Midjourney vs Stable Diffusion vs Runway

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

Your tool
Midjourney
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Competitor 1
Stable Diffusion
Competitor 2
Runway
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Midjourney: Leonardo AI86% Adobe Firefly80% Krea AI80% FLUX80% Ideogram78% Kling AI76% Yodayo (Moescape)76% AnimeAI76%
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3 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 Stable Diffusion
stability.ai
Open source AI art you can run on your own computer
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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
348.1Kvisits/mo
5.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 4.7%
▼ 14.8%
▼ 8.0%
6-month growth
-31.0%
-47.3%
-9.2%
Global rank web
#2,020
#124,212
#6,941
Avg. last 3 months
9.8M
417.1K
6.1M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
44%
34%
Pages / visit
27.2
2.3
7.5
Visit duration
9m 07s
1m 04s
5m 30s
Traffic sources
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 33%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 10%
MidjourneyStable DiffusionRunway
04.1M8.1M12.2M16.2MMidjourney · 16.2MMidjourney · 16MMidjourney · 15MMidjourney · 12.8MMidjourney · 13.6MMidjourney · 12MMidjourney · 10.7MMidjourney · 10MMidjourney · 9.9MMidjourney · 9.4MStable Diffusion · 600.6KStable Diffusion · 682.3KStable Diffusion · 655.9KStable Diffusion · 628KStable Diffusion · 660.2KStable Diffusion · 504.8KStable Diffusion · 473KStable Diffusion · 494.5KStable Diffusion · 408.7KStable Diffusion · 348.1KRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.9MRunway · 5.7MRunway · 5MRunway · 6.2MRunway · 6.7MRunway · 8.2MRunway · 6.5MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.6M100K1M10M100MMidjourney · 16.2MMidjourney · 16MMidjourney · 15MMidjourney · 12.8MMidjourney · 13.6MMidjourney · 12MMidjourney · 10.7MMidjourney · 10MMidjourney · 9.9MMidjourney · 9.4MStable Diffusion · 600.6KStable Diffusion · 682.3KStable Diffusion · 655.9KStable Diffusion · 628KStable Diffusion · 660.2KStable Diffusion · 504.8KStable Diffusion · 473KStable Diffusion · 494.5KStable Diffusion · 408.7KStable Diffusion · 348.1KRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.9MRunway · 5.7MRunway · 5MRunway · 6.2MRunway · 6.7MRunway · 8.2MRunway · 6.5MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month
Free
$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
ImagesText
ImagesTextVideo
Output
ImagesVideo
Images
AudioImagesVideo
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Image EditingImage GenerationVideo CreationAI Anime Generator+5 more
Audio & MusicDevelopment & CodeImage EditingImage Generation+6 more
Development & CodeImage EditingImage GenerationVideo Creation+11 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
8
10
Image generation
Image to image
Video generation
Image editing
Art generation
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Anime generation
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Image to video
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Animations
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Anime
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Anime image generation
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Anime images
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Character image generation
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Lip sync
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Video editing
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Video upscaling
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Portrait generation
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Video enhancement
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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