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Midjourney vs Adobe Firefly
Both allow commercial use. Midjourney gives you ownership but no indemnity; Adobe offers indemnity on certain business plans and warns its output may not be protectable.
- Checked 22 October 2026
- 5 questions
- 4 official pages
Side by side
| Question | Midjourney | Adobe Firefly |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial use | Conditional Businesses over US$1M revenue need Pro or Mega. “If you are part of a business grossing more than $1,000,000 USD a year, you need a Pro or Mega Plan to use your images commercially for your company.” docs.midjourney.com | Allowed Non-beta features; beta unless stated. “For features without the beta label, you can use Firefly-generated outputs in your commercial projects.” helpx.adobe.com |
| Ownership | Allowed You own your images (not others' upscales). “With Midjourney, you own all the images and videos you create, even if you decide to cancel your subscription.” docs.midjourney.com | Unclear Output may not be unique or protectable. “The Output may not be unique and other users of generative AI features may generate the same or similar Output. The Output may not be protectable by Intellectual Property Rights.” adobe.com |
| IP indemnity | Not allowed None; you indemnify Midjourney. “you will indemnify and hold us harmless, our affiliates, and our personnel, from and against any costs, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) from third party claims arising out of or relating to your use of the Services and Assets or any violation of these Terms.” docs.midjourney.com | Conditional Eligible teams/enterprise plans only. “8. Firefly Output Indemnification. This section 8 only applies if you: (1) are a Creative Cloud for teams or Creative Cloud for enterprise customer and (2) have purchased a Creative Cloud Pro Plus plan or Creative Cloud, Edition 4 plan that comes with Firefly Output indemnification (“Eligible Plan”).” adobe.com |
| Privacy of what you make | Conditional Public and remixable by default. “By default, Your Content is publicly viewable and remixable.” docs.midjourney.com | Unclear Not addressed on the pages we checked. |
| After cancelling | Allowed Ownership persists. “Your ownership of the Assets you created persists even if in subsequent months You downgrade or cancel Your membership.” docs.midjourney.com | Unclear Not addressed on the pages we checked. |
“Unclear” means the pages we read don't answer the question: check with the rights holder.
The short version
For agency or enterprise work where indemnity matters, Firefly on an eligible business plan is the only one of the two that offers it. For individual creators, Midjourney's ownership terms are simpler, but you carry the risk.
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Pages we read
- https://docs.midjourney.com/hc/en-us/articles/27870375276557-Using-Images-Videos-Commercially
- https://helpx.adobe.com/firefly/web/get-started/learn-the-basics/adobe-firefly-faq.html
- https://www.adobe.com/cc-shared/assets/pdf/legal/servicetou/adobe-generative-ai-product-specific-terms-en-us-20260423.pdf
- https://docs.midjourney.com/hc/en-us/articles/32083055291277-Terms-of-Service
Quotes are copied verbatim from these official pages as they read on 22 October 2026.