# Ideogram API vs Iris-3B (slim)

> Iris-3B and Ideogram score within a point of each other for image generation, 50.9 and 50 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Iris-3B and Ideogram API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 50.9 (D) and 50 (D). Ideogram API leads on reliability, schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do image generation.

- Ideogram API: D 50, rank #845 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ideogram.min.md
- Iris-3B: D 50.9, rank #826 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/iris-3b.min.md
- Ideogram API, good for Images with text in them, such as posters, ads and packaging. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 45; Schema & documentation, 76 against 47; Agent ergonomics, 63 against 54. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Iris-3B, good for An agent on a machine with a CUDA GPU that needs Apache-2.0 image generation, relative depth or 4x restoration without a vendor account. Ahead on Security & auth, 44 against 35; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 70 against 18. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Ideogram API | Iris-3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 47 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 54 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 35 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 18 | 70 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 48 | 47 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ideogram API | Iris-3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ideogram | Speridlabs |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ideogram.ai/v1` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| Licence | none | Apache-2.0 (code and weights) |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-08-14 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-01-15 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | none | 175 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |