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Read the guideIdeogram pricing in 2026 runs from a free plan to $60 per month. The two individual paid tiers are Plus at $20 per month and Pro at $60 per month, with a Team plan at $30 per seat per month (minimum 2 seats). The older Basic plan at $8 per month is now a legacy tier that existing subscribers keep but new users can no longer buy. Every plan is built on a credit system: Priority credits give near-instant generation, Slow credits queue behind them. Plus includes 1,000 Priority credits per month plus unlimited Slow credits, and Pro raises that to 3,500 Priority credits per month plus Pro-only Batch Generation with CSV upload. Ideogram 3.0, released March 26, 2025, remains the model most creators reach for when they need legible text inside an image. Pricing verified against ideogram.ai on May 26, 2026.
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Regular creators, designers, and marketers who need editing tools and privacy
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High-volume studios, agencies, and anyone running batch jobs
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Monthly Priority credits do not roll over. Any unused Priority credits awarded by your plan expire at the end of each billing cycle per the Ideogram docs.
The Basic plan at $8 per month is a legacy tier as of 2026. Existing Basic subscribers keep it until they cancel or a future deadline, but new users cannot purchase it.
Top-up Priority credits cost $4 each, giving 150 credits on Plus and 250 credits on Pro or Team. Cost per credit is lowest for Pro and Team buyers.
Batch Generation with CSV upload is locked to the Pro and Team plans, so volume workflows are not possible on Free or Plus.
A Team plan exists at $30 per seat per month (minimum 2 seats), billed annually at $20 per seat per month, with 1,500 Priority credits per member.
Annual billing saves up to 20 percent: Plus drops to $15 per month and Pro to $42 per month, but it requires a 12-month commitment.
Render speed changes the credit cost. Ideogram 3.0 uses 2 credits per 4 images on Turbo, 4 on Default, and 6 on Quality, so the per-image cost varies with your settings.
We verify these prices on the first weekend of each calendar quarter against ideogram.ai and docs.ideogram.ai. Last full pass: May 26, 2026. Next planned: August 1, 2026.
We have kept an Ideogram subscription on the team card since the 2.0 era, and in May 2026 we run Plus at $20 per month rather than Pro. For our workload, which is posters, social ad mockups, and the occasional logo concept, 1,000 Priority credits plus unlimited Slow credits is comfortably enough. We rarely touch the Pro batch tools.
The pricing detail that catches new users off guard is that monthly Priority credits expire at the end of the cycle. We learned to schedule heavier generation toward the end of a billing month so we are not leaving credits on the table. Top-up credits behave differently and roll over, which is the opposite of what most people assume.
What surprised us testing Ideogram 3.0 against Midjourney v7 on 50 paired prompts was how decisively Ideogram won on anything with words in it: storefront signage, book covers, product labels. Midjourney still beat it on photoreal faces. If your work is typography-first, Plus is an easy call. If it is portrait-first, you will want Midjourney alongside it.
If you are choosing a tier today, start free to confirm Ideogram 3.0 suits your style, move to Plus the week you need private generation or Magic Fill, and only step up to Pro when a batch job or a 1,000-credit month forces the issue.
Ideogram Plus at $20 per month is the right pick for almost anyone serious about text-in-image work. The 1,000 monthly Priority credits cover roughly 8,000 images, unlimited Slow credits remove the fear of running dry, and Plus unlocks the editing tools that matter most: private generation, Style Reference, Magic Fill, and Upscale. The free plan is fine for testing Ideogram 3.0 but its 10 Slow credits per week and lack of privacy make it a trial, not a workflow. Pro at $60 per month earns its price only when you run Batch Generation with CSV or burn through more than 1,000 Priority credits a month. Do not pick Ideogram if your main need is photorealistic faces or cinematic scenes, Midjourney still wins there. Choose Ideogram when legible typography inside the image is the job.
Ideogram offers a free plan and two individual paid tiers in May 2026: Plus at $20 per month and Pro at $60 per month. A Team plan is $30 per seat per month with a two-seat minimum. The older Basic plan at $8 per month is now legacy and closed to new buyers. Annual billing cuts Plus to $15 and Pro to $42 per month. These figures were checked against ideogram.ai and its documentation in May 2026.
