Ideogram Character vs Consistent Characters
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Ideogram Character costs 5 credits per image and Consistent Characters costs 1 credit per image at its default setting. We gave both the exact same reference photo and the same instruction to place her on a bicycle in a rainy city crosswalk on August 26, 2026. Ideogram Character did it, in 47 seconds. Consistent Characters ignored the scene and returned another studio background portrait in 215 seconds. The five times higher price bought a tool that actually followed the scene instruction.
The same reference photo and scene instruction on both
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Place this exact woman on a bicycle crossing a rainy city crosswalk at dusk, neon shop signs reflecting in puddles, cinematic wide shot, keep her face, glasses, red curly hair, denim jacket and yellow shirt identical
Ideogram Character
Place this exact woman on a bicycle crossing a rainy city crosswalk at dusk, neon shop signs reflecting in puddles, cinematic wide shot, keep her face, glasses, red curly hair, denim jacket and yellow shirt identical
Consistent Characters
Same reference photo, same scene instruction. Ideogram Character: 5 credits, 47 seconds, placed her in the scene. Consistent Characters: 1 credit, 215 seconds, stayed in the studio.
Why Choose Pixel Dojo for Ideogram Character vs Consistent Characters
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Ideogram Character followed the scene instruction
Rainy crosswalk, neon signage, a bicycle, all present, with her face, glasses, hair and outfit carried over from the reference photo.
Consistent Characters is cheaper for what it is built for
At 1 credit per image it is the lower cost option when what you actually need is more portrait variations, not a new scene.
How It Works
How we ran the comparison, so you can repeat it:
Start from one reference photo
The same character photo, a woman with red curly hair, round glasses and a denim jacket over a yellow shirt, went into both tools.
Send the identical scene instruction
Both got the same request: place her on a bicycle in a rainy city crosswalk at dusk, keep the face, glasses, hair and outfit identical.
Check what changed in the output
We compared background, pose and setting against the original photo, not just whether the face still matched.
The Pixel Dojo Advantage
Same reference photo, same instruction, same day. One tool changed the scene, the other changed nothing but the pose.
| Others | Pixel Dojo |
|---|---|
| Ideogram Character: 5 credits, about 47 seconds on our run | Consistent Characters: 1 credit at its default flux-kontext setting, about 215 seconds on the identical prompt and photo |
| Ideogram Character: placed her on a bicycle in a rainy crosswalk with neon signage, exactly as instructed | Consistent Characters: returned a plain studio headshot on a beige background, ignoring the scene entirely |
| Ideogram Character: identity, glasses, hair and outfit all carried over correctly in the new scene | Consistent Characters: identity, glasses, hair and outfit also carried over correctly, just with no scene change |
| Ideogram Character: one image per request at this price | Consistent Characters: up to 12 images per request, built for generating a batch of pose or background variations at once |
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Common Questions
Everything you need to know about Ideogram Character vs Consistent Characters
Which is cheaper, Ideogram Character or Consistent Characters?
Consistent Characters, at 1 credit per image against 5 credits for Ideogram Character. But on our test the cheaper tool did not do the job we asked for.
Which one actually changes the scene?
Ideogram Character did, on our run. Given a reference photo and an instruction to place the person on a bicycle in a rainy crosswalk, it built that scene. Consistent Characters, given the identical photo and instruction, returned another portrait on a plain background.
Is Consistent Characters bad at identity preservation?
No, the opposite. Face, glasses, hair and outfit all matched the source photo closely. What it did not do is move the subject into a new environment, because it is a character sheet and portrait-variation tool, not a scene compositor.
Which one is faster?
Ideogram Character, in our test: about 47 seconds against about 215 seconds for Consistent Characters on the identical input.
When should I use Consistent Characters instead?
When you want several portrait style variations of the same character quickly and cheaply, up to 12 in one request at 1 credit each with the default model. It is not the right tool when the goal is placing that character into a specific new scene.
How do I call either from the API?
POST to /api/v1/models/ideogram-character/run with character_reference_image and a prompt, or to /api/v1/models/consistent-characters/run with input_image and num_images. Same key for both.