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Midjourney vs ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Both give you ownership of what you generate. Midjourney adds a revenue rule for larger businesses; OpenAI's terms assign you its rights but don't list specific design uses.
- Checked 22 October 2026
- 5 questions
- 3 official pages
Side by side
| Question | Midjourney | ChatGPT (OpenAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Ownership | Allowed You own your images. “With Midjourney, you own all the images and videos you create, even if you decide to cancel your subscription.” docs.midjourney.com | Allowed OpenAI assigns you its rights in output. “As between you and OpenAI, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you (a) retain your ownership rights in Input and (b) own the Output. We hereby assign to you all our right, title, and interest, if any, in and to Output.” openai.com |
| Commercial limits | Conditional US$1M+ businesses 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 | Unclear No revenue rule in the terms we read; uses aren't listed. |
| Uniqueness | Conditional Upscales of others' images aren't yours. “If you upscale an image that another user created, that image belongs to the original creator, not you.” docs.midjourney.com | Conditional Output may not be unique. “Due to the nature of our Services and artificial intelligence generally, output may not be unique and other users may receive similar output from our Services.” openai.com |
| 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. |
| Disclosure | Unclear Not addressed on the pages we checked. | Conditional Don't pass output off as human-made. “Represent that Output was human-generated when it was not.” openai.com |
“Unclear” means the pages we read don't answer the question: check with the rights holder.
The short version
Both give you ownership. Midjourney is more explicit about commercial use and cancelling; OpenAI's terms are shorter and add a rule against passing output off as human-made. Neither offers individual users an indemnity in the terms we read.
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Pages we read
- https://docs.midjourney.com/hc/en-us/articles/27870375276557-Using-Images-Videos-Commercially
- https://openai.com/policies/row-terms-of-use/
- 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.