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Image generation that gets the text right.

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What is Ideogram?

Image generation that gets the text right.

Who is Ideogram best for?

Ideogram is best for designers, marketers and print-on-demand sellers who need images with accurate, editable text.

  • Posters and social graphics

    It renders headlines and copy inside the image, and Layerize Text turns each line into a layer you can retype or restyle without generating again.

  • Print-on-demand sellers

    Designs come out with transparent backgrounds, can be edited with a prompt and upscaled to 8K for shirts, posters and mockups.

  • Recurring characters and mascots

    Ideogram Character keeps one face consistent across poses, outfits and scenes from a single reference photo.

  • Developers who want open weights

    The Ideogram 4.0 model weights can be downloaded, fine-tuned and run on your own hardware, with a license for commercial deployments.

How much does Ideogram cost?

Ideogram has a free plan with weekly slow credits, and its paid plans cost $20 a month for Plus, $60 a month for Pro or $30 per user a month for Team, with up to 33% off when you pay yearly.

Free$0Per month
  • Weekly slow credits for eligible accounts
  • One generation at a time
  • Images are public
Plus$20Per month
  • 1,000 priority credits a month
  • Unlimited slow credits and private images
  • Unlimited character consistency
Pro$60Per month
  • 3,500 priority credits a month
  • Batch generation and quality export
  • Largest queue, up to 32 generations at once
Team$30Per user per month
  • 1,500 priority credits per user a month
  • Central billing, admin and collaboration
  • Minimum 2 users

Billed yearly, Plus is $180 a year ($15 a month), Pro $504 a year ($42 a month) and Team $20 per user a month. Enterprise is priced on request, with custom credits, private custom models and volume API discounts. Paid plans can buy a top-up of priority credits for $4, with more credits per pack on higher plans; top-up credits carry over and expire a year after purchase, while unused plan credits expire each billing cycle. The API is billed separately, and prices exclude tax. Full pricing on ideogram.ai. We checked these prices on .

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What are the best Ideogram alternatives?

One tool on Recaply does Ideogram's job. It is open source, so you can run it on your own server.

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Questions about Ideogram

What is Ideogram?

Image generation that gets the text right.

Who is Ideogram for?

Ideogram is best for designers, marketers and print-on-demand sellers who need images with accurate, editable text.

Is Ideogram free?

Yes. Ideogram has a free plan: weekly slow credits for eligible accounts.

How much does Ideogram cost?

Ideogram's paid plans are Plus at $20 per month, Pro at $60 per month and Team at $30 per user per month.

Is there an open source alternative to Ideogram?

Yes. ERNIE-Image is an open source tool that does the same job, so you can run your own.

What are the best Ideogram alternatives?

The closest alternatives on Recaply are ERNIE-Image.

Where can I try Ideogram?

On its official website, ideogram.ai.

Are my Ideogram images private?

Not on the free plan. Ideogram publishes every image to its community by default; Plus and Pro subscribers can generate unpublished images, unpublish older ones and delete images.

What happens when my Ideogram priority credits run out?

Ideogram moves your generations to the slow queue, where waits depend on server load. AI editing and Image Reference need priority credits, so they stop until you top up, upgrade or your credits reset next billing cycle.