What Is Ideogram 4?
Ideogram 4 is the current design-and-typography model in the Ideogram family. A single quality control selects fast drafts, balanced production output or the most detailed render, so the visible credit price follows the actual work requested.
Ideogram Model Versions
Ideogram 4
Typography · 2K
From 3 Credits
Ideogram 4
Current-generation typography and design output with explicit speed and quality tiers.
- Resolutions: 1K / 2K
- Reference images: up to 1
- Modes: Text to Image, Image to Image, Edit Image, Typography
- Speed: Fast
Ideogram 4 Instant
Ideogram typography at the lowest current price for rapid poster, label and layout drafts.
- Resolutions: 1K / 2K
- Reference images: not supported
- Modes: Text to Image, Typography
- Speed: Fastest
Ideogram 4 Fast
A fixed balanced-speed Ideogram route for sharper production design without a variable quality bill.
- Resolutions: 1K / 2K
- Reference images: not supported
- Modes: Text to Image, Typography
- Speed: Fast
Ideogram 3 Transparent
A purpose-built Ideogram route that generates transparent-background assets directly from text.
- Resolutions: 1K
- Reference images: not supported
- Modes: Text to Image, Typography
- Speed: Fast
Ideogram 3
The benchmark for text rendering, with style set by an option instead of keyword soup.
- Resolutions: 1K
- Reference images: up to 3
- Modes: Text to Image, Image to Image, Edit Image, Typography
- Speed: Fast
What Is Ideogram 4 Best For?
- Poster headlines
- Packaging concepts
- Editorial layout
- Logo and wordmark exploration
How to Use Ideogram 4
- Put exact text in quotation marks.
- Use Turbo for layout exploration.
- Switch the selected direction to Balanced or Quality.
- Inspect every letter before publishing.
Ideogram 4 Settings Explained
Rendering Quality
Turbo is cheapest, Balanced is the default, and Quality spends more for final detail.
Image Strength
In editing modes, lower values preserve more of the uploaded composition.
The panel above shows only the parameters Ideogram 4 actually supports. Switch versions and unsupported controls disappear rather than sitting there doing nothing.
Ideogram 4 Prompt Examples
Event poster
Swiss-modernist poster with the exact headline “NIGHT / SHIFT”, red and cream, strong grid, crisp condensed lettering
Package concept
Premium sparkling water can named “ORBIT”, silver foil, cobalt details, studio product photograph
Ideogram 4 Test Results
Testing in progress
Every model runs the same eight-category prompt set — portrait, product, poster text, anime character, interior, multi-reference, image editing and character consistency — recording generation time, success rate, text accuracy and identity retention. That run has not finished for Ideogram 4, so this page shows no scores. We do not publish numbers we have not measured.
Ideogram 4 Limitations
- One input image per edit
- Quality mode is substantially more expensive
- Long paragraphs should be overlaid in a design tool
Ideogram 4 Pricing and Credits
Credits scale with resolution and image count. The Generate button always shows what this run costs.
1K
3 credits / image
2K
6 credits / image
Failed generations cost 0 credits.
Commercial Use and Image Rights
Commercial use is governed by Ideogram terms and the selected service terms.
- Model used: Ideogram 4
- Model developer: Ideogram
- The inference route is managed internally and may change without changing the selected model
- Uploads are sent only to the configured inference service needed to complete the generation
- You can delete any generation from your history at any time
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does the credit price change with quality?+
The upstream rendering tiers have materially different costs, so credits follow the selected tier.
Can it edit an existing design?+
Yes. Upload one image and describe the elements that should change or stay fixed.
Release History and Sources
June 3, 2026 · Model announced · open weights
This date applies to the event shown. Later API access, weights and availability on All Image AI may have different dates.
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