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Head-to-head · Icon Libraries

Font Awesome vs Hugeicons

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Font Awesome #4 in Icon Libraries 8.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Font Awesome
Hugeicons #6 in Icon Libraries 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Hugeicons

Font Awesome leads on 0 checks, Hugeicons on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreFont Awesome · 8.9/10
  • Free planboth
  • Most featuresHugeicons · 4 of 4

Font Awesome scores higher on our rubric for icon libraries: 8.9 against 8.7 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #6.

Font Awesome is the better fit for product teams needing mature cross-platform tooling. Hugeicons is the better fit for design teams needing broad multi-format coverage.

  • Font Awesome fits best

    Product teams needing mature cross-platform tooling

  • Hugeicons fits best

    Design teams needing broad multi-format coverage

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Side by side

Feature Font Awesome 8.9/10 Visit ↗ Hugeicons 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.9 8.7
Ranking #4 in Icon Libraries #6 in Icon Libraries
Best for Product teams needing mature cross-platform tooling Design teams needing broad multi-format coverage
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price Free plan $99/seat/yr
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted, Desktop Cloud
Platforms Web, Windows, macOS, Linux Web
Support Docs Email, Community, Docs
Integrations 12 integrations 14 integrations
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Font Awesome 3/4 · Hugeicons 4/4
Commercial use Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Figma plugin ✓ ✓
API access ✓ ✓
Icon font ✓ ✓
Specs
Icons included Not checked yet 60000
Icon formats SVG, CSS, SCSS, Sass, JavaScript, web fonts, SVG sprites SVG, PNG, icon font (WOFF2, WOFF, TTF, EOT, SVG font), React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, Flutter, Figma, JSON
Style coverage Multiple Multiple
Our review
Pros
  • Free and paid collections cover multiple icon families and visual styles.
  • Hosted or downloadable kits support SVG, CSS, Sass, SCSS, and web fonts.
  • React, Vue, Angular, CMS, package, Figma, and API integrations are supported.
  • 60,000+ Pro icons across 10 styles
  • Figma, API, AI search, and custom icon sets
  • React, Vue, Flutter, and other framework formats
Cons
  • Some collections and capabilities are reserved for paid plans or Pro kits.
  • Its wide feature set may exceed the needs of teams seeking a narrow icon set.
  • Custom icon uploads are available only through Pro kits.
  • The free plan covers only 6,000+ Stroke Rounded icons
  • Pro costs $99 per seat per year
  • Pro Plus costs $1,197 per seat
Our verdict

Font Awesome is an icon library and styling toolkit for designers and developers working across web, desktop, and design workflows. It offers free and paid icon collections, multiple visual families, SVG and web-font assets, JavaScript…

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Hugeicons is an icon library for UI/UX designers and developers who need assets across design systems, web applications, mobile projects, and frontend frameworks. Its free plan includes more than 6,000 Stroke Rounded icons, while the paid…

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  1. Font AwesomeIcon Libraries 8.9Free plan
  2. HugeiconsIcon Libraries 8.7Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Font Awesome — where it wins

    • Free and paid collections cover multiple icon families and visual styles.
    • Hosted or downloadable kits support SVG, CSS, Sass, SCSS, and web fonts.
    • React, Vue, Angular, CMS, package, Figma, and API integrations are supported.

    Where it doesn't

    • Some collections and capabilities are reserved for paid plans or Pro kits.
    • Its wide feature set may exceed the needs of teams seeking a narrow icon set.
    • Custom icon uploads are available only through Pro kits.

  • Hugeicons — where it wins

    • 60,000+ Pro icons across 10 styles
    • Figma, API, AI search, and custom icon sets
    • React, Vue, Flutter, and other framework formats

    Where it doesn't

    • The free plan covers only 6,000+ Stroke Rounded icons
    • Pro costs $99 per seat per year
    • Pro Plus costs $1,197 per seat

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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