Ideogram
Text-to-image generator known for accurate in-image typography, now on Ideogram 3.0 with style references, magic prompt, and a per-image API for developers.
Independent assessment across data handling, compliance, security and transparency.
Overview
Ideogram, founded by ex-Google Brain and Toronto researchers, built its reputation on legible in-image text and strong typographic layouts. Ideogram 3.0 adds style references, a randomized style library, and improved prompt adherence, offered via a free tier (10 prompts/day), Basic at $7/mo, Plus at $15/mo, and Pro at $48/mo, plus a pay-per-image API (Turbo $0.03, Quality $0.09). For governance, Ideogram grants users commercial rights to outputs on paid plans (Free tier public by default). It publishes a standard privacy policy and terms, but has no published SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA attestations as of early 2026, and retention and training-opt-out controls are not documented at the enterprise level. Treat Ideogram as a creative-team tool, not a regulated-data workflow.
Risk factors
2- No documented opt-out for data training
- Commercial rights granted on paid plans
Recommendations
2- Publish clear data retention and training policies
- Consider implementing an opt-out mechanism for users
Data handling
- Storage
- Images and prompts stored on Ideogram cloud (US); free-tier outputs visible in public community gallery
- Retention
- Retained in user account until deleted; specific retention timelines not publicly documented
- Training on inputs
- Ideogram may use prompts and generations to improve models; explicit enterprise opt-out not publicly documented
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