Ideogram
Ideogram
Ideogram is an image generation model line from Ideogram. The latest release is Ideogram 4.5 (1 Oct 2026). This page tracks all 5 Ideogram releases since 22 Aug 2023, with specs, licensing, and how to access each one. Official site →
Ideogram 4.5released
Targeted regional image editing without altering surrounding content; native 2K resolution output
- Availability
- Community API, Self-host
- Pricing
- 0.8 cents per image
- Resolution
- 2K native
Open-weight release planned but not yet available at launch time; API/platform release confirmed. Partners at launch include Runway, Pika, and Leonardo AI.
Ideogram 4.0released
First open-weight Ideogram (Apache 2.0, github.com/ideogram-oss/ideogram4). Bounding-box layout control, structured JSON prompting, native transparency; 0.97 X-Omni English OCR - the strongest in-image text of any open model at its size. Hosted API from $0.03/image on the Turbo tier
- License
- Apache 2.0
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Official API, Community API, Self-host
- Parameters
- 9.3B
- Resolution
- native 2K
- Architecture
- single-stream Diffusion Transformer
Ideogram 1.0-3.0 were closed; 4.0 is the line's first open release, so this row is weights: open while the family history stays closed. Topped the open-weight DesignArena leaderboard on launch day.
Ideogram 3.0released
Best-in-class text rendering; improved photorealism; Canvas multi-image editing
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Official API, Consumer app
Date approximate
Ideogram 2.0released
Improved realism and text accuracy; public API launched; Magic Fill (inpainting) added
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Official API, Consumer app
Ideogram 1.0released
Text rendering was the launch differentiator; better typography than contemporaries
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Consumer app
Date approximate - launched August 2023
FAQ
- When was Ideogram 4.5 released?
- Ideogram 4.5 was released on 1 Oct 2026.
- Is Ideogram open source?
- Partly. Ideogram 4.5 releases some weights, but not every component is open.
- Where can I use Ideogram?
- Ideogram 4.5 is available via Community API and Self-host.
See Ideogram in context on the image model timeline, or browse all model families.