Wait for the limit to reset, reduce request frequency, and avoid rapid retries. If you hit a hard cap, upgrade your plan or use a backup workflow until the window resets.
Rate limits often clear within minutes to a few hours.
If you’re using multiple tabs/bots/API calls, lower parallelism.
Higher tiers often have higher limits.
Use a lighter prompt, a different model/tool, or queue tasks until the limit resets.
Midjourney · Usage Limits & Restrictions
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Midjourney enforces a concurrency limit of 3 simultaneous Fast mode jobs on Standard plans and up to 12 on Mega — when you hit the rate limit, wait 60 seconds before retrying, reduce parallel requests, and switch to Relax mode if available on your plan to continue generating without consuming GPU hours.
Midjourney's automated content moderation uses a keyword and context filter that blocks prompts containing terms related to violence, nudity, or specific real-world figures — removing or rephrasing just the flagged term usually unblocks the generation. Midjourney's filter is not perfect and sometimes flags benign words; try rephrasing with synonyms, adding descriptive art-style context, or breaking complex prompts into simpler components.
Midjourney Basic plan includes approximately 200 image generations per month (roughly 6–7 per day); Standard plan provides 15 hours of GPU time per month with unlimited relaxed generations. When you hit your daily or monthly cap, wait for the reset window or upgrade your plan to continue generating.
Midjourney limits are monthly, not daily — the Basic plan gives 200 image generations per month, Standard gives 15 fast GPU hours plus unlimited Relax mode, Pro gives 30 fast GPU hours, and Mega gives 60 fast GPU hours. If you hit the limit, you can switch to Relax mode (Standard and above), buy additional fast GPU hours (~$4/hr) in the Manage Subscription portal, or wait until your next billing cycle. Use /info in Discord to check your exact remaining balance.
Midjourney temporary restrictions are triggered by behaviors that resemble automated abuse: submitting dozens of jobs in rapid succession, repeatedly attempting blocked content, logging in from multiple unusual IP addresses, or making excessive API calls. Restrictions typically last 24 to 72 hours and lift automatically. To avoid them, pace your generations, use one stable network connection, and avoid retrying content-moderation-blocked prompts more than 2-3 times.
Midjourney's 'rate limit exceeded' error means you have sent too many simultaneous requests — Standard plans allow 3 concurrent Fast jobs, Pro and Mega allow up to 12. Stop all requests, wait 60 to 120 seconds, switch to Relax mode using the /relax command, and resume with one job at a time.