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One-time top-ups of $10 to $300, balance capped at $300, with optional auto-recharge. Ideogram 4.0 costs $0.03 Turbo, $0.06 Default and $0.10 Quality per image. P-Image-Ideogram runs about $0.003 to $0.015 per 1K image by quality, $0.033 at Very High. Each returned image is billed separately (https://ideogram.ai/features/api-pricing, https://developer.ideogram.ai/ideogram-api/api-setup).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No machine payment. 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When it's false the `url` is empty", "Download images straight away, the links expire", "Use the `/async/` variants with `webhook_url` for batches and verify the Ed25519 signature" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 50.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 18, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 76, "security": 35, "transparency": 32 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.ideogram.ai/v1/ideogram-v4/generate \\\n -H \"Api-Key: $IDEOGRAM_API_KEY\" \\\n -F text_prompt=\"A poster that says OPEN LATE in bold red letters\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http ideogram https://mcp.ideogram.ai/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/ideogram" }, "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Ideogram 4.0 Turbo", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.03 }, { "item": "Ideogram 4.0 Default", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.06, "note": "default rendering speed" }, { "item": "Ideogram 4.0 Quality", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.1 }, { "item": "P-Image-Ideogram Very High", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.033, "note": "1K resolution" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Ideogram AI, Inc.", "domain": "ideogram.ai", "domainRegistered": "2023-02-28", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://ideogram.ai/legal/api-tos", "privacy": "https://ideogram.ai/legal/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.ideogram.ai", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The Developer API Agreement names Ideogram AI, Inc. The site footer says Ideogram, Inc." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ideogram.json", "live": { "slug": "ideogram", "probe": { "target": "https://api.ideogram.ai/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:24.823241681Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 152, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.91, "p50ms24h": 153, "p95ms24h": 212, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1105, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.ideogram.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T00:11:22.471319574Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://ideogram.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:56.071296794Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developer.ideogram.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:54.473369971Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "ideogram.ai", "registered": "2023-02-28", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/ideogram.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:58.912971745Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://ideogram.ai/features/api-pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:04.596103919Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:21:26.123073336Z", "fingerprint": "8eda804d1edb" }, { "url": "https://ideogram.ai/legal/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:08.836623652Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "81198a993567" }, { "url": "https://ideogram.ai/legal/api-tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:06.909523433Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b978e7fe076c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:24.823241681Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "openai-image-api", "name": "OpenAI Image API", "vendor": "OpenAI", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.openai.com", "kind": "model", "category": "image-generation", "summary": "OpenAI's image generation and editing endpoints (/v1/images/generations and /v1/images/edits), also callable as a tool inside the Responses API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-image-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-image-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-image-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-image-api.json", "repo": "https://github.com/openai/openai-python", "license": "Apache-2.0 (SDKs)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.openai.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "openai" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "openai" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "`Authorization: Bearer` with a project key. GPT Image models may need API organisation verification before the first call.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid, $5 minimum. GPT Image 2 and 2.5 bill per token, $5 per million text input, $8 per million image input and $30 per million image output, with image output at $15 per million through Batch. OpenAI publishes per-image figures only for earlier models, e.g. GPT Image 2 at 1024x1024 costs $0.006 low, $0.053 medium, $0.211 high. The GPT Image 2 cost calculator doesn't estimate GPT Image 2.5. Streaming partial images add 100 output tokens each (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No machine payment. Access needs an account with prepaid credit.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 31300, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/image-generation", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.openai.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi", "capabilities": [ "image.generate", "image.edit", "image.reference" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "card-required", "closed-source", "python", "typescript", "openapi", "llms-txt", "c2pa", "watermark", "commercial-licence" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-22", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 72.7, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 67, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 20, "reliability": 80, "schema": 90, "security": 85, "transparency": 92 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "On 2025-11-26 OpenAI disclosed that its analytics vendor Mixpanel was breached, exposing names, emails, rough location and IDs of API platform users. No API keys, prompts or outputs. Mixpanel was removed and the incident documented (https://openai.com/index/mixpanel-incident/). -2 because it touched every API account, decayed because it's fixed and disclosed." ], "verdict": "Generation, mask edits and multi-reference edits on the same models, via the Image API or the Responses tool. No per-image price for GPT Image 2.5, and the cost calculator doesn't cover it.", "strengths": [ "Generation, mask edits and multi-reference edits on the same models, via the Image API or the Responses tool", "Restricted keys can be limited to the image endpoints, with per-project spend limits", "No training on API data by default, 30-day abuse logs and Zero Data Retention eligibility for GPT Image models", "Typed parameters, an OpenAPI spec, llms.txt and a dated changelog", "Batch halves the image output price, including on GPT Image 2.5 Flare" ], "weaknesses": [ "No per-image price for GPT Image 2.5, and the cost calculator doesn't cover it", "Tier 1 accounts get 5 images a minute on GPT Image 2.5 Flare", "Base64-only responses put the whole image in the payload", "Six image models removed or scheduled for removal between 2026-05-12 and 2026-12-01", "Three API image incidents in the last 90 days, the longest about 53 minutes of elevated errors" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pin `quality` and `size`. `auto` makes cost and latency vary per call", "Read `usage` in the response to track image tokens, it's the only cost signal for GPT Image 2.5", "Don't retry `moderation_blocked` or `image_generation_user_error`. Change the prompt first", "Honour `Retry-After` on 429 and add jitter, image limits are per minute and low at tier 1", "Move off gpt-image-1 before 2026-10-23 and off 1-mini, 1.5 and chatgpt-image-latest before 2026-12-01" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "high", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 72.