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SIDE-BY-SIDE · 2 OF 3
Two platforms.
Same questions.
AIVA
IMAGE / VIDEO / AUDIO GENERATION
PROMPT
Users submit parameters and prompts to generate music. AIVA does not claim ownership of user prompts.
OUTPUT
Music generated by AIVA is owned by AIVA unless the user has a Pro or higher plan. Free and Standard plans: AIVA retains copyright in generated compositions.
TRAINING
Unknown — both cached policy files (aiva_tos.txt and aiva_privacy.txt) contain the AIVA homepage HTML (Angular SPA), not the actual Terms of Service or Privacy Policy. No policy content was reviewable.
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use requires a Pro plan or higher. Free and Standard plans do not permit commercial use. AIVA explicitly monetizes copyright ownership on lower-tier plans.
7 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
Midjourney
IMAGE / VIDEO / AUDIO GENERATION
PROMPT
Midjourney's Terms grant users ownership of their prompts. However, by using the service, users grant Midjourney a license to use prompts.
OUTPUT
Users own outputs for personal/Pro plans. Companies with >M revenue must use Pro or Mega plan for ownership. By default all content is public and remixable.
TRAINING
Privacy policy explicitly states data is collected "through the process of training Midjourney machine learning algorithms." ToS grants a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, sublicensable license to all user content and outputs — this license applies regardless of subscription tier or Stealth Mode. Stealth Mode (Pro/Mega plan) only prevents other *users* from seeing your content publicly; it does not restrict Midjourney's own license or data access.
COMMERCIAL
Paid plans: commercial use permitted with full ownership. Free plan: non-commercial use only under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 4.0). Enterprise: enhanced commercial terms available.
70 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
AIVA has moderate defaults; Midjourney carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: AIVA ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE · MIDJOURNEY NOT RECOMMENDED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | AIVA | MIDJOURNEY |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
P
SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
AIVA
MED
Users submit parameters and prompts to generate music. AIVA does not claim ownership of user prompts.
No citation available
Midjourney
LOWHIGH
Midjourney's Terms grant users ownership of their prompts. However, by using the service, users grant Midjourney a license to use prompts.
“- Prompts that you provide (including text, images, and those generated from spoken input and summarized into text), and other content such as photos, videos, documents, and messages that you input into the Services”
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
AIVA
LOWMED
Music generated by AIVA is owned by AIVA unless the user has a Pro or higher plan. Free and Standard plans: AIVA retains copyright in generated compositions.
“ Throughout this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set out below: MIDI Composition: a score of music generated for Licensee by AIVA Audio Composition: an audio file (in WAV or MP3 format) generated for Licensee by AIVA the Compositions: refers…”
Midjourney
HIGH
Users own outputs for personal/Pro plans. Companies with >M revenue must use Pro or Mega plan for ownership. By default all content is public and remixable.
No citation available
T
SURFACE 03
Model Training
AIVA
MED
Unknown — both cached policy files (aiva_tos.txt and aiva_privacy.txt) contain the AIVA homepage HTML (Angular SPA), not the actual Terms of Service or Privacy Policy. No policy content was reviewable.
No citation available
Midjourney
HIGH
Privacy policy explicitly states data is collected "through the process of training Midjourney machine learning algorithms." ToS grants a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, sublicensable license to all user content and outputs — this license applies regardless of subscription tier or Stealth Mode. Stealth Mode (Pro/Mega plan) only prevents other *users* from seeing your content publicly; it does not restrict Midjourney's own license or data access.
No citation available
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
AIVA
MED⚠ CAUTIONMED
Commercial use requires a Pro plan or higher. Free and Standard plans do not permit commercial use. AIVA explicitly monetizes copyright ownership on lower-tier plans.
“ Licensee is not permitted to use the MIDI or Audio compositions to set up a competing / similar service to what is provided by AIVA on the Site. Licensee is not permitted to use the music as part of a large scale upload or licensing to any third party. For example, large scale…”
Midjourney
HIGH
Paid plans: commercial use permitted with full ownership. Free plan: non-commercial use only under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 4.0). Enterprise: enhanced commercial terms available.
No citation available
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
AIVA
MED
From homepage pricing: Free plan — 'Copyright owned by AIVA', no monetization, credit required; Standard plan — 'Copyright owned by AIVA', limited monetization (social platforms only), no credit required; Pro plan — 'Copyright owned by YOU', full monetization. AIVA is incorporated in Luxembourg (EU jurisdiction).
No citation available
Midjourney
MEDHIGH
Free/Standard: content publicly visible and remixable. Pro/Mega: Stealth Mode available — hides content from public gallery but Midjourney retains full irrevocable license. Companies >USD 1M/yr revenue require Pro/Mega plan for output ownership.
“The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain th…”
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
AIVA
MED
From homepage pricing: Free plan — 'Copyright owned by AIVA', no monetization, credit required; Standard plan — 'Copyright owned by AIVA', limited monetization (social platforms only), no credit required; Pro plan — 'Copyright owned by YOU', full monetization. AIVA is incorporated in Luxembourg (EU jurisdiction).
No citation available
Midjourney
LOWHIGH
Free/Standard: content publicly visible and remixable. Pro/Mega: Stealth Mode available — hides content from public gallery but Midjourney retains full irrevocable license. Companies >USD 1M/yr revenue require Pro/Mega plan for output ownership.
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