Design comparison
Ideogram vs Makifyai
Marketing visuals, Social media graphics, Concept art · E-commerce sellers, small marketing teams and creators who turn existing product shots into listing images, ads, mockups and social graphics without a designer - one browser workspace over GPT Image 2.5/2.6, the Nano Banana 2.x family, Seedream 5.0 and FLUX 3, with 30 free credits on sign-up and one-time packs from $9.90. A sensible fit if you want per-image credit control instead of a fixed subscription and will read the refund rule before paying: 3 calendar days, 50 paid credits or fewer, minus a 2-10% processing fee. Not a fit if you need to know who the data controller is, how long uploaded product photos are kept, or that your outputs are licensed for commercial use before you upload client material - no privacy notice on the site names a controller, address or retention period, training use is never mentioned, and the Terms decline to guarantee commercial usability even though the marketing copy says a commercial licence is included.
| Decision point | Ideogram | Makify AI |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Marketing visuals, Social media graphics, Concept art | E-commerce sellers, small marketing teams and creators who turn existing product shots into listing images, ads, mockups and social graphics without a designer - one browser workspace over GPT Image 2.5/2.6, the Nano Banana 2.x family, Seedream 5.0 and FLUX 3, with 30 free credits on sign-up and one-time packs from $9.90. A sensible fit if you want per-image credit control instead of a fixed subscription and will read the refund rule before paying: 3 calendar days, 50 paid credits or fewer, minus a 2-10% processing fee. Not a fit if you need to know who the data controller is, how long uploaded product photos are kept, or that your outputs are licensed for commercial use before you upload client material - no privacy notice on the site names a controller, address or retention period, training use is never mentioned, and the Terms decline to guarantee commercial usability even though the marketing copy says a commercial licence is included. |
| Category | Creative | Creative |
| Price | Free plan; Plus $15/mo ($180/yr); Pro $42/mo ($504/yr); Team $20/user/mo | Free: 30 sign-up credits plus 7-day check-in credits, no card required. Starter Pass: 40 credits valid 7 days for $4.99. Subscriptions, monthly: Basic $11.90 (100 credits/month), Standard $29.90 (300), Pro slider $59.90 (750) up to $159.90 (2,300). Billed annually: Basic $118.80/year ($9.90/mo, 1,800 credits), Standard $238.80 ($19.90/mo, 4,800), Pro $358.80-$958.80/year ($29.90-$79.90/mo, 10,800-38,400). One-time packs, valid 6 months: 80 credits $9.90, 150 $19.90, 250 $29.90, 400 $39.90, 650 $59.90, 900 $79.90, 1,200 $99.90, 2,500 $199. Subscriber-only top-ups, valid 6 months: 300 $29.90, 1,500 $119, 4,500 $349, 8,500 $649, 12,500 $899. Per-generation cost is published per model on /pricing (GPT Image 2 3 credits/image, Nano Banana Pro 8, Seedance 2.0 Fast 50 credits per 5s, Seedance 2.5 125 per 5s, MiniMax H3 25 per 5s). Annual cards show 17%, 33% and 50% off the monthly equivalents and the site carries a standing '-50%' promo badge. USD. Verified 2026-11-10 on /pricing, /zh/pricing and the plan config shipped in the page. |
| AIToolsEssentials editorial score | 4.4/5 | 3.5/5 |
Scores are editorial product assessments of job fit, likely output quality, ease of adoption, and operational cost. They are not lab benchmarks, and no tool here has a published hands-on result. How we score.
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Free includes 10 slow credits weekly. Plus is $15/month billed annually with 1,000 priority credits; Pro is $42/month billed annually with 3,500 priority credits; Team is $20/user/month billed annually with 1,500 priority credits per user; Enterprise is custom.
