# Ideogram 4

> Ideogram 4 (Ideogram 4.0) is Ideogram's open-weight text-to-image model, released on 3 June 2026 with 9.3 billion parameters. Ideogram built it for typography and layout. On Kenerate AI it runs text-to-image in five aspect ratios; in our tests it rendered short words cleanly but garbled longer text, where GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst was more reliable.

URL: https://kenerateai.com/ideogram-v4
Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com)
Last updated: 28 October 2026

## Key facts
- Maker: Ideogram
- Released: 3 June 2026
- Parameters: 9.3B, open weights
- English OCR: 0.97 (Ideogram's figure)
- Output size: 256–2,048 px per side
- Layout control: Bounding boxes · JSON prompts
- Licence: Code Apache-2.0 · weights non-commercial
- On Kenerate: Text to image · 5 aspect ratios

## Steps
1. Open the generator — Pick Ideogram v4 in /app/image. Sign in free for starter credits.
2. Keep text short — Put each word or name in quotes; one short line per element.
3. Pick a ratio — 1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3 or 16:9.
4. Check the spelling — Regenerate if a letter slips, or switch to GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst for long text.

## In depth

### Why short text works and long text slips
Text rendering improves every generation, but models still spend most of their accuracy on the first few words. Keep each text element short, put it in quotes, and split long copy into separate elements — or use a model that handled long lines better in our tests.

### Open weights, non-commercial licence
Ideogram released the weights so developers can run and study the model, but the weights licence is non-commercial. Using it through a hosted service is how most people will try it.

## FAQ
Q: What is Ideogram 4?
A: Ideogram 4 is Ideogram's open-weight text-to-image model, released on 3 June 2026 with 9.3 billion parameters and built for typography and layout. Ideogram reports 0.97 English OCR accuracy and bounding-box layout control, with outputs of 256–2,048 px per side. On Kenerate it is listed as Ideogram v4 and runs text-to-image in five aspect ratios.

Q: Is Ideogram 4 open source?
A: Partly. The inference code is Apache-2.0, but the weights use Ideogram's own “Ideogram 4 Non-Commercial” licence, so commercial deployments of the weights need a licence from Ideogram. Ideogram released the weights so developers can run and study the model. Using it through a hosted service such as Kenerate is how most people will try it.

Q: Can I try Ideogram 4 free on Kenerate?
A: Yes. New accounts get free starter credits on sign-up, which you can spend testing Ideogram v4 in any of its five aspect ratios: 1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3 or 16:9. Bigger jobs use one-time credit packs that never expire, with no subscription required. Downloads carry no watermark.

Q: Is Ideogram 4 good at text?
A: For short text, yes. In our tests it rendered words and names like 'LESS IS MORE', 'MAISON LOUISE' and 'NORDLY' cleanly, but garbled longer lines, dates and lists, such as an infographic and a poster date. Keep each text element short and in quotes. For long text, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst was more reliable.

Q: What resolution does Ideogram 4 make?
A: Ideogram says the model outputs 256–2,048 px per side, in multiples of 16, with ratios up to 6:1. On Kenerate the output is about 1 megapixel, for example 880×1168 at 3:4, in five aspect ratios from square to 16:9. Pick the ratio before you generate, since it sets the final shape of the image.

Q: Ideogram 4 vs FLUX.2 — which should I use?
A: Use Ideogram 4 when the image is about the text: logos, signs, posters, short wordmarks. Use FLUX.2 (for example Flux 2 Klein Base 9B) for general images — on Kenerate it costs 4.5 credits per image versus 15 for Ideogram v4, offers more size presets, and can edit with up to 3 reference images, which Ideogram v4 here cannot. For the highest-fidelity FLUX.2 results there is also Flux 2 Max at 21 credits.

Q: How much does Ideogram 4 cost on Kenerate?
A: 15 credits per image, in any of the five aspect ratios. There is no subscription: new accounts get free starter credits on sign-up, and after that you top up with one-time credit packs that never expire. By comparison, Flux 2 Klein Base 9B is 4.5 credits and Recraft V4.1 is 12 credits per image.

Q: Can Ideogram 4 edit images?
A: Not on Kenerate. Ideogram v4 is text-to-image only here, with no reference images or edits. For edits, use Seedream 5.0 Pro, GPT Image 2 or Nano Banana 2. For text-based stickers, the Edit Studio has an AI Sticker tool that runs Ideogram V3 and exports a transparent PNG.

## Related pages
- Ideogram alternative: https://kenerateai.com/ideogram-alternative
- GPT Image 2: https://kenerateai.com/model/gpt-image-2
- Recraft: https://kenerateai.com/model/recraft
- AI logo generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-logo-generator
- FLUX.2: https://kenerateai.com/model/flux-2

## Sources
- Ideogram — Ideogram 4.0 announcement: https://ideogram.ai/blog/ideogram-4.0/
- Ideogram — model page: https://ideogram.ai/models/4.0/
- GitHub — ideogram-oss/ideogram-4: https://github.com/ideogram-oss/ideogram-4