Ideogram
ideogramIdeogram's 3 models on ModelRunner span Image-to-Image and Text-to-Image, from $0.06 per megapixel upward.
3 public models — every one runnable in a free playground, through the REST API and JavaScript SDK, or from an AI assistant over MCP.
Ideogram models & pricing
Ideogram Character
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Generate new images of the same character from one reference photo and a text prompt, keeping facial features and distinctive traits consistent across scenes.
Ideogram V4 Image-to-Image
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Transform a reference image with a text prompt — restyle, edit, or reinterpret it while rendering accurate, legible in-image text for logos, posters, and signage.
Ideogram V4
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Generate images from a text prompt with industry-leading accurate, legible in-image text for logos, posters, and signage.
What you can build with Ideogram models
- Keep the same character consistent across many generated images Ideogram Character
- Create a brand mascot or persona from one reference photo Ideogram Character
- Generate story or comic panels featuring a recurring character Ideogram Character
- Restyle a reference image with a text prompt Ideogram V4 Image-to-Image
- Reinterpret existing artwork in new aesthetics Ideogram V4 Image-to-Image
- Transform photos while preserving core composition Ideogram V4 Image-to-Image
- Generate posters and logos with legible in-image text Ideogram V4
- Create typography-heavy designs from prompts Ideogram V4
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Call a Ideogram model in one request
Every endpoint shares the same lifecycle: submit to the queue, poll the status URL, fetch the result. Swap the endpoint to switch models — nothing else changes.
cURL
curl -X POST https://queue.modelrunner.run/ideogram/character \
-H "Authorization: Key $MRUN_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "prompt": "..." }'
# → { "request_id": "...", "status_url": "...", "response_url": "..." }Use Ideogram models from Claude & Cursor
Connect the ModelRunner MCP server once and your AI assistant can run every Ideogram model on this page as a tool — authorized via OAuth, results returned as hosted URLs in the conversation.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http modelrunner https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcpFrequently asked questions
What Ideogram models can I run on ModelRunner?
The catalog has 3 public Ideogram models: Ideogram Character, Ideogram V4 Image-to-Image and Ideogram V4. They cover image-to-image and text-to-image. Each one has its own page with a free playground, the full input schema, and copy-paste code.
How much do Ideogram models cost?
Pay-per-use, with no subscription: the 2 Ideogram models billed per megapixel start at $0.06, and every page publishes its own rate — some are tiered, so a lower resolution or a shorter clip costs less per run. You buy credits and pay only for what you generate.
How do I call a Ideogram model from the API?
POST to https://queue.modelrunner.run/ideogram/character with an Authorization: Key header and the input fields as the top-level JSON body (no wrapper object), then poll the returned status_url and fetch the result from response_url. The JavaScript SDK (@modelrunner/client) wraps that in a single subscribe() call, which is the one place an { input } object is used.
Can I run Ideogram models from Claude or Cursor?
Yes. Connect the ModelRunner MCP server (https://mcp.modelrunner.run/mcp) once and all 3 Ideogram models become tools your assistant can call with run_model — authorized over OAuth 2.1, so no API key goes into a config file. Results come back as hosted URLs in the conversation.
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