What is Ideogram Upscale?

Ideogram Upscale is an image upscaler from Ideogram. Makes an image up to twice as large, with optional added detail. It is new on Leap and in preview: it works, and it may still change. On Leap it runs in one studio beside every other top model, with one account.

Can Ideogram Upscale start from a photo?

Yes. Ideogram Upscale starts from words or a photo.

How is it different from Ideogram 4.5, Ideogram 4.5 Edit and Ideogram 3.0?

Ideogram Upscale: Makes an image up to twice as large, with optional added detail. Ideogram 4.5: Ideogram's newest model, from 2026-09-30: posters, logos and layouts with exact text, in three quality tiers. Ideogram 4.5 Edit: Edits an image from a prompt with Ideogram 4.5, text included, keeping its size and shape. Ideogram 3.0: Images, posters and logos with reliable text. They all run in the same studio, so you can try one prompt on each.

How much does a run cost?

An image costs $0.081. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.

Is Ideogram Upscale free to try?

No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.081 (an image), so $5 covers 61 of those. 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.

Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as ideogram/upscale, 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 Upscale and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

Ideogram UpscaleAI image upscaler

Makes an image up to twice as large, with optional added detail. On Leap, it sits beside 174 other models in one studio.

Upscale image

No subscription
Every top model, one account
Pay per run, priced before it starts

A small trawler photo, twice the size

AI image upscaler

Ideogram Upscale at a glance

Ideogram Upscale is an image upscaler from Ideogram. It makes images from words or a photo.

Made by: Ideogram
Makes: Images
Starts from: Words or a photo
Prompt: Up to 4,000 characters
Price per run: $0.081
Updated: October 3, 2026

01Describe what you want to see
02See the exact price, then press go
03Keep it in your library, or take it further

Pick the right one

Ideogram Upscale and its siblings

Model	Best for	Price per run
Ideogram Upscale (this page)	Makes an image up to twice as large, with optional added detail.	$0.081
Ideogram 4.5	Ideogram's newest model, from 2026-09-30: posters, logos and layouts with exact text, in three quality tiers.	$0.041 to $0.30
Ideogram 4.5 Edit	Edits an image from a prompt with Ideogram 4.5, text included, keeping its size and shape.	$0.011 to $0.30
Ideogram 3.0	Images, posters and logos with reliable text.	$0.041 to $0.125

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Why Leap

Why creators make it on Leap

01
Every top model, side by side
175 models from Black Forest Labs, Google, ByteDance, Kuaishou, Alibaba and more, side by side in one studio.
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02
One click, or full control
Character Studio, effects and recipes write the prompt for you. Or write your own for any model.
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03
Your work stays yours
Everything you make stays in your library while your account is active, and you own what you make here.
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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 Upscale, answered

What is Ideogram Upscale?: Ideogram Upscale is an image upscaler from Ideogram. Makes an image up to twice as large, with optional added detail. It is new on Leap and in preview: it works, and it may still change. On Leap it runs in one studio beside every other top model, with one account.
Can Ideogram Upscale start from a photo?: Yes. Ideogram Upscale starts from words or a photo.
How is it different from Ideogram 4.5, Ideogram 4.5 Edit and Ideogram 3.0?: Ideogram Upscale: Makes an image up to twice as large, with optional added detail. Ideogram 4.5: Ideogram's newest model, from 2026-09-30: posters, logos and layouts with exact text, in three quality tiers. Ideogram 4.5 Edit: Edits an image from a prompt with Ideogram 4.5, text included, keeping its size and shape. Ideogram 3.0: Images, posters and logos with reliable text. They all run in the same studio, so you can try one prompt on each.
How much does a run cost?: An image costs $0.081. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.
Is Ideogram Upscale free to try?: No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.081 (an image), so $5 covers 61 of those. 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/upscale, 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 Upscale and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

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API docs

Model ID: ideogram/upscale
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 4,000 characters

Imageimages

An image, requiredThe uploaded image to work on, by ID.

Resemblancesettings.resemblance

1 to 100. Default: 50The resemblance of the upscaled image to the original image

Detailsettings.detail

1 to 100. Default: 50The detail of the upscaled image

Expand Promptsettings.expand_prompt

On or off. Default: offWhether to expand the prompt with MagicPrompt functionality.

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. A file input takes the ID that POST /v1/files returns for your upload. 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: $LEAP_API_KEY" \  -H "content-type: application/json" \  -H "prefer: wait=60" \  -d '{    "model": "ideogram/upscale",    "input": {      "images": [        "file_..."      ]    }  }' # Video often outlasts the wait and answers "queued" or "running".# Put its "id" in GENERATION_ID and read it again until it is done:# curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations/$GENERATION_ID -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY"