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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Firefly

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAdobe's Firefly models and services power generative AI features in Adobe creative apps, with features that can be used in Photoshop, Premiere Pro (beta), and the Firefly web app.

    $9.99

    per month (1 user & 2000 generative credits per month)

    Midjourney

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AMidjourney is a solution to turn text into images. Users can creating an image with Midjourney starting with a "prompt," which is simply the text or phrase used to tell Midjourney what kind of image is desired.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe FireflyMidjourney
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe FireflyMidjourney
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe FireflyMidjourney
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Firefly
    Product, legal safety, flair, Workflow integration
    Midjourney, Low, Best, Poor
    Adobe Firefly, high, moderate, best(creative cloud)
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Firefly
    Both are excellent at image creation and both have put great effort into developing their usability. I personally feel that Adobe Firefly had a more considered approach to launching by looking into the ethical side of what it was trained upon where there is a lot of criticism …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Firefly
    Firefly is solid and we can depend on copy write control. Midjourney can come up with greater variety but copy write use seems sketchy.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Firefly
    Midjourney's photo capabilities are the best from what i've seen. Chat and Gemini are close behind.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Firefly
    I think Adobe Firefly is more suited to graphic design work, but in my opinion, it's equally as disappointing to use in terms of quality of images.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Firefly
    Adobe Firefly reduces the risk of future copyright claims and fines.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Firefly
    The quality of output is more consistent with Adobe Firefly and the general direction of the tool is showing a focus on expanding the capabilities with audio and vectors. This gives it an edge over the other visual generators
    Incentivized
    Midjourney
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    201 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    171 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    199 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    115 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    146 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    User Ratings
    Adobe FireflyMidjourney
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (216 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (216 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe FireflyMidjourney
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    While Adobe does and should establish policies with regard to censorship of certain types of images and words used in prompts, the restrictions do at times seem arbitrary and random, with little feedback in such cases as to what issues in particular are causing problems. For example, if using a reference image of a child to produce a video is forbidden, it would seem simple enough from an AI point of view to explain the limitation to the user.
    Incentivized
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    Midjourney
    It's great for filling in gaps for things like videos and background images where branded assets are not necessarily needed. It can't replace authentic photography that businesses need to do themselves. It can help fill in creative gaps in design processes with high-quality images and videos.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • In Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Firefly does a great job with the Remix Tool which expands the length of an audio music track while matching notes and adding more beats to its length. The transitions are seamless, and after the generation is completed it is difficult to distinguish the new beats apart from the original composition.
    • In the Adobe Firefly, I use the standalone app to create graphic variations and visual concepts for quick mockups to streamline design ideas. This process helps me to speed up the creative process and to work more efficiently. It also presents me with additional creative ideas to incorporate in future ideations.
    • In Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Firefly is wonderful with the 'Generative Fill' which uses prompts to enhance an original image by adding complimentary content, replacing content, or even removing the background or content from an image altogether. The result is extremely realistic and amazing.
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    Midjourney
    • Image generation - Real Estate Photography.
    • Video Generation - Areal Video / Drone Style Video.
    • Image generation - background patterns, non specific.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Prompting is an art and takes some time to improve
    • The reality of the images can be hit or miss, such as details like hands or too many legs
    • I would like to see an easier way to upload a reference image and see outputs similar to what I uploaded.
    Incentivized
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    Midjourney
    • It's easy to get in a loop with Midjourney and waste credits trying to get a different result. Having a partial refund system would be great.
    • Video generation still takes up too much of your credits.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    Because while Adobe Firefly is a good tool (and comes integrated to a certain extent with your Adobe CC subscription) there is still a long way to go before it can have the support to be able to use it outside of the same program subscription.
    Incentivized
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    Midjourney
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Adobe
    Easy to use on the web application, and its integration into Photoshop is super easy to utilize for my projects. I always get what I am looking for out of Firefly, and it's become an amazing tool to save me time on a heavy workload task.
    Incentivized
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    Midjourney
    Midjourney is a great tool, but there is also room for improvement and it might not be the perfect fit for every user / job profile. You should definitely evaluate if Midjourney is the best fit or if a different tool better fulfills the needs. As you might also have access to other AI tools which might also do the job.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    I have never contacted Support for Adobe Firefly.
    Incentivized
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    Midjourney
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    As I have noted in previous answers, the integration of Adobe Firefly is already done for you. It is part of the Adobe Suite and works seamlessly with all other Adobe products. If you don't happen to use Adobe products, it works just like any other AI image creation tool in that you can save and download your creations to edit in whatever software tools you prefer.
    Incentivized
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    Midjourney
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Midjourney was not in this list but that is the most similar to Firefly in my opinion. I find that Adobe Firefly and Midjourney have a lot of overlap. The generative fill options on Photoshop and Illustrator also include very similar use cases with generating photography and extending areas of a photo to imagine outside of the crop.
    Incentivized
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    Midjourney
    In case you need a more specific AI tool, Midjourney might be a good choice. It was great when Midjourney was still in free beta as you know have to think twice to which AI tool you subscribe, as some can cover more use cases or tasks and nieche proposisitons might be not practical
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Firefly has saved us many hours by being able to generate images that were otherwise hard to find, or images that we'd need to request licenses to use. Those time saving equate to money savings as team members can move on to other paid tasks more quickly.
    • When using the generative fill feature, being able to extend the aspect ratio of images we already have in our library has saved us both time and money.
    • Using Firefly has been a useful part of our strategy to introduce Generative AI to our clients, which helps us stay on the front foot with new developments.
    Incentivized
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    Midjourney
    • It's positively sped up deliverable time frames.
    • It's helped us reduce costs on purchasing stock images/videos.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Firefly Screenshots

    Screenshot of how to generate images from text prompts and edit them within Firefly.Screenshot of where to send generated images from Firefly to Photoshop and Express.Screenshot of where to generate videos from prompts within Firefly.