Why This AI Art Tool is the Best Midjourney Alternative You’ll Ever Need

Maya Morgan
6 min readJun 17, 2024

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Ink painting of woman and flowers
Image generated with Tengr.ai by the author

Imagine being able to create stunning digital art with just a few clicks. This is the unbelievable reality of AI image generators nowadays. Our whole creative world is changing, and this is just the beginning. This change opens up endless possibilities for creating amazing artwork, making it accessible to everyone. So, it’s definitely a positive change.

The Role of AI in Creative Projects

AI is revolutionizing creative industries. It’s making its way into graphic design, where it helps create stunning visuals quickly. In advertising, it makes smart and eye-catching ads. In entertainment, it helps people make more realistic and visually attractive movies and video games. In architecture and interior design, it speeds up visualizations. In short, AI tools make creative projects faster and more efficient. Plus, many AI tools are free, so they’re accessible to everyone.

Midjourney’s Popularity

One of the most popular AI art tools is hands down Midjourney, but that doesn’t mean it is the best choice for everyone. It became popular because it creates amazing images, but it comes with its own set of challenges. Even Midjourney has its limitations and gaps. For instance, it costs money, lacks a free trial, and can be difficult to master. Not everyone can afford to pay for a subscription just to try it out. And while there are several videos on YouTube about Midjourney, one might find it overwhelming. These limitations can be frustrating, especially for beginners or for people on a tight budget.

Fortunately, there are other amazing contenders worth exploring.

Introducing Tengr.ai

Expressive portrait of a warrior
Image of a warrior generated with Tengr.ai by the author

This is where Tengr.ai comes into the picture. It’s a fairly new image-generating tool that is user-friendly and free to try. However, there is a daily limit in the free version. You can generate up to 32 images every 8 hours and there is some waiting time, especially during peak hours. This can be a little frustrating, but at least it allows you to try it out and see if it fits your expectations before committing to a subscription. Another thing to note is that they will store your artwork for only two weeks; after that, your creations will be deleted. Therefore, you should save your work if you want to have them beyond this period.

Despite being a newcomer, it’s quickly becoming a promising competitor that’s proving itself with impressive quality and continuous improvement. Even though it’s a small startup company without the years and experience of Midjourney, Tengr.ai delivers results that rival bigger AI tools.

It only started in November 2023 and in its short existence, it has already reached an impressive level and is constantly improving.

Tengr.ai has many useful tools for professionals and artists, which we’ll discuss in more detail shortly. It provides many easy-to-follow tutorials on its YouTube channel and plenty of informative materials on its blog. I’ll show you why it’s a great alternative for Midjourney!

Key Features of Tengr.ai:

Easy to Use and Versatile

From what I’ve seen, Tengr.ai is easy to use for both beginners and advanced users. It has a simple web interface so you don’t have to deal with the challenges of Discord or download anything. Simply go to Tengr.ai, register, and start generating.

You can choose from a range of built-in styles or select the aspect ratio of your image without needing to type it in the prompt. And it even gives you the option to choose from Seer or Servitor modes.

Seer is perfect for beginners or when you struggle with a complex prompt. It intuitively expands and interprets a short prompt to create amazing images. However, if you have a specific vision of what you want to create, use Servitor mode. This strictly follows your detailed prompts, without adding any interpretations.

Surreal landscape with clocks
Surreal landscape made with Tengr.ai by the author

High-Quality Images

Tengr.ai can produce high-quality images that are great for many creative projects. It has a range of built-in styles, (25 different styles to be more specific), including Photographer, Portraiture, Food, Car, Landscape, and Analog, each capable of producing professional-grade images, resembling photographs. What I liked the most about Tengr.ai was its capability to produce surprisingly realistic portraits, surpassing those from Midjourney and other top tools. This was a feature that really caught my attention.

Realistic portrait of a woman
Hyper-realistic portrait made with Tengr.ai by the author

Or if you prefer more stylized and artistic effects, there are Impasto, Water-Cute, Abstract Ink, Line Art, Abstract Pen, Stained Glass, Horror, and Fairytale among others. Professionals may find Isometric and Logo styles useful. Additionally, you can choose from tools like InfinyWeave and InfinyPattern if you wish to create seamless patterns or textures for printing, 3D model texturing, graphic design or game development, or any other visual projects.

Special Tools

Tengr.ai offers special tools like Depth-Guided and Creative Transform processing modes to give a creative boost to your images. Sketch Master and Blueprint Lines modes can help create architectural visualizations from uploaded sketches or blueprints — quite handy tools for architects and designers. Furthermore, there are 3D Sculpting and Human Pose Guided modes, which let you upload a reference image of a person or a 3D avatar in a specific pose and create appealing images, matching that pose. And there is Rejuvenate for restoring old or damaged, blurry images.

Living room visualizations created from a sketch with Tengr.ai by the author

Unique Technologies

It is worth mentioning that Tengr.ai features some state-of-the-art and unique technologies, like Hyperalign and EmotionFlow.

Hyperalign ensures that the AI-generated content is uncensored yet safe. From what I understand, it allows the model to create the requested images every time, without giving harmful or inappropriate results. Midjourney and other models can go overboard with censoring sometimes. This innovative technology on the other hand allows the model to create images every time without inappropriate outputs.

And let’s not forget about EmotionFlow, which uses an innovative technology backed by scientific research, that transforms even the tiniest movements from your mouse or touchscreen into emotional data that influences your creation. This makes your digital art personal and unrepeatable. And all this happens while you’re generating an image.

Breathtaking landscape
Breathtaking landscape created with Tengr.ai by the author

Why Tengr.ai Stands Out

But what really makes Tengr.ai stand out is how they listen to their users and make changes based on their feedback. This personal touch is what helps the platform improve so quickly.

And there is the issue of ownership regarding the content created. In Tengr.ai, the images you create belong to you, and you are free to use them however you like. On other platforms like Midjourney, you own the images, but the platform also keeps some rights to use them for things like advertising. It’s important to know these rules, especially if you use them for professional purposes.

An eye of a soldier superimposed against a war scene
Eye of a Warrior, generated with Tengr.ai by the author

Final Words

I believe Tengr.ai has great potential and will soon become a leading contender in the AI industry. Give it a chance and see if you like it. AI art tools provide endless possibilities, so why stop at Midjourney? Explore other alternatives like Tengr.ai and maybe you’ll find features that will impress you even more.

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