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Ideogram 4.5AI image generator

Ideogram's newest model, from 2026-09-30: posters, logos and layouts with exact text, in three quality tiers. On Leap, it sits beside 169 other models in one studio.

  • Text to image
  • 5 aspect ratios
  • Start free, no card
  • Every top model, one account
  • Pay per run, priced before it starts

AI image generator

Ideogram 4.5 at a glance

Ideogram 4.5 is an image model from Ideogram. It makes images from words.

The version before it: Ideogram 3.0.

Made by
Ideogram
Makes
Images
Starts from
Words
Shapes
1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3, 16:9
Per run
Up to 4 images
Prompt
Up to 10,000 characters
Price per run
$0.033 to $0.242
On Leap since
October 5, 2026
Updated
October 5, 2026
  1. 01Describe what you want to see
  2. 02See the exact price, then press go
  3. 03Keep it in your library, or take it further

Pick the right one

Ideogram 4.5 and its siblings

ModelBest forPrice per run
Ideogram 4.5 (this page)Ideogram's newest model, from 2026-09-30: posters, logos and layouts with exact text, in three quality tiers.$0.033 to $0.242
Ideogram 3.0Images, posters and logos with reliable text.$0.033 to $0.099
Ideogram 4.5 EditEdits an image from a prompt with Ideogram 4.5, text included, keeping its size and shape.$0.0088 to $0.242
Ideogram 3.0 ReframeExtends an image to a new aspect ratio, painting what is missing.$0.033 to $0.099

No prompt needed

Or start from a recipe

Recipes write the prompt for you: add a photo, pick a look, and get a finished result.

Why Leap

Why creators make it on Leap

  1. 01

    Every top model, side by side

    170 models from Black Forest Labs, ByteDance, Google, Kuaishou, Alibaba and more, side by side in one studio.

    See the models
  2. 02

    One click, or full control

    Character Studio, effects and recipes write the prompt for you. Or write your own for any model.

    See the tools
  3. 03

    Your work stays yours

    Everything you make stays in your library while your account is active, and you own what you make here.

    See what people make
  4. 04

    One balance for everything

    The studio, the API and your agents spend the same balance, and every run shows its price before it starts.

    How pricing works

Questions

Ideogram 4.5, answered

What is Ideogram 4.5?
Ideogram 4.5 is an image model from Ideogram. Ideogram's newest model, from 2026-09-30: posters, logos and layouts with exact text, in three quality tiers. On Leap it runs in one studio beside every other top model, with one account.
What resolution and sizes does it make?
1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3 or 16:9.
How is it different from Ideogram 3.0, Ideogram 4.5 Edit and Ideogram 3.0 Reframe?
Ideogram 4.5: Ideogram's newest model, from 2026-09-30: posters, logos and layouts with exact text, in three quality tiers. Ideogram 3.0: Images, posters and logos with reliable text. Ideogram 4.5 Edit: Edits an image from a prompt with Ideogram 4.5, text included, keeping its size and shape. Ideogram 3.0 Reframe: Extends an image to a new aspect ratio, painting what is missing. They all run in the same studio, so you can try one prompt on each.
How much does a run cost?
An image costs $0.066 at the default settings. By quality, a run costs $0.033 to $0.242. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.
Is Ideogram 4.5 free to try?
Yes. Sign up with a Gmail, Outlook or work address and you start with $2 of free credit, no card needed. The cheapest run is $0.033 (an image), so the credit covers 60 of those. After that you pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.
Can I use what I make commercially?
Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.
Is there an API?
Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as ideogram/ideogram-4.5, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.
Do I need an Ideogram account?
No. Leap sends your request to Ideogram's model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs Ideogram 4.5 and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

Your idea, Ideogram 4.5.

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For developers

Run Ideogram 4.5 from code

Model ID
ideogram/ideogram-4.5
Makes
Image
Pricing
Per run, quoted first: POST /v1/quotes

Inputs

What the model takes. Leave out anything with a default.

Promptprompt
Text, up to 10,000 characters, required
Aspect ratioaspect_ratio
1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3, 16:9. Default: 1:1
Imagesn
1 to 4. Default: 1
Qualitysettings.quality
Low, Medium, High. Default: MediumText-to-image quality.
Enable Prompt Expansionsettings.enable_prompt_expansion
On or off. Default: onEnable partner prompt expansion.
Seedseed
0 to 4294967295The same seed and input give the same image.

The request

The same envelope for every model; only the model and its input change. With prefer: wait=60 the answer holds the result when the run finishes within a minute; a longer one is read again by its ID. Agents can call it through the MCP server at app.tryleap.ai/api/mcp.

curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations \  -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY" \  -H "content-type: application/json" \  -H "prefer: wait=60" \  -d '{    "model": "ideogram/ideogram-4.5",    "input": {      "prompt": "A paper boat drifting down a rainy street at dusk"    }  }' # Video often outlasts the wait and answers "queued" or "running".# Put its "id" in GENERATION_ID and read it again until it is done:# curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations/$GENERATION_ID -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY"