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Two platforms.
Same questions.
Ideogram
IMAGE / VIDEO / AUDIO GENERATION
PROMPT
Users retain ownership of prompts submitted to Ideogram. By submitting prompts, users grant Ideogram a license to use prompts to generate images and to display them publicly.
OUTPUT
Free tier: images generated are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license — not fully owned by the user. Pro/paid plans: users receive a commercial license to outputs.
TRAINING
Ideogram Privacy Policy (last revised January 15, 2025) states it uses User Input 'in our legitimate interest to administer and improve the Services and improve and develop our products and technology.' In the general uses section: 'training the models that power our Services' is listed as a permitted use of information. The ToS (last revised August 14, 2024) grants Ideogram a 'royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide and irrevocable' license to user content 'for so long as Your Content is stored with us.'
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use requires a paid plan. Free tier images are CC-BY 4.0 and cannot be used commercially without attribution and compliance with CC terms.
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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
Ideogram carries highly permissive license terms; Midjourney carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: IDEOGRAM NOT RECOMMENDED · MIDJOURNEY NOT RECOMMENDED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | IDEOGRAM | 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
Ideogram
HIGH
Users retain ownership of prompts submitted to Ideogram. By submitting prompts, users grant Ideogram a license to use prompts to generate images and to display them publicly.
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
Ideogram
HIGH
Free tier: images generated are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license — not fully owned by the user. Pro/paid plans: users receive a commercial license to outputs.
No citation available
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
Ideogram
HIGH
Ideogram Privacy Policy (last revised January 15, 2025) states it uses User Input 'in our legitimate interest to administer and improve the Services and improve and develop our products and technology.' In the general uses section: 'training the models that power our Services' is listed as a permitted use of information. The ToS (last revised August 14, 2024) grants Ideogram a 'royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide and irrevocable' license to user content 'for so long as Your Content is stored with us.'
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
Ideogram
HIGH
Commercial use requires a paid plan. Free tier images are CC-BY 4.0 and cannot be used commercially without attribution and compliance with CC terms.
No citation available
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
Ideogram
MEDHIGH
—
“We retain your information for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy. When determining the length of time to retain information, we consider various criteria, including whether we need the information to continue to administer you…”
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
Ideogram
HIGH
—
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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