Midjourney V8.1
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A to Z
- A · App
- Yes
- B · Built By
- Midjourney
- C · CEO & Politics
- David Holz — Centrist / tech libertarian
- D · Date
- 2026
- E · Expertise
- Beginner (app available)
- F · Free Tier
- No free tier
- G · Generates
- Images
- H · Deployment
- Cloud (midjourney.com)
- I · Inputs
- Text→Image
- J · Jurisdiction
- USA
- K · Key Staffers
- David Holz (CEO/Founder)
- L · Languages
- English-primary
- M · Model Type
- Image Generation
- N · Safety Issues
- None reported
- O · Open Source
- Proprietary
- P · Pricing
- Midjourney plans: Basic $10/mo, Standard $30, Pro $60, Mega $120 ($8, $24, $48 and $96/mo billed yearly); HD (2K) images use 1.3 GPU-minutes vs 0.8 for SD
- Q · AIDb Rating
- 8/10 · AIDb v2.0 (curated): Capability 8.5/10 · Currency 9/10 · Access 6/10 · Significance 7/10 → 8.00
- R · What Makes It Special
- Midjourney V8.1, which began as an alpha on April 14, 2026 and reached midjourney.com and Discord on April 30: Midjourney's fastest model, rendering standard jobs about 4-5x faster than earlier versions, reading prompts better and keeping small details, with native 2K HD images that cost 1.3 GPU-minutes against 0.8 for standard ones, and the return of image prompts. It was the default model from June 10 to July 23, 2026, after which V8.2 took over.
- S · Stock / Status
- Private
- T · Training Cutoff
- [UNKNOWN]
- U · Users
- [UNKNOWN]
- V · Voice Chat
- No
- W · Weights
- API only
- X · X Handle
- @midjourney
- Y · Year Founded
- [UNKNOWN]
- Z · Bottom Line
- Proprietary Image Generation from Midjourney, released 2026.
Data completeness 88% · Last verified 2026-09-25 · Primary source ↗
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“Midjourney V8.1.” AIDb — The AI Database. Verified 2026-09-25. https://theaidatabase.com/m/midjourney-v8-1.html
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