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Why use Ideogram 4.0 on Ideogram API?
Ideogram API offers Ideogram 4.0 with competitive pricing. Ideogram API specializes in text-to-image generation with exceptional typography and prompt adherence, delivering visually accurate and coherent generated images.
Setup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: V_4V_4Request example
V_4.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "V_4", not the LLMReference slug "ideogram-4.0".
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
About Ideogram 4.0
Ideogram's first open-weight image model, a 9.3B-parameter flow-matching Diffusion Transformer released in June 2026. It uses Qwen3-VL-8B as its text encoder, supports structured JSON prompts with bounding-box layout control, and offers Turbo, Default, and Quality rendering-speed tiers through the Ideogram API. Local inference supports 256-2048px outputs at aspect ratios up to 6:1 under a non-commercial license.
FAQ
What API model ID do I use for Ideogram 4.0 on Ideogram API?
Use the model ID V_4 when calling Ideogram API's API.
Who created Ideogram 4.0?
Ideogram 4.0 was created by Ideogram as part of the Ideogram model family.
Is Ideogram 4.0 open source?
Ideogram 4.0 is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.