Ideogram 4.0 AI Image Generator
Run Ideogram 4.0 online — the open-weight model built for accurate in-image text and precise layout. Type a prompt, place your text, and generate print-sharp posters, logos and designs at native 2K. No install, no GPU.
Ideogram 4.0 Generator
Text-to-image with Ideogram 4.0 — type a prompt, place your text, and render a design with crisp, readable type up to native 2K.
🎁 1 image per run · 10 credits total
Sample outputs
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Ideogram 4.0 runs alongside the best AI image models
Ideogram 4.0 Image Showcase
A look at what Ideogram 4.0 renders — posters, logos, packaging, infographics, album and magazine covers, and clean multilingual text, all straight from a prompt.
- Multilingual text
- Movie poster
Logo & wordmark
Product packaging- Infographic
- Album cover
- Magazine cover
What Is Ideogram 4.0?
Ideogram 4.0 is the open-weight text-to-image model that Ideogram released in June 2026 — the first time the company has published model weights the community can download and run. Under the hood it is a 9.3-billion-parameter single-stream Diffusion Transformer, trained from scratch and paired with a vision-language text encoder, which is what gives the model its standout grasp of typography and layout.
Two things set it apart. Ideogram 4.0 renders in-image text with rare accuracy — it scores 0.97 on the X-Omni English OCR benchmark and handles multi-line copy, varied font weights, logos, signage and captions across many languages. And Ideogram 4.0 was trained on structured JSON prompts, so you can hand it exact colors, typed text elements and bounding-box coordinates instead of hoping the model guesses where a headline should sit.
Ideogram 4.0 also outputs native 2K (2048×2048) in a single pass — no separate upscaling step — so a poster or packaging mock is print-sharp out of the box. On Imya you run Ideogram 4.0 in the browser, with no GPU and no install.
What Can You Make with Ideogram 4.0?
One model for the designs that actually need readable text.
Posters & in-image text
Event posters, movie one-sheets and quote graphics where the headline has to be perfectly spelled. Ideogram 4.0 keeps long, multi-line text legible at native 2K.
Logos & brand typography
Wordmarks, lockups and full brand sheets — Ideogram 4.0 is the model designers reach for when the letters themselves are the product, not an afterthought.
Social & marketing layouts
Promos, ads and packaging with overlay copy and pricing. Ideogram 4.0 structured JSON prompts put every element on its mark, so the layout lands first time.
Ideogram 4.0 vs Ideogram 3.0, Midjourney & Recraft
At launch, Ideogram 4.0 ranked #1 among open-weight models and #2 overall on the DesignArena designer-preference leaderboard, behind only closed models. Here is how it sits against the alternatives, by each model’s published strengths.
| Model | Best at | Text in image | Open weights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ideogram 4.0 | Typography, posters, layout | Best-in-class (0.97 OCR) | Yes · non-commercial |
| Ideogram 3.0 | Reliable text, clean design | Excellent | No |
| Midjourney | Artistic, stylised images | Weak | No |
| Recraft / Flux | Vector & brand / photoreal | Good / fair | Flux: partly |
Pick the model per job: Ideogram 4.0 owns text and layout, Midjourney leads on painterly art, and Flux on raw photorealism. Being open-weight with an API, Ideogram 4.0 is also the easiest of the four to automate.
Why Use Imya for Ideogram 4.0?
The fastest, clearest way to run Ideogram 4.0.
Instant access, no GPU
Run Ideogram 4.0 in the browser — no 24GB graphics card, no ComfyUI setup, no waitlist. Sign in, write a prompt, and it starts rendering.
Transparent, pay-as-you-go
New Imya accounts start with free credits, and each image shows its exact credit cost before you generate. No locked annual plan to try Ideogram 4.0.
Prompts & presets built in
Copy-paste Ideogram 4.0 prompts plus aspect-ratio and style presets — everything you need to get a usable design on the first try.
How to Use Ideogram 4.0 in 3 Steps
From idea to a finished image in about a minute.
1Write a prompt
Describe the design and put any text you want rendered in quotes — Ideogram 4.0 spells it literally. Clear, specific prompts give the sharpest result.
2Pick size & style
Choose an aspect ratio and a style preset; output goes up to native 2K. For exact layouts, Ideogram 4.0 also accepts structured JSON prompts.
3Generate & download
Hit generate and Ideogram 4.0 renders your image. When it is ready, preview it and download the file to print, post or edit anywhere.
