# Midjourney 37 Hacker News commenters recommended Midjourney and 20 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 11 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend Midjourney for its artistic look, style references and fast, fun image ideas, though critics say prompt adherence and control lag behind. ## Why people recommend it - Strong artistic style and aesthetics (7 comments): "It's still the best looking image model, even if it's hard to prompt, can't edit, and has artifacting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46966118)) "MidJourney creates the best overall-looking images, but it's the worst at sticking to your prompt." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46302611)) "they're using Midjourney, which blows any GPT/Gemini model out of the water when it comes to taste" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47860559)) - Style references for consistency (4 comments): "I liked the stylistic aspects of Midjourney, being able to use image examples to maintain stylistic consistency and character consistency is SO useful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46294829)) "Midjourney probably has the best baseline, and --sref is a really easy way to differentiate" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071234)) "They still have a niche. Their style references feature is their key differentiator now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46962032)) - Fast ideas and experimentation (3 comments): "It works well when you want fast visual ideas without full production work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46027009)) "MJ can still be fun to use from an experimental/exploration perspective" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50225824)) "Midjourney can generate you a pelican riding a bicycle artwork easily" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50294332)) - Fun, surprising outputs (3 comments): "the ability to generate chaotic, surreal images was most of the fun for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50091667)) "The image creation was really cool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437331)) "full of wonders and surprises" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50093288)) ## What people warn about - Weak prompt adherence and control (5 comments): "MidJourney creates the best overall-looking images, but it's the worst at sticking to your prompt." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46302611)) "Midjourney has 10,000x better aesthetics despite having terrible prompt adherence and control." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46053507)) "Midjourney has some of the absolute worst prompt adherence in the universe" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779788)) - Hard to prompt or edit (2 comments): "It's still the best looking image model, even if it's hard to prompt, can't edit, and has artifacting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46966118)) "nowhere near SOTA on prompt adherence or image editing but pretty good on the artistic side" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46958020)) - Boring default styles and compositions (2 comments): "The different midjourney models have very boring default aesthetics and styles of composition." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48705016)) "That has all been washed out of the model at this point towards a statistical average" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48945006)) - Moderation and terms-of-service concerns (3 comments): "the moderation with the MJ tool was at one point so strict that you could not generate an image" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46973379)) "We have stopped using major services because of their TOS wording, Midjourney being one." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46569919)) "Midjourney already has some very questionable history with medical imagery" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48580893)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Nano Banana](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nano-banana-pro.md): 265 recommend - [gpt-image-1](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gpt-image-1-5.md): 79 recommend - [FLUX.2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flux-2.md): 66 recommend - [gpt-image-2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gpt-image-2.md): 63 recommend - [Qwen-Image](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qwen-image-2-1.md): 47 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.midjourney.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Midjourney", https://hackerapproved.com/p/midjourney/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).