# Licensing | Ideogram Ideogram publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://ideogram.ai/agents/agent-access. Source: https://ideogram.ai/licensing/ Source observed: 2026-11-03T18:37:00.337Z Last checked: 2026-11-08T15:45:23.064+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-03T18:43:45.652+00:00 --- # Licensing ## A frontier image model you can customize We are releasing the weights for Ideogram 4.0 so the research community can advance visual intelligence with us. Ideogram 4.0 is designed to close the gap with proprietary image models in text rendering, prompt adherence, and photorealism. ![Abstract image of two hands reaching toward each other](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/4aa7c092c7164f42.webp) [Explore open weights](https://huggingface.co/collections/ideogram-ai/ideogram-4) ## Pick the license that fits your work We offer three paths: a non-commercial license for research and prototyping, a self-serve commercial license for smaller self-hosted commercial deployments, and Enterprise for larger or more complex deployments. ### Non-commercial license The Ideogram Non-Commercial Model Agreement lets you download our public, quantized model weights from Hugging Face for research, evaluation, prototyping, and personal projects. It is free for everyone; no checkout or payment is required. Commercial deployments should use Self-Serve or Enterprise. - Outputs remain subject to our usage policy. - Quantized model weights are available on [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/collections/ideogram-ai/ideogram-4). - Apache 2.0 inference code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/ideogram-oss/ideogram-4). - Fine-tunes and modifications are permitted. - Outputs are yours, subject to the [Acceptable Use Policy](https://ideogram.ai/legal/usage-policy/). Read the [Ideogram Non-Commercial Model Agreement](https://ideogram.ai/legal/non-commercial-model-agreement/). ### Self-Serve Commercial License Our Self-Serve Commercial License provides commercial-use rights for self-hosting Ideogram 4 public, quantized weights on your own infrastructure. **$300/mo — Annual billing** The displayed image allowance is **10,000 images/month**. You can choose an image allowance at checkout, and switching to annual billing saves money. [Get started](https://ideogram.ai/self-serve-commercial-license?monthly_image_volume=10000&billing_cycle=monthly) #### Includes everything in Non-commercial, plus - 10,000 images/month. - Self-hosting on your own infrastructure. - Commercial use of generated images. - A monthly image allowance selected at checkout. #### Does not include - Full-precision weights. - Ideogram-hosted API access. - Implementation support. - Custom legal terms. - Resale, sublicensing, or API-like access for third parties. ### Enterprise Enterprise is for deployments that need review, custom terms, support, full-precision access, or third-party access. Contact our team for deployments involving **100K+ images/month**, customer-facing products, full-precision access, support, security review, or custom legal terms. Enterprise provides: - Custom volume and deployment review. - Support and security review when needed. - Everything in Self-Serve, plus: - More than 100K images/month. - Customer-facing products or platforms. - API-like access for third parties. - Broad agency, client-domain, resale, or sublicensing questions. - Full-precision weights. - Support, onboarding, security review, custom legal terms, or sensitive-deployment support. Contact sales through [Ideogram Enterprise](https://ideogram.ai/enterprise/). ## An API gets you started. A license gives you control. | Need | Enterprise license | Self-serve commercial | Ideogram API | Open weights research | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Model access | Full-precision or custom | Public/quantized | Hosted API | Public/quantized | | Production and commercial use | Custom terms | Included | Included | Not permitted | | Monthly volume | 100K+ or custom | 10K–100K | Usage based | Research only | | Self-host on your infrastructure | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, non-commercial only | | Customer-facing or third-party access | Talk to sales | Not included | API terms | Not permitted | | Support, security review, custom legal | Available | Not included | Talk to sales | None | ## What a license gives you directly ### Control Keep generation, prompts, and outputs inside your stack. Start with standard self-serve rights for public weights, or work with our sales team when your deployment needs custom review. ### Model access Use public, quantized weights for smaller commercial self-hosting. Full-precision access, specialized rights, and customer-facing terms go through Enterprise. ### Self-hosting Run Ideogram on your own infrastructure for data residency, predictable unit economics, and the latency your workflow needs. Hosted generation remains available through the API. ## Tell us what you're building [Explore open weights](https://huggingface.co/collections/ideogram-ai/ideogram-4) ## Frequently asked questions ### Who is licensing for? Licensing is for teams using Ideogram models outside our standard hosted app or API. The self-serve commercial license covers smaller self-hosted commercial use of Ideogram 4 public, quantized weights. Larger, customer-facing, support-heavy, full-precision, or custom-legal needs should use Enterprise. ### What is the difference between the open weights and a commercial license? Our open-weights release is a quantized version of the model published on Hugging Face under the Ideogram Non-Commercial Model Agreement. The self-serve commercial license adds commercial-use rights for those public, quantized weights. Full-precision weights, customer-facing products, API-like access, and custom terms require Enterprise. ### Can I use Ideogram outputs commercially? Yes. We do not claim ownership of outputs generated with the model. You can use outputs commercially as long as you respect third-party rights and follow our [Acceptable Use Policy](https://ideogram.ai/legal/usage-policy/). You may not use outputs to train models that compete with Ideogram. ### Can I fine-tune the model? Fine-tuning, LoRAs, and modifications are permitted for non-commercial use under the open-weights agreement. Commercial fine-tuning rights should follow the final self-serve terms, or go through Enterprise when the use case needs review. ### Can I self-host Ideogram on my own infrastructure? Yes. Smaller commercial users can self-host Ideogram 4 public, quantized weights under the self-serve commercial license at 10K–100K images/month. Deployments above 100K images/month, requiring full precision, involving customer-facing products, or providing third-party/API-like access should use Enterprise. ### What is not permitted? Our models cannot be used for surveillance, biometric identification, military applications, CSAM, non-consensual intimate imagery, or unlawful or rights-violating activity. The full list is in the [Acceptable Use Policy](https://ideogram.ai/legal/usage-policy/). ### Can commercial terms be customized? Yes, through Enterprise. The self-serve commercial license uses standard terms and does not include custom legal terms, implementation support, or security review. ## Legal and technical references - [Self-Serve Commercial Agreement](https://ideogram.ai/legal/self-serve-commercial-agreement/) - [Ideogram Non-Commercial Model Agreement](https://ideogram.ai/legal/non-commercial-model-agreement/) - [Acceptable Use Policy](https://ideogram.ai/legal/usage-policy/) - [Inference code on GitHub (Apache 2.0)](https://github.com/ideogram-oss/ideogram-4) - [Weights on Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/collections/ideogram-ai/ideogram-4) --- [Read this page’s summary](https://ideogram.ai/agents/api/public/v1/page-tldr?url=https%3A%2F%2Fideogram.ai%2Flicensing%2F&trace=t_380edc68d53d) ## Ask a follow-up about this page Need a more specific answer? Ask the exact question you have. It returns a fresh, cited answer from Ideogram’s knowledge base. No account or API key required. 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