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PClipdrop vs Ideogram
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Clipdrop if…
- you're in its core audience: marketers, designers
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Choose Ideogram if…
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on iOS
- you're in its core audience: graphic designers, marketers
Side by side
Feature Clipdrop Ideogram
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price—$15/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Background removal—
AI upscaling—
Generative fill/erase—
Relighting—
Photoshop/Lightroom plugin—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, API
CategoryPhoto EditingImage Generators
CompanyInitML · since 2020 · part of Jasper.aiIdeogram, Inc.
Full feature lists
C Clipdrop
- Text-to-image generation
- Background removal and replacement
- Cleanup of objects, people, text and defects
- Image upscaling up to x16 on Pro
- Relight to change image lighting
- Uncrop to extend photos into new formats
- Universal resizer for social media formats
- Photoshop plugins and usage-based API
I Ideogram
- Text-to-image with Ideogram 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5 models
- Ideogram Vector model for vector output
- Precise Edit, Object Remover and Background Remover apps
- Ad Resizer, Colorways and Material Swap tools
- Custom image model training
- Unified API for image and video models
- MCP integration for Claude and Cursor
- Open Ideogram 4.0 weights for local use
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Clipdrop · clipdrop.co
Ideogram · ideogram.aiWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
What the free plans include
Clipdrop
- Background Removal 20/24h
- Image Upscaler x2 20/24h
- Cleanup 20/24h
- Relight 20/24h
Ideogram
Free plan limits aren't published.
All plans and prices
Clipdrop
Free$0
ProNot listed
APIUsage-based
Ideogram
Free$0
Plus$20/mo or $15/mo billed yearly
Pro$60/mo or $42/mo billed yearly
Team$30/user/mo or $20/user/mo billed yearly
EnterpriseCustom
Price changes we've recorded
We re-read each pricing page every month and log what changed.
Clipdrop
No changes since we started tracking.
Ideogram
- Nov 8, 2026Pricing model: Paid → Freemium; Starting price: $20/mo → $15/mo; New plan: Free ($0); New plan: Pro ($60); New plan: Team ($30)
Strengths and limitations
Clipdrop
- Free plan includes daily uses of most tools
- Pro raises limits to 1,000 uses per 24 hours per tool
- API and Photoshop plugins available
- Free plan limited to 20 uses per day on several tools
- No mobile apps listed
Ideogram
- Free plan with 30 credits per week
- Ideogram 4.0 weights available for local use
- One API for multiple image and video models
- Paid plans can keep generating in a slower queue after credits run out
- Free-plan generations are public
- Email-and-password accounts get no free credits
- No Android app listed
- Team plan requires at least 2 users
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 5, 2026. Editorial policy