Ideogram
Makes images from text, good with lettering and logos. AI-powered tool, with a free plan; runs on web, mobile. The stack builder picks it for AI images.
What it is known for
- Strengths: image generation with readable type in layouts; background and object removal, ad resizing apps; custom image models and editable text layers.
- For: creative teams and agencies producing visual work at scale.
- Runs on: web app, iPhone app, API; Ideogram 4.0 weights run locally.
- Learning curve: the page does not say.
- Works with: Claude and Cursor via MCP, Hugging Face (open weights) and GitHub (open weights).
Read on October 9, 2026 from ideogram.ai.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 30 credits per week |
| Plus | $20/mo, or $15/mo billed yearly | 2,400 credits/month; $15 billed annually |
| Pro | $60/mo, or $42/mo billed yearly | 7,500 credits/month; $42 billed annually |
| Team | $30/mo | Per user; 3,600 credits/user/month |
Checked by hand against docs.ideogram.ai/plans-and-billing/available-plans on October 8, 2026; confidence high. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Plus.
When the stack builder picks it
The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. Ideogram is named in these steps:
- AI images, step 2 of 4, when you asked for privacy: Plus ($20/mo, or $15/mo billed yearly); the step also names Leonardo.Ai, Krea and Midjourney, and the best score takes it.
- AI images, step 3 of 4, when less than $10 is left for it: the free plan; the step also names Leonardo.Ai, and the best score takes it.
- AI images, step 4 of 4, otherwise: Plus ($20/mo, or $15/mo billed yearly); the step also names Midjourney, Leonardo.Ai and Krea, and the best score takes it.
The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.
Alternatives the same rules name
- Leonardo.Ai: AI images and video, with style controls. From free.
- Krea: Makes and edits images, video and 3D with its own and other companies’ models, billed in compute units. From free.
- Midjourney: Makes striking images from a text prompt. From $10/mo.
Signals and what people say
- App Store: 4.8 from 2,657 ratings, as of October 7, 2026
- Hacker News, 30 days to October 15, 2026: 2 stories
Change log
- October 10, 2026: rated 2 for Graphic design (before: 3), on docs.ideogram.ai/plans-and-billing/available-plans.
- October 8, 2026: prices now read on docs.ideogram.ai/plans-and-billing/available-plans, Ideogram's own page (before: docs.ideogram.ai/plans-and-pricing/available-plans).
- October 6, 2026: plans and prices first recorded from docs.ideogram.ai/plans-and-pricing/available-plans.
Logo: Nameryn monogram (no free mark on file), CC0 1.0.