Midjourney vs ChatGPT Images vs Leonardo AI vs Runway

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Midjourney
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Competitor 1
ChatGPT Images
Competitor 2
Leonardo AI
Competitor 3
Runway
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Midjourney
midjourney.com
Type words, get art that makes people ask how you made it
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Competitor ChatGPT Images
openai.com
Because generation is native to the 4o multimodal model rather than a separate add-on, it draws on the model's world knowledge and the conversation history.
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Competitor Leonardo AI
leonardo.ai
Production-ready AI art with controls professionals need
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Competitor Runway
runwayml.com
Runway is an AI company with three platforms built on the same world models.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.4Mvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
8Mvisits/mo
5.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 4.7%
▲ 3.6%
▼ 9.9%
▼ 8.0%
6-month growth
-31.0%
+0.3%
-29.4%
-9.2%
Global rank web
#2,020
#212
#4,015
#6,941
Avg. last 3 months
9.8M
197.3M
8.9M
6.1M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
58%
31%
34%
Pages / visit
27.2
3.0
10.4
7.5
Visit duration
9m 07s
2m 31s
7m 15s
5m 30s
Traffic sources
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 10%
MidjourneyChatGPT ImagesLeonardo AIRunway
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MMidjourney · 16.2MMidjourney · 16MMidjourney · 15MMidjourney · 12.8MMidjourney · 13.6MMidjourney · 12MMidjourney · 10.7MMidjourney · 10MMidjourney · 9.9MMidjourney · 9.4MChatGPT Images · 266.3MChatGPT Images · 225MChatGPT Images · 210.1MChatGPT Images · 191.2MChatGPT Images · 203.7MChatGPT Images · 195.7MChatGPT Images · 203.1MChatGPT Images · 190.4MChatGPT Images · 197.2MChatGPT Images · 204.3MLeonardo AI · 9.1MLeonardo AI · 10MLeonardo AI · 11.2MLeonardo AI · 9.3MLeonardo AI · 11.3MLeonardo AI · 10.7MLeonardo AI · 10.9MLeonardo AI · 9.9MLeonardo AI · 8.8MLeonardo AI · 8MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.9MRunway · 5.7MRunway · 5MRunway · 6.2MRunway · 6.7MRunway · 8.2MRunway · 6.5MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.6M1M10M100M1BMidjourney · 16.2MMidjourney · 16MMidjourney · 15MMidjourney · 12.8MMidjourney · 13.6MMidjourney · 12MMidjourney · 10.7MMidjourney · 10MMidjourney · 9.9MMidjourney · 9.4MChatGPT Images · 266.3MChatGPT Images · 225MChatGPT Images · 210.1MChatGPT Images · 191.2MChatGPT Images · 203.7MChatGPT Images · 195.7MChatGPT Images · 203.1MChatGPT Images · 190.4MChatGPT Images · 197.2MChatGPT Images · 204.3MLeonardo AI · 9.1MLeonardo AI · 10MLeonardo AI · 11.2MLeonardo AI · 9.3MLeonardo AI · 11.3MLeonardo AI · 10.7MLeonardo AI · 10.9MLeonardo AI · 9.9MLeonardo AI · 8.8MLeonardo AI · 8MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.9MRunway · 5.7MRunway · 5MRunway · 6.2MRunway · 6.7MRunway · 8.2MRunway · 6.5MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month
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$2per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreeStandard $15/moPro $35/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
ImagesText
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ImagesText
ImagesTextVideo
Output
ImagesVideo
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ImagesVideo
AudioImagesVideo
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Image EditingImage GenerationVideo CreationAI Anime Generator+5 more
Design & CreativeImage EditingImage GenerationAI Comic Generator+3 more
Design & CreativeImage EditingImage GenerationVideo Creation+9 more
Development & CodeImage EditingImage GenerationVideo Creation+11 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
5
13
10
Image generation
Image to image
Image editing
Video generation
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Image to video
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Art generation
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Anime
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Anime generation
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Anime image generation
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Anime images
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Character image generation
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Animations
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Image upscaling
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Images
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Lip sync
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Video editing
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Video upscaling
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Image enhancement
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Video enhancement
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Reviews
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Prompts
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