Pick DALL-E 3 if
people already in ChatGPT who want a still without a second studio.
Read the DALL-E 3 pageDALL-E 3 vs Midjourney
Our take
Pick DALL-E 3 if people already in ChatGPT who want a still without a second studio. Pick Midjourney if art directors, illustrators, and marketers who want Midjourney’s look and will pay for GPU time. Skip DALL-E 3 if discord aesthetic grids (Midjourney) or a local checkpoint (Stable Diffusion). Skip Midjourney if teams that need commercially safer stock-style output with a free tier (Leonardo), or motion-first work
Best for
DALL-E 3 A still from a sentence inside ChatGPT
Midjourney High-aesthetic images
Free plan
DALL-E 3 $0 · limited image generations (help: Images available on all tiers)
Midjourney No free plan
Lowest paid
DALL-E 3 Plus $20/mo
Midjourney Basic $10/mo
Next step up
DALL-E 3 Pro 100 / 200 / 500 $100/mo
Midjourney Standard $30/mo
Runs where
DALL-E 3 Hosted
Midjourney Hosted
Watch out
DALL-E 3 DALL·E GPT is retired
Midjourney No public free plan
Last checked
DALL-E 3 2026-10-26 · help.openai.com
Midjourney 2026-10-19 · docs.midjourney.com/hc/en-us/articles
Which one, then?
Pick Midjourney if
art directors, illustrators, and marketers who want Midjourney’s look and will pay for GPU time.
Read the Midjourney page