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 20, "reliability": 80, "schema": 90, "security": 85, "transparency": 83 }, "provenanceScore": 100 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install openai # or: npm i openai", "http": "curl https://api.openai.com/v1/images/generations \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY\" -H \"content-type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"gpt-image-2.5-flare\",\"prompt\":\"A beige coffee mug on a wooden table\",\"size\":\"1024x1024\",\"quality\":\"medium\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openai-image-api" }, "sameCompany": [ "openai-api", "openai-embeddings", "openai-moderation", "openai-sora", "openai-agents-sdk", "openai-codex" ], "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "gpt-image-2", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.053, "note": "medium quality, 1024x1024, output tokens only" }, { "item": "gpt-image-2 low", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.006, "note": "low quality, 1024x1024" }, { "item": "gpt-image-2 high", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.211, "note": "high quality, 1024x1024" }, { "item": "gpt-image-1.5", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.034, "note": "medium quality, 1024x1024. Removal on 2026-12-01" }, { "item": "gpt-image-1-mini", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.011, "note": "medium quality, 1024x1024. Removal on 2026-12-01" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "OpenAI OpCo, LLC", "domain": "openai.com", "domainRegistered": "2007-01-19", "domainNote": "openai.com was registered in 2007, before OpenAI existed.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://openai.com/policies/services-agreement/", "privacy": "https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.openai.com", "changelog": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 100 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-image-api.json", "live": { "slug": "openai-image-api", "probe": { "target": "https://api.openai.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:27.519120536Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 129, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 132, "p95ms24h": 154, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1105, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.openai.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T00:11:26.143300432Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "openai/openai-python", "version": "v3.24.0", "released": "2026-10-02", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:35:35.318975574Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "openai", "version": "7.27.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:35:35.251915172Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "openai", "version": "3.24.0", "released": "2026-10-02", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:35:35.142700958Z" } ], "githubStars": 31742, "npmWeekly": 50351921, "pypiWeekly": 72949998, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://openai.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:58.86463118Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developers.openai.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:08.149803604Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "openai.com", "registered": "2007-01-19", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/openai.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:02.32020521Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:27.519120536Z" } }, "summary": "OpenAI Image API has a score of 72.7 (BB) against Ideogram API's 50.3 (D). Both do image generate. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 61 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ideogram-vs-openai-image-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ideogram-vs-openai-image-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ideogram-vs-openai-image-api.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ideogram-vs-openai-image-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenAI Image API has a score of 72.7 (BB) against Ideogram API's 50.3 (D). Both do image generate. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 61 points.\n\n- Ideogram API: grade D, 50.3/100, rank #360 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ideogram.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ideogram.json\n- OpenAI Image API: grade BB, 72.7/100, rank #67 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-image-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-image-api.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Ideogram API for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick OpenAI Image API for reliability (+15), schema \u0026 documentation (+14), agent ergonomics (+9), security \u0026 auth (+50), maintenance \u0026 community (+61), transparency \u0026 trust (+40).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Ideogram API | OpenAI Image API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 80 | OpenAI Image API +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 90 | OpenAI Image API +14 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 72 | OpenAI Image API +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 35 | 85 | OpenAI Image API +50 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 18 | 79 | OpenAI Image API +61 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 92 | OpenAI Image API +40 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.3 · D** | **72.7 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Ideogram API | OpenAI Image API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Ideogram | OpenAI |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ideogram.ai/v1` | `https://api.openai.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-22 |\n| Popularity | none | 31k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Ideogram API.** Text rendering and layout control are the model's focus. Six API incidents in 90 days, three on v3 endpoints between 23 and 29 September.\n\n**OpenAI Image API.** Generation, mask edits and multi-reference edits on the same models, via the Image API or the Responses tool. No per-image price for GPT Image 2.5, and the cost calculator doesn't cover it.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Ideogram API\n\n1. Send multipart form data, not JSON\n2. Treat 402 as no credit or no payment method, and 422 as an unsafe prompt to rewrite, not retry\n3. Check `is_image_safe`. When it's false the `url` is empty\n4. Download images straight away, the links expire\n5. Use the `/async/` variants with `webhook_url` for batches and verify the Ed25519 signature\n\n### OpenAI Image API\n\n1. Pin `quality` and `size`. `auto` makes cost and latency vary per call\n2. Read `usage` in the response to track image tokens, it's the only cost signal for GPT Image 2.5\n3. Don't retry `moderation_blocked` or `image_generation_user_error`. Change the prompt first\n4. Honour `Retry-After` on 429 and add jitter, image limits are per minute and low at tier 1\n5. 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