# Ideogram 4.0 — Open image model for design Ideogram publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://ideogram.ai/agents/agent-access. Source: https://ideogram.ai/models/4.0/ Source observed: 2026-11-03T18:37:00.745Z Last checked: 2026-11-08T15:45:23.233+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-03T18:45:55.52+00:00 --- # Ideogram 4.0 ## Open image model at the forefront of design We built Ideogram 4.0 for design work, with open weights, multilingual text, precise layout control, editable elements, and realistic 2K images. [Try it now](https://ideogram.ai/t/explore). ![Ideogram 4.0 design showcase](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/f661086d9d0288a1.webp) ## The open approach ### The future of generative AI is open source We are releasing Ideogram 4.0 as an open-weight image model for developers and enterprises. You can [download the weights](https://github.com/ideogram-oss/ideogram-4), fine-tune them, and run them on your own hardware. Commercial deployments use a [license](https://ideogram.ai/licensing/) matched to your scale. ![DesignArena benchmark chart](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/d72d9572b03e1d1f.webp) The chart is presented as a real-world design benchmark involving 4M+ creators and is made by [@DesignArena](https://x.com/DesignArena). ## Model training ### Teaching the model to read structure before recreating it Ideogram 4.0 uses a describe-to-structure-to-recreate training loop. It reads scenes, backgrounds, text, and objects as structured data, then learns to rebuild images from that representation. ### Living Room training example The supplied example uses a reference image of a modern living room and a structured description. The description includes: - **High-level description:** A modern living room with an orange wall, gray sofa, geometric gold side table, and large colorful abstract cat painting. - **Background:** A mustard-yellow wall, dark wood or laminate floor, and light woven rug with vertical stripes. - **Cat painting:** A square abstract cat portrait above the sofa, with geometric blue, yellow, orange, red, and black sections, yellow eyes, black pupils, and simple whiskers. - **Gray sofa:** A tufted gray sofa with two dark-blue throw pillows and a small geometric-patterned center pillow. - **Gold side table:** A round gold-toned wire table with a dark ceramic mug on a saucer and an open book. - **Floor lamp:** A tall black tripod lamp with an adjustable arm and silver dome-shaped head. - **Left side table:** A small wooden two-shelf table with a white vase, green leaves, and stacked books. ![Living room reference image](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/3c9997fe9cf1c889.webp) ![Recreated living room output](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/b2da436b16aad367.webp) The living-room images are training examples, not company performance figures. ## Composition control ### Design with every element in the right place We trained Ideogram 4.0 with bounding boxes paired with plain-language descriptions. The model learns where each object, text region, and layout element belongs before generating the final image, giving creators finer control over dense layouts. The featured **Text Heavy Poster** example demonstrates these layers: - **Credit block:** Film credits for *Flow*, including production, director, animation, sound, music, editing, and supporting organizations. - **IndieWire quote:** “BRIMMING WITH SENTIMENT BUT NOT SENTIMENTALITY” — INDIWIRE. - **The Telegraph quote:** “OPEN, ALIVE, ELEMENTAL” — THE TELEGRAPH. - **Cannes laurel:** “FESTIVAL DE CANNES / UN CERTAIN REGARD / 2024 OFFICIAL SELECTION.” - **Production logos:** A horizontal row of five production-company logos. - **TIFF laurel:** “OFFICIAL SELECTION / tiff / TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024.” - **Annecy laurel:** “OFFICIAL SELECTION / ANNECY / COMPETITION.” - **Director credit:** “A FILM BY GINTS ZILBALODIS.” - **Title:** “Flow,” in a large hand-drawn, charcoal-textured script. - **Golden Globe text:** “GOLDEN GLOBE® WINNER / BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM,” beside a trophy silhouette. - **Floating cat:** A large grainy black cat silhouette floating or falling on its back, with four legs and tail raised and simple white circular eyes. ![Text-heavy poster composition