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Midjourney vs ChatGPT

Side-by-side comparison of licensing terms between Midjourney and ChatGPT.

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Field	Midjourney Visit Midjourney	ChatGPT Visit ChatGPT
	✓	✓
	✓	✓
	✓	✓
	Not required	Not required
	✗	✗
	~"You may not resell or redistribute the Services or access to the Service." Redistribution of the Service itself is prohibited, but redistribution of owned Assets is not explicitly banned — subject to third-party rights and community guidelines.	~You may share and publish generated images but cannot redistribute them as part of a competing AI image service.
	✓	✓
	✓	✓
	✓	✓
	✓Published	✓Published
	~No explicit indemnification clause found in the provided text. Services are provided 'AS IS' with no warranties; customer assumes all risk.	~Copyright Shield is not available on the Plus plan. Users bear their own legal risk.
	✗	✗

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Midjourney:

ChatGPT:

Midjourney

Basic

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ChatGPT

Plus

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Price

$10/mo

$20/mo

Prices may vary by region and are subject to change.

Download

Yes

Commercial Use

"You own all Assets You create with the Services to the fullest extent possible under applicable law." Ownership (and thus commercial use) is granted to individuals and entities under $1M/year revenue on any plan.

Yes

Editing

Yes

Attribution

Exclusive Rights

All generated images are publicly visible by default. Other users may generate similar outputs.

Redistribution

"You may not resell or redistribute the Services or access to the Service." Redistribution of the Service itself is prohibited, but redistribution of owned Assets is not explicitly banned — subject to third-party rights and community guidelines.

You may share and publish generated images but cannot redistribute them as part of a competing AI image service.

Print Use

Yes

Digital Use

Yes

Client Work

Yes

Survives Cancellation

Forever

Midjourney:

Images generated by free/trial users are not licensed for commercial use and are published under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Midjourney reserves rights to use your prompts and images for service improvement. Pro plan offers stealth mode for privacy.

ChatGPT:

Copyright status of AI-generated images is legally uncertain in many jurisdictions - no guarantee of copyright protection.

OpenAI's Copyright Shield only covers Pro plan users against copyright infringement claims.

Key Differences

These platforms have identical license terms across all fields for their primary tier.

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