Ideogram Character
One clean portrait in, the same face out — across new scenes, outfits, and art styles. Ideogram Character is the consistency model in the Ideogram family: upload a single reference photo, write a prompt, and the model keeps the facial features and hair that make the person recognizable. No LoRA training, no ten-image dataset, no fine-tuning run. It launched in July 2025 and runs in the official Ideogram app and through APIs on fal and Replicate.
This page covers the model spec, what it does well, where it breaks, and what each provider charges — then shows where it fits next to the Ideogram 4 generator hosted here. New to the family? Start with how to use Ideogram 4, grab a free image, or see how Ideogram 4 stacks up against GPT Image 2.
Ideogram Character model spec
The parameters that matter before you call the API — checked against the fal endpoint documentation.
One reference image
Ideogram Character takes exactly one character reference per request — current API support is a single image, up to 10MB. A portrait-style photo with a clear, well-lit face at a slight angle gives the model the cleanest identity map.
Three rendering speeds
Pick Turbo, Balanced, or Quality per request — Balanced is the default. Turbo is the budget pass for drafts; Quality is the final pass when skin texture and hair detail have to hold up at full size.
Style modes
Auto, Realistic, or Fiction. Realistic keeps the output photographic; Fiction pushes the same identity into illustrated and stylized worlds without losing who the character is.
Standard aspect ratios
Square HD by default, plus portrait and landscape in 4:3 and 16:9 — or a custom width and height when your layout calls for something else.
Prompt controls
MagicPrompt expansion is on by default and can be toggled off. The API also accepts a negative prompt, a seed for reproducible runs, and optional color palette presets.
Masks and style references
Optional reference masks control which parts of the character are preserved — protect a hat or jewelry, for example — and separate style reference images steer the look without changing the face.
What Ideogram Character does well — and where it breaks
Capability edges drawn from the provider docs and official guidance, not wishful thinking.
Same face, new scene
Drop the character into new environments, outfits, and compositions while facial features, proportions, and hair stay recognizable — the single job Ideogram Character was built to do.
Real and fictional characters
It maps identity from photos of real people and from rendered or illustrated characters alike, so a brand mascot gets the same treatment as a founder headshot.
Style transfer
Carry one identity across photographic, illustrated, and stylized looks. Aggressive style transfers can trade away fine facial detail in favor of the style, so save a Quality render for the final pass.
Editing and remixing
On fal the family includes a character edit endpoint for mask-based fixes to faces and clothing, and a character remix endpoint that re-renders the same character in a described style.
Where it struggles
Blurry references, photos with several people, heavy filters, complex poses, and extreme camera angles all degrade consistency. One clean, single-person reference beats a stack of mediocre ones.
Where to run Ideogram Character: providers and pricing
Three legitimate routes to the same model. Last verified for providers fal and Replicate on 2026-06-11.
Official Ideogram app
Character ships inside ideogram.ai and the iOS app, announced free for all users at launch in July 2025. The in-app version adds a mask editor and pairs with Magic Fill and Remix; while a character reference is active, the color palette, negative prompt, seed, and style reference options are disabled.
fal — fal-ai/ideogram/character
Queue-based API with per-request pricing tied to rendering speed: $0.10 Turbo, $0.15 Balanced, $0.20 Quality. The same family exposes the edit and remix endpoints for mask-based changes and style re-renders.
Replicate — ideogram-ai/ideogram-character
Ideogram AI's official account publishes the model on Replicate — one reference image in, a consistent character out, runnable from the dashboard or the HTTP API with Replicate's usage-based billing.
How to access Ideogram Character from here
This site hosts Ideogram 4, the text-in-image specialist. Here's how the two models fit into one workflow.
Build the scene on Ideogram 4
Our generator runs the real Ideogram 4 model, hosted — we're an independent, third-party host, not affiliated with Ideogram, Inc. It's the stronger pick whenever the image needs readable words: posters, covers, packaging, social graphics. Your first image is free with no signup.
Keep the character described, not vague
The generator here doesn't run the Character model itself, but Ideogram 4 holds a character noticeably steadier when you lock the description: name the age, hair, build, outfit, and palette in the same words every prompt, and put any on-image text in double quotes.
Add Ideogram Character when the face must match
When a series demands the exact same face every time, run Ideogram Character on the official app, fal, or Replicate with one clean portrait — then come back here when the typography is the point of the image.
Ideogram Character FAQ
The questions creators actually ask before trying it.
Put real words in your character art
Run Ideogram 4 free on our hosted generator — no signup for your first image, 10 credits the moment you join.