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Ideogram vs Recraft

Ideogram or Recraft? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.

In short

  • Both: Text to image, Edits images, Upscales, Text in images, Commercial use, API, Mobile app
  • Only Recraft states: Style or character reference, Image to video, Private generation

Ideogram

Ideogram generates and edits images with readable text, layout control, style tools, and production-focused creative apps.

Plans

Free plan

Free

  • Start for free

Plus plan

  • $20 per month
  • $180 billed annually
  • $15/mo
  • 1,000 credits/mo
  • Private generation
  • Unlimited slow credits
  • Unlimited character consistency
  • Large generation queue
  • Top up priority credits for $4

Pro plan

  • $60 per month
  • $504 billed annually
  • $42/mo
  • 3,500 credits/mo
  • Private generation
  • Unlimited slow credits
  • Unlimited character consistency
  • Batch Generation
  • Quality export

Team plan

  • $30 per user/month, billed annually
  • $20/user/mo
  • 1,500 credits/user/mo
  • Central billing and administration
  • Collaboration features
  • Largest generation queue
  • Everything in Plus plan
  • Minimum 2 users

Enterprise

Price on request

  • Custom credit amount
  • Private custom models trained on your visual data
  • Volume discounts on the API (billed separately)
  • Priority customer support

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Text to image — “Ideogram ( pronounced "eye-dee-oh-gram" ) is a free-to-use AI tool that turns your ideas into stunning images, in a matter of seconds.” source
  • Edits images — “Ideogram 4.0 is the newest generation model for prompt fidelity, clearer in-image text, reliable editing, style control, and production-ready visual assets.” source
  • Upscales — “MCP lets assistants and internal agents use Ideogram inside their workflows, including generating, editing, reframing, upscaling, removing backgrounds, and organizing visual assets.” source
  • Text in images — “With unique capabilities like text rendering in images, we aim to inspire creativity and help every user bring their imagination to life.” source
  • Commercial use — “Commercial deployments come with a license that matches your scale.” source
  • API — “API : Product and workflow integration.” source
  • Mobile app — “Or download the official Ideogram iOS app on your iPhone or iPad.” source
About Ideogram

Recraft

Recraft generates and edits images, vectors, mockups, illustrations, icons, and video for design and marketing work.

Plans

Free

Free

  • Limited credits for trying core functionality
  • Image and vector generation tools
  • Basic editing features
  • Upload up to 3 images per day
  • Up to 2 images per prompt
  • Generated images are public

Basic

  • $12 per month (billed monthly) for 1,000 credits
  • $10 per month (billed annually, $120 per year) for 1,000 credits
  • 1,000 credits per month
  • Private image generation
  • Commercial usage rights
  • Top-up credits available

Pro

  • 2000 credits — $20 per month (monthly)
  • 2000 credits — $16 per month (billed annually)
  • 4,000 credits — $40 per month (monthly)
  • 4,000 credits — $32 per month (billed annually)
  • 8,000 credits — $80 per month (monthly)
  • 8,000 credits — $64 per month (billed annually)
  • 16000 credits — $160 per month (monthly)
  • 16000 credits — $128 per month (billed annually)
  • Monthly credit allowance (tiers from 2,000)
  • Private image generation
  • Commercial usage rights
  • Top-up credits available
  • Access to all core tools

Teams

  • 2000 credits — $22 per month (monthly)
  • 2000 credits — $18 per month (billed annually)
  • 4,000 credits — $44 per month (monthly)
  • 4,000 credits — $35 per month (billed annually)
  • 8,000 credits — $70 per month (monthly)
  • 8,000 credits — $88 per month (billed annually)
  • 16000 credits — $176 per month (monthly)
  • 16000 credits — $141 per month (billed annually)
  • Shared custom styles
  • Centralized account management
  • Premium 24/7 support
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Top-up credits shared across seats

Prices checked 2026-09-25 by web search.

Capabilities

  • Text to image — “Recraft is an AI tool for professional designers, illustrators, and marketers. It lets creators easily generate and iterate original images, vector art, illustrations, icons, and 3D graphics with AI.” source
  • Edits images — “The creator’s platform for generating and editing images, vectors, and mockups with Recraft’s models and other top frontier models” source
  • Upscales — “Image upscaler” source
  • Style or character reference — “Recraft instantly turns them into a reusable, editable style.” source
  • Image to video — “Feed it text, up to five reference photos, audio, or existing video footage and it generates new video from any combination of those inputs.” source
  • Text in images — “Among Recraft's core strengths is its exceptional image generation quality, including generation images with text of any size and length.” source
  • Commercial use — “Paid plans grant you full ownership and commercial rights for all images generated while subscribed.” source
  • Private generation — “Images remain private and are not shown in the community gallery.” source
  • API — “Yes. The Recraft API provides programmatic access to image and vector generation, editing, background removal, inpainting, outpainting, batch jobs, and asynchronous processing.” source
  • Mobile app — “Android App iOS App” source

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