney.com/homeVerified
- Official Websitehttps://www.midjourney.com/updatesVerified
- Official Websitehttps://www.midjourney.com/explore?tab=topVerified
- Review Sitehttps://www.g2.com/compare/midjourney-vs-stable-diffusionVerified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35547756Verified
- Review Sitehttps://ai.g2.com/product/midjourneyVerified
- Review Sitehttps://ai.g2.com/marketplace/tools/midjourneyVerified
- Review Sitehttps://learn.g2.com/midjourney-vs-dall-eVerified
- Review Sitehttps://www.g2.com/compare/google-gemini-vs-midjourneyVerified
- Review Sitehttps://www.g2.com/articles/ai-generated-artVerified
