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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
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| Category | Image Generation | Image Generation |
| Description | DALL-E 3 is retired as a standalone OpenAI image product. Current flagship image generation is GPT Image 2.5 (API: Flare / Sunburst) in ChatGPT and the Images API - see the gpt-image catalog card. This slug remains a legacy redirect narrative. | Ideogram 4.0 is Ideogram's open-weight 9.3B Diffusion Transformer for design-grade images: native 2K, strong in-image text, and structured JSON layout prompts. Available hosted on ideogram.ai and via API, with public weights for non-commercial self-host. |
| DALL-E 3 model with high prompt adherence for complex descriptions | Supported | Not supported |
| Accurate text rendering inside images (signs, labels, banners) | Supported | Not supported |
| Native ChatGPT integration — generate images mid-conversation | Supported | Not supported |
| Context-aware revision: ask ChatGPT to edit generated images in plain language | Supported | Not supported |
| API access via OpenAI Images API at $0.040–$0.080 per 1024x1024 image | Supported | Not supported |
| Safety filtering with configurable content policies via API | Supported | Not supported |
| HD quality option at 1024x1024, 1024x1792, and 1792x1024 resolutions | Supported | Not supported |
| Inpainting via API for targeted region editing | Supported | Not supported |
| Accurate text in images | Not supported | Supported |
| Typography generation | Not supported | Supported |
| Logo creation | Not supported | Supported |
| Style presets | Not supported | Supported |
| Magic Prompt enhancement | Not supported | Supported |
| High resolution output | Not supported | Supported |
| API access | Not supported | Supported |
| Commercial license | Not supported | Supported |
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