Ideogram was founded by people from Google Brain. It was built for text in images from the start, so lettering comes out clean, without made-up letters.
Ideogram v3 has three modes: Turbo, Balanced and Quality. v3 Edit changes the masked area. Character puts one person from a single photo into new scenes.
Ideogram modes
v3 Turbo
875 tokens ≈ $0.029
Fast, for drafts.
v3 Balanced
1,750 tokens ≈ $0.058
Speed and quality in balance.
v3 Quality
2,500 tokens ≈ $0.083
Best detail.
Character
from 5,500 tokens ≈ $0.18
Your character from one photo in new scenes.
What Ideogram does
Lettering
Clean text on posters, T-shirts and packaging.
Mask edits
v3 Edit changes only the selected part.
Character
Character keeps the face from the reference.
Prompt examples
Put the lettering in quotes.
Poster
A vintage poster "SUMMER RIDE", a bicycle against mountains, warm colors
T-shirt
A T-shirt print: an astronaut cat and the words "SPACE CAT", retro style
Parameters
Modes
Turbo, Balanced, Quality
Editing
mask (v3 Edit)
Prompt
up to 5,000 characters
How much Ideogram costs
What
Tokens
USD
v3 Turbo
875 tokens
≈ $0.029
v3 Balanced
1,750 tokens
≈ $0.058
v3 Quality
2,500 tokens
≈ $0.083
Character
8,250 tokens
≈ $0.28
USD shown at the Basic rate: $5 = 150,000 tokens. Larger plans cut the token price by up to 40%. Tokens never expire, and there is no subscription.
$5 by card gives 150,000 tokens. That covers 171 Turbo images.
How to start
Sign in
With Google, Telegram or email. Takes under a minute.
Top up
From $5 by card or from $2 in crypto. No subscription, and tokens never expire.
Generate
Open the Images tab and pick Ideogram v3, then a mode.