Official sources checked 2026-10-01Official pricing and terms checked 2026-08-28. Paid plans add private generation; Ideogram says it does not claim ownership of generated images and permits commercial use subject to its terms. Re-verified 2026-10-01: Ideogram plan prices and credit allocations (Plus $15/mo billed annually, Pro $42/mo billed annually, Team $20/user/mo billed annually, 1,000/3,500/1,500 priority credits) are unchanged on the official pricing page, which still records paid plans as not claiming ownership of generated images and permitting commercial use subject to the terms.
Free: 30 sign-up credits plus 7-day check-in credits, no card required. Starter Pass: 40 credits valid 7 days for $4.99. Subscriptions, monthly: Basic $11.90 (100 credits/month), Standard $29.90 (300), Pro slider $59.90 (750) up to $159.90 (2,300). Billed annually: Basic $118.80/year ($9.90/mo, 1,800 credits), Standard $238.80 ($19.90/mo, 4,800), Pro $358.80-$958.80/year ($29.90-$79.90/mo, 10,800-38,400). One-time packs, valid 6 months: 80 credits $9.90, 150 $19.90, 250 $29.90, 400 $39.90, 650 $59.90, 900 $79.90, 1,200 $99.90, 2,500 $199. Subscriber-only top-ups, valid 6 months: 300 $29.90, 1,500 $119, 4,500 $349, 8,500 $649, 12,500 $899. Per-generation cost is published per model on /pricing (GPT Image 2 3 credits/image, Nano Banana Pro 8, Seedance 2.0 Fast 50 credits per 5s, Seedance 2.5 125 per 5s, MiniMax H3 25 per 5s). Annual cards show 17%, 33% and 50% off the monthly equivalents and the site carries a standing '-50%' promo badge. USD. Verified 2026-11-10 on /pricing, /zh/pricing and the plan config shipped in the page.
Official sources checked 2026-11-10Submitted via form by vendor; editorial entry written independently. Prices read from the served /pricing HTML on 2026-11-10 and cross-checked against the plan config shipped inside that page: monthly Basic $11.90/100, Standard $29.90/300, Pro slider $59.90-$159.90 for 750-2,300 credits; annual Basic $118.80 ($9.90/mo, 1,800), Standard $238.80 ($19.90/mo, 4,800), Pro $358.80-$958.80 ($29.90-$79.90/mo, 10,800-38,400); one-time packs 80 cr $9.90, 150 $19.90, 250 $29.90, 400 $39.90, 650 $59.90, 900 $79.90, 1,200 $99.90, 2,500 $199 (183 days); subscriber top-ups 300 $29.90, 1,500 $119, 4,500 $349, 8,500 $649, 12,500 $899; Starter Pass 40 cr / 7 days / $4.99. The /zh/pricing mirror carries the same USD figures with a CNY column, and every annual figure equals 12 monthly payments less the badge shown (17/33/50%). Legal set read in full: /privacy-policy and /terms-of-service both 'Last updated Oct 11, 2026', /refund-policy Aug 14, 2026; /privacy, /terms, /about, /contact and /refund all return 404 (the in-app config still points its refund_url at /refund). Sitewide footer names the operator as ARKELUMA LLC; the policy itself names no controller, address or jurisdiction. Whole-word sweep for 'train' across all fetched pages: zero hits. Processors are named only by category. Browser check on a clean profile 2026-11-10: GA4 G-CDGZN0YSBE plus stats.g.doubleclick.net, Microsoft Clarity xtk49ey6wl, c.bing.com and static.cloudflareinsights.com all fired with no consent banner rendered; cookies _ga, _ga_CDGZN0YSBE, MUID, SRM_B, ANONCHK, CLID and localStorage keys device_fingerprint / attribution_session_id were written. MX is Cloudflare Email Routing and accepts every local part, so an SMTP RCPT probe confirms the domain receives mail but not that a human reads a given address; support@makifyai.com is the published contact. Domain registered 2026-04-08 (Cloudflare registrar, NS audrey/sid); the name market is unrelated - makify.com is a DIY/YouTube hobby site and makify.app does not resolve - so no name dispute is recorded. No hands-on test: entering the product requires creating an account, which is outside the scope of an editorial check.
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