For occasional use, possibly. The free plan gives 10 Slow credits per week, which is roughly 40 images, and those credits reset every Saturday at midnight UTC. You get Ideogram 3.0 and Magic Prompt, but generations wait in the Slow queue, downloads are JPG only, and there is no private generation or editing toolkit. If you make images more than once a week or need Magic Fill, Style Reference, or privacy, the Plus plan is the practical floor.
The Basic plan at $8 per month became a legacy tier in 2026. Ideogram's official docs state it is no longer available for purchase. Existing Basic subscribers can keep it until they cancel or a future deadline that Ideogram has not yet announced, whichever comes first. Once cancelled, the plan cannot be repurchased. New users who want a paid tier now start at Plus for $20 per month.
Ideogram runs on Priority credits and Slow credits. Priority credits generate images with little to no wait. Slow credits queue behind Priority jobs and can take several minutes. Plus includes 1,000 Priority credits per month and unlimited Slow credits, while Pro includes 3,500 Priority credits per month. Generating four images on Ideogram 3.0 costs 2 credits on Turbo, 4 on Default, and 6 on Quality, so your render speed setting changes how far your credits stretch.
Monthly Priority credits do not roll over. Whatever your plan awards each month expires at the end of that billing cycle, so there is no banking them. The one exception is top-up Priority credits you buy separately at $4 per pack. Those roll over month to month and are only consumed after your monthly allotment runs out, following the order monthly Priority, then top-up Priority, then Slow credits.
Only if you need volume or Batch Generation. Pro raises your Priority credits from 1,000 to 3,500 per month and unlocks CSV-driven Batch Generation, which Plus does not have. It also gives 32 concurrent generations versus 8 on Plus. For a solo creator making a few hundred images a month with manual prompts, Plus is plenty. Pro pays off for agencies and studios producing thousands of variations or running automated batch jobs.
Yes. Ideogram states across all plans, including the free tier, that it does not restrict your rights in your output. You own and can commercially use the images you generate. The practical differences between tiers are privacy and tooling, not licensing: free and Slow-queue images are public by default, while private generation on Plus and above keeps your work hidden. Always confirm current terms at ideogram.ai/tos before high-stakes commercial use.
Yes. Annual billing saves up to 20 percent. Plus drops from $20 to an effective $15 per month, billed as $180 for the year. Pro drops from $60 to an effective $42 per month, billed as $504 for the year. The legacy Basic plan was $84 per year, or $7 per month effective. Annual plans require a 12-month upfront commitment, so pay monthly for the first few months until you know Ideogram fits your workflow.
Ideogram Plus at $20 per month sits between Midjourney Basic at $10 and Standard at $30. The split is about strengths, not just price. Ideogram is the leader for legible text inside an image, logos, posters, and signage. Midjourney wins on photoreal faces, cinematic lighting, and overall aesthetic polish. Many designers keep both: Ideogram for typography-heavy work and Midjourney for hero imagery. If you must pick one and text matters, Ideogram is the better single subscription.
Batch Generation lets you upload a CSV of prompts and generate images in bulk, which is useful for product catalogs, ad variations, and large content runs. It is a Pro and Team exclusive in 2026. Free and Plus users cannot access it. Batch jobs consume Priority credits based on the model and render speed you choose, so plan your credit budget before launching a large batch.
Plus includes 1,000 Priority credits per month, which Ideogram estimates at up to 8,000 images when using model version 2a with Turbo rendering. On Ideogram 3.0 the math changes: Turbo costs 2 credits per 4 images, so 1,000 credits yields about 2,000 images at Turbo, fewer at Default or Quality. Plus also has unlimited Slow credits, so once your Priority credits run out you can keep generating in the slower queue at no extra cost.
Ideogram has kept its core tier prices stable through 2025 and into 2026, with the main change being the retirement of the Basic plan to legacy status. We re-check this page against ideogram.ai and its documentation at the start of every quarter, and the next review lands in the first week of August 2026. If a figure here disagrees with the live site, trust ideogram.ai, since vendor pages always override a third-party guide.