Ideogram 4.5, Ideogram 4.0 and Ideogram Vector
Ideogram is the Toronto company, founded by former Google Brain researchers, that made legible text in images its speciality. Its raster models include Ideogram 4.5, the 30 September release built around precise, repeatable edits, and Ideogram 4.0, its first with open weights. Both have results from our fixed prompt set. Ideogram 4.5 Precise Edit, launched on 29 October 2026, edits one window of a photo up to 8192 by 8192 at its original pixels; it has its own page with three before-and-after edits. Ideogram Vector adds SVG generation from text and conversion from an existing image; our twelve medium-quality text-to-vector fixtures produced native SVGs, with a correct logo wordmark and infographic but an inaccurate chart. The separate conversion endpoint remains untested.
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Which one to pick
Ideogram 4.5
$0.06 per image, medium quality via fal
Default for type and for anything you will edit more than once; text was right at every quality tier, from $0.03 an image.
Ideogram 4.5 Precise Edit
$0.06 per edit, medium quality via Ideogram API
To change one area of a large photo and keep the rest: material, colour and removal edits held up on our 8K and 4K photos for $0.06; new lettering needs checking.
Ideogram 4.0
$0.015 per 1024 by 1024, balanced via fal
When you want to run the weights yourself, or the lowest price per image at Turbo.
Ideogram Vector
$0.16 per generated svg, medium quality via fal
When the deliverable must be SVG: our logo and four-step infographic worked well, but the chart was inaccurate and text is outlined. Generation is tested; image-to-vector conversion remains untested.
Side by side, measured
| Model | Price | Seconds per image | Cost of its fixed set | Sizes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideogram 4.5 | $0.06 per image, medium quality via fal | 12 to 27 | $0.72 12 prompts | Presets or one of 36 listed sizes, from 720 by 1280 to 3328 by 1248, all at the same price |
| Ideogram 4.5 Precise Edit | $0.06 per edit, medium quality via Ideogram API | 42 to 55 | $0.18 3 edit tests | Sources up to 8192 by 8192 pixels (67,108,864 pixels, 50 MB) |
| Ideogram 4.0 | $0.015 per 1024 by 1024, balanced via fal | 9 to 33 | $0.24 12 prompts | Presets or any width and height, priced by the megapixel |
| Ideogram Vector | $0.16 per generated svg, medium quality via fal | 20 to 30 | $1.92 12 prompts |
Seconds and cost are from our own runs of each model's fixed set: the same 12 prompts for every model that makes pictures from a prompt, and a fixed set of inputs for models that work on something you give them. Open a model for every picture and the request behind it.
Every version
| Version | Released | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Ideogram 0.1 | Launch, with text rendering as the headline capability. | |
| Ideogram 1.0 | Better text and composition. | |
| Ideogram 2.0 | Realistic, design, 3D and anime styles; a public API. | |
| Ideogram 2a | A faster, cheaper model for graphic design and photography. | |
| Ideogram 3.0 V_3 | Better realism and complex text layouts; style references. | |
| Ideogram 4.0 V_4 | Open weights under Apache 2.0; multilingual type, layout control, structured JSON prompts, 2K output. | |
| Ideogram 4.5 | Precise editing that keeps unchanged pixels across repeated edits, a flat price per image by quality tier, 2K output. Weights promised, not yet released. | |
| Ideogram 4.5 Precise Edit | An upgraded Precise Edit endpoint with a context window: edits an area of up to 2048 by 2048 inside images up to 8192 by 8192 at original pixels and returns the rest as sent, from $0.008 an image. | |
| Ideogram Vector | Date not verified | SVG generation from prompts with optional references, plus image-to-SVG conversion in default and simple modes. |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ideogram free?
The app has a free plan with a daily allowance, and the 4.0 weights are free to download. 4.5's weights are not out yet, and the API is paid.
What changed in Ideogram 4.5?
It is built for editing: a precise mode restores every pixel outside the change, so an image can be edited many times without drifting. Generation is priced per image by quality rather than per megapixel, and in our tests its type was correct even at the cheapest tier.
What is Ideogram Precise Edit?
An edit endpoint on Ideogram 4.5, upgraded on 29 October 2026 with a context window: it edits an area of up to 2048 by 2048 pixels inside an image of up to 8192 by 8192 and returns the image at its own size with the rest as sent. It costs $0.008 to $0.22 an image by quality.
What changed in Ideogram 4.0?
It is the first Ideogram model with open weights, adds structured JSON prompts and 2K output, and keeps the text rendering the family is known for.
What is Ideogram Vector?
A separate SVG model with two fal routes: text-to-vector generates from a prompt, optionally with references, and image-to-vector converts existing artwork. Generation starts at $0.13 per SVG and conversion costs $0.10. We have not run it yet.