Ideogram vs WaveSpeedAI vs Seedream vs ChatGPT Images

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Ideogram
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WaveSpeedAI
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Seedream
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ChatGPT Images
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Ideogram
ideogram.ai
AI images with text that's actually readable
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Competitor WaveSpeedAI
wavespeed.ai
WaveSpeedAI is a media generation platform that puts more than 1,000 image, video, audio, 3D and language models behind one API key.
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Competitor Seedream
seed.bytedance.com
Seedream 4.0 is an image creation model from ByteDance Seed that merges image generation and image editing in one architecture.
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Competitor ChatGPT Images
openai.com
Because generation is native to the 4o multimodal model rather than a separate add-on, it draws on the model's world knowledge and the conversation history.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.6Mvisits/mo
1.9Mvisits/mo
698.5Kvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 13.7%
▼ 3.0%
▲ 7.7%
▲ 3.6%
6-month growth
-14.7%
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-78.0%
+0.3%
Global rank web
#12,160
#25,205
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Avg. last 3 months
2.8M
1.9M
742.3K
197.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
38%
54%
58%
Pages / visit
12.7
5.3
2.2
3.0
Visit duration
7m 37s
5m 10s
1m 29s
2m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 25%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
IdeogramWaveSpeedAISeedreamChatGPT Images
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MIdeogram · 4.2MIdeogram · 3.8MIdeogram · 3.4MIdeogram · 3.1MIdeogram · 3.1MIdeogram · 3.1MIdeogram · 2.8MIdeogram · 3MIdeogram · 2.6MWaveSpeedAI · 894.5KWaveSpeedAI · 1.4MWaveSpeedAI · 1.7MWaveSpeedAI · 1.8MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MSeedream · 647.8KSeedream · 606.3KSeedream · 566.1KSeedream · 3.2MSeedream · 1.8MSeedream · 1.3MSeedream · 879.9KSeedream · 648.6KSeedream · 698.5KChatGPT Images · 266.3MChatGPT Images · 225MChatGPT Images · 210.1MChatGPT Images · 191.2MChatGPT Images · 203.7MChatGPT Images · 195.7MChatGPT Images · 203.1MChatGPT Images · 190.4MChatGPT Images · 197.2MChatGPT Images · 204.3M100K1M10M100M1BIdeogram · 4.2MIdeogram · 3.8MIdeogram · 3.4MIdeogram · 3.1MIdeogram · 3.1MIdeogram · 3.1MIdeogram · 2.8MIdeogram · 3MIdeogram · 2.6MWaveSpeedAI · 894.5KWaveSpeedAI · 1.4MWaveSpeedAI · 1.7MWaveSpeedAI · 1.8MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MSeedream · 647.8KSeedream · 606.3KSeedream · 566.1KSeedream · 3.2MSeedream · 1.8MSeedream · 1.3MSeedream · 879.9KSeedream · 648.6KSeedream · 698.5KChatGPT Images · 266.3MChatGPT Images · 225MChatGPT Images · 210.1MChatGPT Images · 191.2MChatGPT Images · 203.7MChatGPT Images · 195.7MChatGPT Images · 203.1MChatGPT Images · 190.4MChatGPT Images · 197.2MChatGPT Images · 204.3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
$9per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
ImagesText
ImagesTextVideo
ImagesText
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Output
Images
3DAudioImagesTextVideo
Images
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Design & CreativeImage GenerationAI Image GeneratorAI Logo Generator+1 more
Development & CodeImage GenerationVideo CreationAI API+3 more
Image EditingImage GenerationAI Image GeneratorImage to Image
Design & CreativeImage EditingImage GenerationAI Comic Generator+3 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Image generation
Image editing
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Image to image
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Art generation
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Video generation
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4K image generation
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Image removal
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Image to video
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Images
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Logo idea generation
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Logo ideas
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Posters
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Character image generation
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Image coloring
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