# PayWeave Replicate – Ideogram v3 Balanced Image Generation

> PayWeave Replicate – Ideogram v3 Balanced Image Generation is a paid API for AI agents from replicate.payweave.services, paid per call via x402, $0.12/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Generates balanced-quality images from text prompts using Ideogram AI's v3-balanced model, billed per-call via x402 micropayments.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://replicate.payweave.services/models/ideogram-ai/ideogram-v3-balanced/predictions
- Price: $0.12/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/payweave-replicate-ideogram-v3-balanced-image-generation-319a7c5c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_xdFP-RhrIh1Ri8OwqCJBo

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability payweave-replicate-ideogram-v3-balanced-image-generation-319a7c5c -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Generate an image of a serene Japanese zen garden at sunset with cherry blossoms falling, using the Ideogram v3 balanced model — I want a wide landscape format with soft pastel colors.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need Ideogram v3 balanced-quality image generation via a pay-per-call micropayment model (x402/USDC) without requiring a full Replicate API subscription. Prefer it over direct Replicate API when you want per-call billing and no account setup, and over other Ideogram endpoints when the balanced model's quality-speed tradeoff suits your use case.

## Known failure modes

- Prompt violates content policy — model returns error status with descriptive error message
- Payment rejected or insufficient USDC balance — HTTP 402 before prediction is created
- Model is overloaded or starting — status returns 'starting' or 'processing' with no output yet
- Invalid input schema — 400 error if required 'input' object is malformed or missing
- Prediction canceled — status 'canceled' with null output
- CDN URL expires after ~24h — image becomes inaccessible if not downloaded promptly

## How this service works

Run open-source AI models — image, video, audio.

## Output

Returns a Replicate prediction object containing: a prediction ID, the model name, a status field (succeeded/failed/canceled/processing/starting), a CDN-hosted image URL with ~24h TTL in the output field, inference timing metrics (total_time, predict_time), timestamps, and the USD amount charged for the call.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "id",
  "model",
  "status",
  "error",
  "predicted_price_usd"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "id": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Replicate prediction ID."
  },
  "error": {
   "type": [
    "string",
    "null"
   ]
  },
  "model": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "output": {
   "description": "Model-specific output. Image/audio models return CDN URLs (Replicate-hosted, ~24h TTL); vision-LLM models return a string; music models return a single audio URL or array."
  },
  "status": {
   "enum": [
    "succeeded",
    "failed",
    "canceled",
    "processing",
    "starting"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  },
  "metrics": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "total_time": {
     "type": "number"
    },
    "predict_time": {
     "type": "number"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "created_at": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "completed_at": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "predicted_price_usd": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "USD charged for this call."
  }
 },
 "description": "Replicate prediction result with metadata.",
 "additionalProperties": false
}
```

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