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Ideogram
by Ideogram
CLOSEDHOSTEDFREE TO TRYTEXT IN IMAGESGRAPHIC DESIGNPOSTER CREATION
RANKED #8 OF 74 IMAGES · OVERALL #36 OF 6,618 · VIBE SCORE 6.8 · 1,054 VOICES
An image generator that excels at putting clear text and realistic details into artwork.
HAPPY9.4
195 mentions
SAD5.6
48 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 804 voices
AGING WELL
The crowd is warmer now than it was at the start.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Ideogram hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Ideogram is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
FluxWHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users love Ideogram for its great anatomy and text rendering, finding the results look great and worth the money. However, some people complain that it can feel expensive.
615 POSTS · 439 COMMENTS · REDDIT · BLUESKY · LEMMY · DEV FORUMS · GITHUB · X · DEV.TO
PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (3 mentions)
- Results look great (4 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- People find it expensive (1 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- PricePEOPLE LOVE THIS
3 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
- How results lookPEOPLE LOVE THIS
4 thumbs up · 0 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM X >
“@grok Ideogram / Flux (via free sites) Insanely good free image generation.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Generated with Ideogram: Great Text and great anatomy!.”
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Midjourney> SOURCES (12)
- X · 2026-08-14 · 1011 UPVOTES15 AI tools that can save you hours every week: Midjourney — AI images Ideogram — images + text Runway — AI video OpusCl
15 AI tools that can save you hours every week: Midjourney — AI images Ideogram — images + text Runway — AI video OpusCl
- REDDIT · 2026-06-12 · 810 UPVOTESTo all the real ones still sharing their prompts and workflows — I raise my glass 🍾🍷
To all the real ones still sharing their prompts and workflows — I raise my glass 🍾🍷
- REDDIT · 2023-09-22 · 798 UPVOTESthis is amazing
this is amazing
- REDDIT · 2026-06-16 · 690 UPVOTESPotentially the most insane LORA you'll see today - Archer (8 characters + style) Ideogram LORA
Potentially the most insane LORA you'll see today - Archer (8 characters + style) Ideogram LORA
- LEMMY · 2026-07-24 · 675 UPVOTESOne Life
One Life
- REDDIT · 2026-06-15 · 554 UPVOTES(Update) Okims Ideogram 4 - prompt builder V2
(Update) Okims Ideogram 4 - prompt builder V2
- REDDIT · 2024-08-21 · 526 UPVOTES"Introducing Ideogram 2.0 — our most advanced text-to-image model, now available to all users for free"
"Introducing Ideogram 2.0 — our most advanced text-to-image model, now available to all users for free"
- REDDIT · 2026-06-03 · 513 UPVOTESIdeogram 4.0 Just Open Sourced!
Ideogram 4.0 Just Open Sourced!
- REDDIT · 2024-12-04 · 454 UPVOTESComparing DALL-E 3 and 4 other text-to-image models: cost, speed, and photo-realism quality
Comparing DALL-E 3 and 4 other text-to-image models: cost, speed, and photo-realism quality
- REDDIT · 2026-08-05 · 439 UPVOTESMiniMax are issuing takedowns on decensor/explicit H3 LoRAs
MiniMax are issuing takedowns on decensor/explicit H3 LoRAs
- REDDIT · 2026-06-08 · 304 UPVOTESIdeogram 4 isn't overhyped, it's underrated
Ideogram 4 isn't overhyped, it's underrated
- DEV FORUMS · 2025-07-12 · 1 UPVOTESThe Official ImageGen, 4o and Dall-E Megathread
The Official ImageGen, 4o and Dall-E Megathread