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Two platforms.
Same questions.
Character.AI
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
Users retain ownership of their messages and content submitted to Character.AI.
OUTPUT
Not explicitly addressed in Character.AI Terms.
TRAINING
Character.AI uses conversations to train and improve its models. Character interactions are used for model development. No opt-out available.
COMMERCIAL
Personal use platform. Commercial use not explicitly addressed.
Not yet scored — verified corpus incomplete.
Ideogram
IMAGE / VIDEO / AUDIO GENERATION
PROMPT
Users retain ownership of prompts submitted to Ideogram. By submitting prompts, users grant Ideogram a license to use prompts to generate images and to display them publicly.
OUTPUT
Free tier: images generated are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license — not fully owned by the user. Pro/paid plans: users receive a commercial license to outputs.
TRAINING
Ideogram Privacy Policy (last revised January 15, 2025) states it uses User Input 'in our legitimate interest to administer and improve the Services and improve and develop our products and technology.' In the general uses section: 'training the models that power our Services' is listed as a permitted use of information. The ToS (last revised August 14, 2024) grants Ideogram a 'royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide and irrevocable' license to user content 'for so long as Your Content is stored with us.'
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use requires a paid plan. Free tier images are CC-BY 4.0 and cannot be used commercially without attribution and compliance with CC terms.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Ideogram carries the most permissive license terms of the set; Character.AI has no scored posture yet (unrated).FOR ENTERPRISE: CHARACTER.AI NOT YET SCORED · IDEOGRAM NOT RECOMMENDED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | CHARACTER.AI | IDEOGRAM |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
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SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Character.AI
UNRATED
Users retain ownership of their messages and content submitted to Character.AI.
No citation available
Ideogram
HIGH
Users retain ownership of prompts submitted to Ideogram. By submitting prompts, users grant Ideogram a license to use prompts to generate images and to display them publicly.
No citation available
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SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Character.AI
UNRATED
Not explicitly addressed in Character.AI Terms.
No citation available
Ideogram
HIGH
Free tier: images generated are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license — not fully owned by the user. Pro/paid plans: users receive a commercial license to outputs.
No citation available
T
SURFACE 03
Model Training
Character.AI
UNRATED
Character.AI uses conversations to train and improve its models. Character interactions are used for model development. No opt-out available.
No citation available
Ideogram
HIGH
Ideogram Privacy Policy (last revised January 15, 2025) states it uses User Input 'in our legitimate interest to administer and improve the Services and improve and develop our products and technology.' In the general uses section: 'training the models that power our Services' is listed as a permitted use of information. The ToS (last revised August 14, 2024) grants Ideogram a 'royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide and irrevocable' license to user content 'for so long as Your Content is stored with us.'
No citation available
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Character.AI
UNRATED
Personal use platform. Commercial use not explicitly addressed.
No citation available
Ideogram
HIGH
Commercial use requires a paid plan. Free tier images are CC-BY 4.0 and cannot be used commercially without attribution and compliance with CC terms.
No citation available
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Character.AI
UNRATED
—
No citation available
Ideogram
MEDHIGH
—
“We retain your information for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy. When determining the length of time to retain information, we consider various criteria, including whether we need the information to continue to administer you…”
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Character.AI
UNRATED
—
No citation available
Ideogram
HIGH
—
No citation available