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Ideogram vs Recraft
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Recraft is the cheapest to start, at $10 a month.
Key differences
- Both have a free plan, so you can try each before paying.
- Cheapest paid plan: Recraft Basic at $10/mo, against Ideogram Plus at $20/mo.
- Over a year that's $120 less on Recraft than Ideogram at the entry level.
- Paying yearly for Ideogram Plus saves $60 a year (25%).
- No price changes recorded for either in the last six months.
Worked out from each official pricing page: Ideogram pricing · Recraft pricing (confirmed 12 Oct 2026).
| Attribute | Ideogram | Recraft |
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| Category | Image generation | Image generation |
| Good for | images, design, logos, marketing | images, design, logos, photo editing |
| Starts at | $20/mo | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free tier limits | Weekly free credits for eligible accounts, slow generation, one concurrent generation; images are public, with no batch generation or quality export. | Free plan with a small daily credit allowance; images are public in the community gallery, owned by Recraft and not licensed for commercial use. |
| Free plan details | Not stated on the pricing page | Not stated on the pricing page |
| The catch | None stated on the pricing page | None stated on the pricing page |
| Pricing model | Free plan + paid | Free plan + paid |
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| Data confirmed | Not yet: researched starting data | 12 Oct 2026 (from the pricing page) |
| Popularity | Top 100,000 website worldwide (Cloudflare Radar) | Top 50,000 website worldwide (Cloudflare Radar) |
| Last price change | None recorded | None recorded |
| Visit Ideogram | Visit Recraft |
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