Free Ideogram 4.0 Prompts (Copy & Paste)
Paste these Ideogram 4.0 prompts straight into the generator above, then swap the text and style to make each design your own. Keep the words you want rendered in quotes.
Event poster
A text-led prompt with a big, perfectly-spelled headline.
A bold summer festival poster that reads "SUMMER FEST", with details below reading "JULY 12–14 · CITY PARK · LIVE BANDS", sunny gradient sky, palm silhouettes and confetti, vibrant retro palette, crisp legible typography, 2:3.
Coffee packaging
A clean product prompt that shows off label text.
A kraft coffee bag on a wooden counter, with a clean label that reads "ROASTERY No.7" and smaller text "SINGLE ORIGIN · MEDIUM ROAST · 250g", warm morning light, photoreal product shot, elegant legible packaging type, 4:5.
Typographic quote
A pure-type prompt for a gallery-grade poster.
A minimalist typographic poster, large layered lettering that reads "STAY CURIOUS" with a small line beneath reading "and keep making things", cream background, one bold accent color, generous whitespace, crisp perfectly-spelled lettering, 1:1.
Ideogram 4.0 Pricing, Free Access & API
Ideogram 4.0 is open-weight, but that is not the same as free for business — here is the honest breakdown.
Free to try
Ideogram’s own free tier gives weekly credits, and new Imya accounts start with free credits, so your first image can cost nothing.
Open weights ≠ free for business
The code is Apache-2.0 and the weights are public for research and local, non-commercial use. Commercial use needs Ideogram’s paid license or API — there is no unlimited free commercial version.
Ideogram 4.0 API
For production, Ideogram 4.0 is available through an API, billed per image (roughly $0.03–$0.09 by quality tier), so you can generate images programmatically.
Open the Ideogram 4.0 Generator
A prompt in, a print-sharp design out. Free credits on signup, native 2K output and the best in-image text of any open model — try Ideogram 4.0 now.
Generate with Ideogram 4.0- Free credits on signup
- Native 2K output
- Best-in-class text
Frequently Asked Questions About Ideogram 4.0
Access, pricing, the open weights and how it compares.
Is Ideogram 4.0 free?
You can try Ideogram 4.0 free. Ideogram’s own platform gives free weekly credits, the open weights are free to download and run locally for non-commercial use, and new Imya accounts start with free credits so your first image can cost nothing. There is no unlimited free version for commercial work — that needs a paid license or API.
Is Ideogram 4.0 open source or open-weight?
It is open-weight. Ideogram published the model weights on GitHub on June 3, 2026, and the inference code is Apache-2.0. The weights are released under a non-commercial agreement, so researchers and hobbyists can download, inspect and fine-tune the model, while commercial deployment requires a license or API.
What is different between Ideogram 4.0 and Ideogram 3.0?
Version 3.0 already led on in-image text; 4.0 goes further. It is the first open-weight Ideogram model, outputs native 2K (2048×2048) without upscaling, was trained on structured JSON prompts with bounding-box layout control, and pushes text accuracy to 0.97 on the X-Omni English OCR benchmark with stronger multilingual rendering.
How do I use Ideogram 4.0?
Write a prompt and put any text you want rendered in quotes, choose an aspect ratio and style, then generate. On Imya you run Ideogram 4.0 in the browser — no GPU, no install — and download the result. For exact layouts, it also accepts structured JSON prompts with color and bounding-box hints.
Can Ideogram 4.0 really spell text correctly?
Yes — that is its signature strength. Ideogram 4.0 scores 0.97 on the X-Omni English OCR benchmark and reliably renders multi-line copy, varied font weights, logos, signage and captions, including non-Latin scripts, far more dependably than general image models.
Ideogram 4.0 vs Midjourney or Flux — which is better?
It depends on the job. Ideogram 4.0 wins for anything text- or layout-driven — posters, logos, packaging, marketing graphics. Midjourney leads on painterly, artistic images, and Flux on raw photorealism. Being open-weight with an API, it is also the easiest of the three to automate.
What is Ideogram 4.0’s max resolution?
Ideogram 4.0 generates at native 2K — 2048×2048 — directly from inference, with no separate upscaling step, so posters and packaging are print-sharp out of the box.
Is it spelled "ideogram" or "idiogram"?
The correct spelling is Ideogram — one model, by Ideogram. "Idiogram", "idoegram" and "ideaogram" are common misspellings of the same text-to-image model.
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