Ideogram API cost at volume: what 10, 100 and 10,000 images work out to
One image on Ideogram v3 costs 6 credits at default settings. At the Enterprise pack rate that scales like this:
| Volume | Credits | USD |
|---|---|---|
| 10 images | 60 | $0.60 |
| 100 images | 600 | $5.99 |
| 1,000 images | 6,000 | $59.92 |
| 10,000 images | 60,000 | $599.25 |
The pack ladder changes all of these
Credits are not linearly priced, so the same call costs different amounts depending on what you bought:
| Pack | Per credit | One image |
|---|---|---|
| Basic ($6.9 / 500) | $0.0138 | $0.083 |
| Standard ($14.9 / 1200) | $0.0124 | $0.074 |
| Premium ($34.9 / 3000) | $0.0116 | $0.070 |
| Enterprise ($79.9 / 8000) | $0.0100 | $0.060 |
The lever that matters most
Batch with n. It does not reduce cost, but 4 images in one call use one concurrency slot instead of 4 — which matters on the free tier, where the ceiling is 1.
What is not in these numbers
Failed jobs. They refund in full, so they do not appear on the bill — but they do cost you wall-clock time and a retry. How often that happens is not something this page measures; see job state failed and UPSTREAM_FAIL.
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Where these facts come from
- codebase: src/ai/providers/ideogram.ts — pricing() and paramsSchema
- codebase: src/config/website.tsx — credit pack pricing