Adobe Firefly vs Midjourney
A side-by-side look at Adobe Firefly and Midjourney for filmmakers: what each one can do, what it costs, and where they actually differ.
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Adobe's generative studio for images, video and audio, with commercially cleared models and partner models
- Price
- Free daily generations, or Standard from $9.99/mo (2,000 credits); Pro Plus and Premium have a 30% first-year promo ending Oct 21
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Generative fill and object removal on plates, stills and reference frames in Photoshop
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AI image generator for concept art, previs, boards and client-safe stills, with private Stealth mode
- Price
- From $10/mo ($8/mo billed annually); 20% off on annual plans
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Concept art, key art and look development for features and series
The short version
Where they differ
- Only Adobe Firefly offers AI agent.
- Only Adobe Firefly offers chat assistant.
- Only Adobe Firefly offers video to video.
- Only Adobe Firefly offers voice / TTS.
- Only Adobe Firefly offers music & SFX.
- Only Adobe Firefly offers third-party models.
- Only Adobe Firefly offers public API.
- Only Adobe Firefly offers free tier.
All 2 offer: text to image, image editing, image to video, upscaling, commercial use.
Feature by feature
Adobe Firefly vs Midjourney: capabilities
| Adobe Firefly | Midjourney | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free daily generations, or Standard from $9.99/mo (2,000 credits); Pro Plus and Premium have a 30% first-year promo ending Oct 21 | From $10/mo ($8/mo billed annually); 20% off on annual plans |
| Infinite canvas | Yes | Partial |
| AI agent | Yes | No |
| Chat assistant | Yes | No |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Partial |
| Text to image | Yes | Yes |
| Image editing | Yes | Yes |
| Text to video | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Image to video | Yes | Yes |
| Video to video | Yes | No |
| Voice / TTS | Yes | No |
| Music & SFX | Yes | No |
| Upscaling | Yes | Yes |
| Character consistency | Partial | Partial |
| Custom training | Yes | Partial |
| Third-party models | Yes | No |
| Public API | Yes | No |
| Desktop / local | Partial | No |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes |
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page. "Not confirmed" means the vendor doesn't say.
Plans
Pricing compared
Adobe Firefly
| Free | Freemonthly |
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| Standard | $9.99monthly |
| Pro | $19.99monthly |
| Pro Plus | $49.99 ($34.97 first year, promo ends Oct 21)monthly |
| Premium | $199.99 ($139.91 first year, promo ends Oct 21)monthly |
| Pro for teams | $19.99 per licensemonthly, annual |
| Pro Plus for teams | $49.99 per licensemonthly, annual |
| Premium for teams | $199.99 per licensemonthly, annual |
Midjourney
| Basic | $10monthly ($8/mo billed annually) |
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| Standard | $30monthly ($24/mo billed annually) |
| Pro | $60monthly ($48/mo billed annually) |
| Mega | $120monthly ($96/mo billed annually) |
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
Adobe Firefly
Pick it for
- Generative fill and object removal on plates, stills and reference frames in Photoshop
- Storyboard and mood-board work in Boards, with partner models for each shot
- Filmmakers already paying for Creative Cloud who want AI inside Premiere and After Effects
Stands out
- Commercial-clearance story: Adobe's own models are trained on Adobe Stock and licensed or public-domain content, and Adobe says outputs are safe for commercial use. Partner-model outputs carry their own terms.
- Native Creative Cloud integration: generative fill, removal and expansion run inside Photoshop, and Premiere Pro and After Effects get Firefly features. Midjourney, Flux, Leonardo and Stable Diffusion have no equivalent in an NLE.
Watch out
- Image quality for photoreal hero art still trails Midjourney and Flux in most side-by-side comparisons
- Credits are consumed at different rates by model, so one plan's allowance is hard to predict across partner models
Midjourney
Pick it for
- Concept art, key art and look development for features and series
- Storyboard frames and mood boards where the look matters more than shot control
- Client-confidential previs on Pro or Mega using Stealth mode
Stands out
- Stealth mode on Pro and Mega keeps confidential client and NDA work out of the public gallery, which the tools above do not offer on an equal basis.
- Consistent, art-directed default look across prompts with the V8.2 personalization profile, which is trained on your ratings rather than a LoRA you build.
Watch out
- No free trial
- Video is still the 2025 V1 image-to-video model, with no text-to-video or audio
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page, checked against vendor pricing and changelog pages (oldest check: ). Sources are listed on each tool's page.