Stable Diffusion vs Midjourney vs Google Imagen vs Runway

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

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Stable Diffusion
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Competitor 1
Midjourney
Competitor 2
Google Imagen
Competitor 3
Runway
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Stable Diffusion
stability.ai
Open source AI art you can run on your own computer
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Competitor Midjourney
midjourney.com
Type words, get art that makes people ask how you made it
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Competitor Google Imagen
deepmind.google
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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
348.1Kvisits/mo
9.4Mvisits/mo
4.4Mvisits/mo
5.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 14.8%
▼ 4.7%
▼ 13.3%
▼ 8.0%
6-month growth
-47.3%
-31.0%
-24.4%
-9.2%
Global rank web
#124,212
#2,020
#18,508
#6,941
Avg. last 3 months
417.1K
9.8M
5.2M
6.1M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
30%
68%
34%
Pages / visit
2.3
27.2
1.6
7.5
Visit duration
1m 04s
9m 07s
1m 07s
5m 30s
Traffic sources
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 33%
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 34%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 10%
Stable DiffusionMidjourneyGoogle ImagenRunway
04.1M8.1M12.2M16.2MStable 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 · 348.1KMidjourney · 16.2MMidjourney · 16MMidjourney · 15MMidjourney · 12.8MMidjourney · 13.6MMidjourney · 12MMidjourney · 10.7MMidjourney · 10MMidjourney · 9.9MMidjourney · 9.4MGoogle Imagen · 6.6MGoogle Imagen · 6.4MGoogle Imagen · 5.6MGoogle Imagen · 5.9MGoogle Imagen · 4.7MGoogle Imagen · 6.7MGoogle Imagen · 6.1MGoogle Imagen · 5.1MGoogle Imagen · 4.4MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.9MRunway · 5.7MRunway · 5MRunway · 6.2MRunway · 6.7MRunway · 8.2MRunway · 6.5MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.6M100K1M10M100MStable 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 · 348.1KMidjourney · 16.2MMidjourney · 16MMidjourney · 15MMidjourney · 12.8MMidjourney · 13.6MMidjourney · 12MMidjourney · 10.7MMidjourney · 10MMidjourney · 9.9MMidjourney · 9.4MGoogle Imagen · 6.6MGoogle Imagen · 6.4MGoogle Imagen · 5.6MGoogle Imagen · 5.9MGoogle Imagen · 4.7MGoogle Imagen · 6.7MGoogle Imagen · 6.1MGoogle Imagen · 5.1MGoogle Imagen · 4.4MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.9MRunway · 5.7MRunway · 5MRunway · 6.2MRunway · 6.7MRunway · 8.2MRunway · 6.5MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$10per month
$24.88per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
Free tier
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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
ImagesText
ImagesTextVideo
Output
Images
ImagesVideo
Images
AudioImagesVideo
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Audio & MusicDevelopment & CodeImage EditingImage Generation+6 more
Image EditingImage GenerationVideo CreationAI Anime Generator+5 more
Development & CodeImage EditingImage GenerationAI API+2 more
Development & CodeImage EditingImage GenerationVideo Creation+11 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
10
3
10
Image generation
Image to image
Image editing
Video generation
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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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