example](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/9e39d5c876009202.webp) The page also provides composition examples named **T-Rex Shark** and **Open Model**, alongside **Text Heavy Poster**. ## Editable design workflows ### Available today - [Background Remover](https://ideogram.ai/tools/background-remover/) returns a clean alpha cutout with transparent output, allowing a generated subject to be placed on a new backdrop without manual masking or Photoshop cleanup. - [Layerize and editable text layers](https://ideogram.ai/features/text-layers/) extract headlines, body copy, and graphic elements as separate editable layers so typography remains revisable. ### Coming to 4.0 The next 4.0 release is described as returning alpha channels and editable text layers directly from inference, without a second pass or masking step, so the output can be handed to production as an editable file. ## Why teams choose Ideogram 4.0 1. **Brand work:** Text rendering and bounding-box layout control help keep headlines readable, packaging copy accurate, and logos positioned according to the brief. 2. **House-style customization:** Open weights and a commercial license let teams fine-tune on style guides, product photography, and historical campaigns. 3. **Deployment control:** Teams can deploy on their own hardware, behind their firewall, and in a region required by residency rules. Inference cost scales with provisioned compute rather than image volume. ## Enterprise Ideogram 4.0 is built for enterprises across sectors. It includes open weights, a commercial license, and customization options. Enterprises can run it on their hardware, train it on their data, and keep output behind their firewall. [Learn more about Enterprise](https://ideogram.ai/enterprise/). ![Advertising example 1](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/40790b6dd4be58d3.webp) ![Advertising example 2](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/75c20b21d39b4fe5.webp) ![Advertising example 3](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/4de57c1759763837.webp) ![Advertising example 4](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/922b11884abc019b.webp) ![Advertising example 5](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/def40503188a718c.webp) ![Advertising example 6](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/a1ead109901c63bd.webp) Use-case labels include Advertising, Social, Marketing, Branding, Photography, Portrait, Illustration, Typography, Fashion, Art, Apparel, and Food. ## Hosted API and pricing You can use Ideogram 4.0 commercially through our hosted API. Three quality tiers provide different tradeoffs between speed, cost, and output fidelity. - **Turbo:** **$0.03 / image** - **Default:** **$0.06 / image** - **Quality:** **$0.10 / image** Pricing is per image, with no subscription required. [Read the API reference](https://developer.ideogram.ai/ideogram-api/api-overview) or [view API pricing](https://ideogram.ai/pricing/?pricing_tab=api). ## Related Ideogram products and resources - [Precise Edit](https://ideogram.ai/tools/precise-edit/) - [Ad Resizer](https://ideogram.ai/tools/ad-resizer/) - [Background Remover](https://ideogram.ai/tools/background-remover/) - [Colorways](https://ideogram.ai/tools/colorways/) - [Material Swap](https://ideogram.ai/tools/material-swap/) - [Object Remover](https://ideogram.ai/tools/object-remover/) - [Ideogram Vector](https://ideogram.ai/models/vector/) - [Ideogram 4.5](https://ideogram.ai/models/4.5/) - [Ideogram 3.0](https://ideogram.ai/models/3.0/) - [P-Image-Ideogram](https://ideogram.ai/tools/p-image-ideogram/) - [Custom Image Models](https://ideogram.ai/models/custom-models/) - [Print on Demand](https://ideogram.ai/features/print-on-demand/) - [Licensing](https://ideogram.ai/licensing/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/ideogram-oss/ideogram-4) - [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/collections/ideogram-ai/ideogram-4) - [API](https://ideogram.ai/api-learn/) - [API status](https://status.ideogram.ai/) - [MCP](https://ideogram.ai/features/mcp/) --- [Read this page’s summary](https://ideogram.ai/agents/api/public/v1/page-tldr?url=https%3A%2F%2Fideogram.ai%2Fmodels%2F4.0%2F&trace=t_380edc68d53d) ## Ask a follow-up about this page Need a more specific answer? 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