Midjourney V8.2
Midjourney Inc.
Key facts · verified Oct 13, 2026
Midjourney V8.2 is a Midjourney Inc. image generation model released on 24 Jul 2026. Pricing: Included in Midjourney subscription plans - see vendor pricing. Source: docs.midjourney.com.
Midjourney V8.2 became Midjourney's default model on July 24, 2026, succeeding V8.1, which had been the default since 10 June 2026. It generates images from text prompts via Discord or the web app, with style and mood reference tools; character-consistency tools (Character Reference/Weight, Omni Reference) are not native to V8.2 and require switching to V6 or V7.
Pricing & specs checkedSource: vendor documentation · checked Oct 13, 2026
Pricing
Included in Midjourney subscription plans - see vendor pricing
Context
Not published
LMArena Elo
Not rated
LMArena rank
Not ranked
Key Features
Text-to-Image Style Reference Draft Mode Upscaling
Full Specifications
Included in Midjourney subscription plans - see vendor pricing | |
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| Identity | |
| Developer | Midjourney Inc. |
| Released | Jul 2026 |
| Status | GA |
| Licence | Proprietary |
| Self-hostable | No |
| Cost | |
| Price per image | No per-image price - subscription + fast-GPU-minute billing ($4/hr extra Fast GPU time) |
| Cheapest plan | Basic - $10/mo for 3.3 fast GPU hr/month (200 min); Standard $30, Pro $60, Mega $120/mo (20% off billed annually) |
| Free tier | Not offered on web or Discord (limited trial via the niji·journey mobile app only) |
| Capacity | |
| Max resolution | 2048x2048px HD (native V8.2, default 1:1 ratio); 1024x1024px SD; further upscaling via third-party tools |
| Aspect ratios | Arbitrary --ar W:H, up to 14:1 (4:1 for HD images) |
| Images per request | 4 images per standard grid |
| Capability | |
| Inpainting | Yes - via Editor (Vary Region/Smart Select), currently rendered using V6.1 rather than native V8.2 |
| Image-to-image | Yes (Image Prompts) |
| Text rendering | Yes - double-quoted text in prompt, works best with short Latin-alphabet phrases |
| Style controls | Yes (Style Reference, Style Reference Codes, Style Weight, Personalization, Moodboards, Raw, Stylize, Weird, Chaos) |
| Character consistency | Not offered natively in V8.2 (Character Reference/Weight only on V6; Omni Reference requires switching to V7) |
| Rights | |
| Commercial rights | Yes - full ownership/commercial use for subscribers; companies grossing over $1M/yr revenue require a Pro or Mega plan |
| Training-data opt-out | Not offered (ToS grants Midjourney a broad license to use Inputs/Assets for any purpose; no dedicated training opt-out control found) |
| Access | |
| API | No official public API (Discord bot + web app only; ToS prohibits automated access) |
| Chat app | Yes (Discord bot) |
| Cloud marketplaces | Not offered (no official API; not listed on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud marketplaces) |
| Fine-tuning | Not offered (Personalization profiles bias the existing model via liked/rated images, not custom-weight fine-tuning) |