Ideogram
AI images with editable typography and precise revisions
Ideogram generates and edits AI images, with a particular focus on designs with text, editable typography and repeated changes to an existing image.
Free plan availableAccount required
- Access
- Free and paid plans
- Example plan
- USD 20 / monthPlus
- Available on
- Web, Mobile, API
What is Ideogram?
Ideogram is an AI image platform for creating visual assets from prompts and refining existing images. Posters, book covers, social graphics and other designs containing words are central use cases. Its creative workspace combines generation with editing tools and purpose-built apps, so the work can continue after the first image is produced.
One distinctive capability is Layerize Text. It extracts text from a design into separate components, allowing wording, font and size changes without regenerating the entire image. The feature is available across plans, including the free tier, and through the API. It remains a beta feature, with limitations on curved or decorative lettering.
Ideogram 4.5 focuses on revisions to existing images, including colour, lighting, text and other details. The platform also offers API access and MCP connections for agent-based creation. Privacy and usage limits depend on the plan: free generation is public, and AI editing needs priority credits rather than the slower generation queue.
Best for
- Designers producing posters, covers and marketing graphics with text.
- Creators who need to revise wording inside a generated design.
- Developers integrating visual creation through an API or MCP client.
Limitations
Free images are public. Layerize Text may not detect curved or heavily stylised words. Subscription priority credits expire each billing cycle, and AI editing requires priority credits even when slow generation remains available.
Ideogram features
Image generation and creative apps
Generate images from prompts and use dedicated apps for tasks such as background removal, object removal and colour variants.
Editable text layers
Layerize Text extracts text into separate components. Change the wording, font or size while keeping the visual design, subject to the beta feature’s detection limits.
Ideogram 4.5 editing
Make successive changes to an existing image, including colour, lighting, text and product details. Ideogram presents this model around maintaining continuity through repeated edits.
High-resolution regional edits
The 4.5 model can edit a crop of a high-resolution source without downsizing the original. This is a regional editing capability rather than a promise that every generation has that source resolution.
Private generation
Paid plans include unpublished creation. The default public gallery suits shared examples, while private generation is relevant to drafts and client assets.
API and MCP access
Connect image generation and editing to an application through the API, or to compatible agents through MCP. API usage is billed separately from the creative subscription.
Ideogram pricing
Free plan available. Plans priced per user. Visit Ideogram for full plan details and current offers.
Example plans.
Plus
USD 20 / month
Ideogram
Plan details
2,400 priority credits/month; private generation and slow queue. Taxes excluded.
Pro
USD 60 / month
Ideogram
Plan details
7,500 priority credits/month; batch generation and quality export. Taxes excluded.
Team monthly
USD 30 / user / month
Ideogram Team
Plan details
Minimum two users; 3,600 priority credits/user/month. Central billing and collaboration; taxes excluded.
Technical specifications
Image generation
| Feature | Ideogram |
|---|---|
| Prompt and reference inputs | Text prompts and Image Reference; image-based edits are available through the creative platform.Documented product features |
| Editing controls | Ideogram 4.5 supports iterative edits. Layerize Text extracts editable words, fonts and sizes; inpainting and Canvas handle image changes.Documented product features |
| Output dimensions | 4.5 supports cropped edits on high-resolution source images without downsizing the original. This regional editing feature is distinct from native image-generation dimensions.Documented product features |
| Style and character controls | 4.5 supports style-reference edits and repeated changes to an existing image. Vendor examples demonstrate the intended use, not a measured benchmark here.Documented product features |
| Output licensing and privacy | Ideogram does not claim ownership of user outputs and permits commercial use under its terms. Public images can be remixed; private content has separate visibility controls.Documented product features |
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Is Ideogram free?
Eligible free accounts receive weekly slow credits; the amount can vary. Paid subscriptions add priority credits and private generation. A free account is not the same as a trial of a paid subscription.
Can I change text after generating an image?
Layerize Text can extract readable text into editable components so you can change wording, font or size. It is in beta and works best with clear, straight, conventional typography.
What happens when priority credits run out?
Paid plans retain slow generation, with wait times depending on capacity. AI editing and Image Reference still require priority credits. Unused subscription credits expire, while unused purchased top-ups carry over.
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