# Ideogram: what's new, verdict & setup

Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/ideogram · First covered by us (no vendor release date published): 2026-10-25 · Last verified: 2026-10-25 · Evidence: Reported (not run by us) · Vendor: Ideogram · Official site: https://ideogram.ai/

> AI image generator with Plus, Pro and Team plans, pay-as-you-go credits at 1 cent each, and an API.

## Verdict

**AI image generator with Plus, Pro and Team plans, pay-as-you-go credits at 1 cent each, and an API.**

Good for:
- People who want a hosted image generator with a clear credit plan
- Developers who want credit-based API access

Skip if:
- You need a free trial of a paid plan (the page says none is offered)
- You need local, open-weight models

Status: Reported. Written from official release notes and docs; we have not run this release ourselves.

Pricing: Official page, dated. Read from ideogram.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. Priority credits listed: Pro 7,500 a month, Team 3,600 per user. (checked 2026-10-25)

## Best for

- [Best AI tool for images](https://theagenticweekly.com/best/image-generation) (#-): AI image and video generator with subscription plans and a credit-based API.

## Key facts

Ideogram's pricing page lists Plus ($20 a month, $15 a month billed annually), Pro ($60, or $42 billed annually) and Team ($30 per user a month, $20 billed annually), plus pay-as-you-go credits at 1 cent each and custom Enterprise plans. It says there are no free trials or discounts on subscription plans, and eligible free accounts get weekly credits.

- License: Proprietary
- Platforms: Web, with an API (credit-based)
- Pricing model: Freemium, subscription and pay-as-you-go
- Free tier: Weekly credits for eligible free accounts (amount varies)
- Paid plans: Plus $20/month ($15 billed annually); Pro $60/month ($42 annually); Team $30 per user per month ($20 annually); pay as you go 1 cent per credit; Enterprise custom
- How to start: Open ideogram.ai and sign in with Google, Apple or Microsoft to receive any free weekly credits.
- Catalog entry: facts read from the vendor's pages on 2026-10-25. We do not track release notes for this entry.

## How to set it up: Get started with Ideogram

These steps come from the vendor's own pages as read on 2026-10-25. We have not run Ideogram.

1. **Get access.** Open ideogram.ai and sign in with Google, Apple or Microsoft to receive any free weekly credits.
2. **Check the limits and costs first.** Weekly credits for eligible free accounts (amount varies) Paid: Plus $20/month ($15 billed annually); Pro $60/month ($42 annually); Team $30 per user per month ($20 annually); pay as you go 1 cent per credit; Enterprise custom. Read from ideogram.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. Priority credits listed: Pro 7,500 a month, Team 3,600 per user.

## Pros and cons

Pros:
- Pay-as-you-go option
- Published priority-credit numbers on Pro and Team

Cons:
- Plan prices are tied to credits that vary by model
- No free trial or discount on subscription plans (per the page)

## Alternatives

- [Midjourney](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/midjourney): Image (and video) generation with the alpha.midjourney.com web app.
- [Recraft](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/recraft): Text-to-image model and design platform for photorealism and vector output; V4.1 Flash is listed as the latest model.
- [Krea](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/krea): Creative AI suite for images, videos and upscaling; Free plan with 5,000 units a month.
- [FLUX (Black Forest Labs)](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/black-forest-labs): Black Forest Labs' FLUX image models, available through an API with per-image pricing; the flux GitHub repository is Apache-2.0.
- [Freepik AI](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/freepik): Stock library with AI suite and credit plans; credits valid for 1 year.
- [Leonardo.Ai](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/leonardo-ai): Image and video creation platform with a free tier, four individual plans, team seats and API pay-as-you-go.
- [ChatGPT](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/chatgpt): OpenAI's assistant for chat, writing, images, voice and agent-style work.
- [ComfyUI](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/comfyui): Node-graph engine for local and cloud image, video, audio and 3D generation.
- [Runway](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/runway): AI video and creative suite with an MCP server, Agent, and many partner models.

## FAQ

### What is Ideogram?

Ideogram's pricing page lists Plus ($20 a month, $15 a month billed annually), Pro ($60, or $42 billed annually) and Team ($30 per user a month, $20 billed annually), plus pay-as-you-go credits at 1 cent each and custom Enterprise plans. It says there are no free trials or discounts on subscription plans, and eligible free accounts get weekly credits.

### Is Ideogram free?

Weekly credits for eligible free accounts (amount varies) Paid: Plus $20/month ($15 billed annually); Pro $60/month ($42 annually); Team $30 per user per month ($20 annually); pay as you go 1 cent per credit; Enterprise custom. Read from ideogram.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. Priority credits listed: Pro 7,500 a month, Team 3,600 per user. Checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page.

### What license is Ideogram under?

Its license: Proprietary. Read from the project's own pages on 2026-10-25.

## What we have not verified

- Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry)
- Image quality compared with other generators (not tested)
- Credit cost per image by model (the page loads it dynamically)

## Sources

- [Ideogram pricing](https://ideogram.ai/pricing) (fetched 2026-10-25)

## How to cite

Agentic Weekly, "Ideogram: what's new, verdict & setup", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/ideogram

Keep the Reported or Tested label when you quote the verdict.