Text-accurate image generation

Scores as of 2026-09-14 (43 days old; Depot marks scores stale after 30 days). The pick is still Depot's current editorial pick; it has not been re-reviewed since. Prices below carry their own dates.

Depot Pick

Ideogram · 7.87/10 for this job (curated estimate, high confidence)

Media-gen specialty. Confidence: high on Ideogram typography reputation.

Runner-up

Recraft · 8.04/10

Scores higher than the pick on: Capability fit, Price / performance, Latency / reliability, Developer & agent DX, Privacy / data retention.

When not to use the pick

Vector/brand consistency (Recraft), Flux quality (BFL/Fal), or OpenAI already bundled.

Lock-in / migration

The pick has lower stored lock-in risk than runner-up Recraft (3.8 vs 4). Self-host fallback listed for this job: FLUX.1-schnell.

Sourced price (usd_per_image)

Pick: no sourced price in this job's unit (no_sourced_price).

Cheapest matching SKU: Black Forest Labs FLUX 3 Image Klein (1K tier) $0.009 — source, as of 2026-10-19. Not the pick; not quality-adjusted.

Price history: first seen 2026-10-19 · last changed no change recorded · history JSON

Free option

• Cloudflare Workers AI image models (free) — source, as of 2026-10-25
• FLUX.1-schnell (oss) — source, as of 2026-10-25

Failure modes to watch

• Runaway spend: Set a budget and a tool-call cap per task. Alert when spend jumps. Stop the run at the cap instead of summarizing a partial trace as success.

Reported outcomes (submitted reports only)

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Cite: Agent Provider Depot, Depot Pick for text-in-image-generation: ideogram, scores as of 2026-09-14. Agents: GET /api/decide?jtbd=text-in-image-generation