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Head-to-head · Icon Libraries

Font Awesome vs SVG Repo

  • 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
SVG Repo #5 in Icon Libraries 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 4 features Visit SVG Repo

Font Awesome leads on 2 checks, SVG Repo on 0, and 3 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 featuresFont Awesome · 3 of 4

Font Awesome scores higher on our rubric for icon libraries: 8.9 against 8.8 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #5.

On style coverage, SVG Repo gives you Customizable where Font Awesome offers Multiple. Font Awesome offers figma plugin; SVG Repo doesn't. Font Awesome offers icon font; SVG Repo doesn't.

Font Awesome is the better fit for product teams needing mature cross-platform tooling. SVG Repo is the better fit for designers browsing and remixing SVG assets.

  • Font Awesome fits best

    Product teams needing mature cross-platform tooling

  • SVG Repo fits best

    Designers browsing and remixing SVG assets

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Side by side

Feature Font Awesome 8.9/10 Visit ↗ SVG Repo 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.9 8.8
Ranking #4 in Icon Libraries #5 in Icon Libraries
Best for Product teams needing mature cross-platform tooling Designers browsing and remixing SVG assets
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free
Starting price Free plan Free
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted, Desktop Cloud
Platforms Web, Windows, macOS, Linux Web
Support Docs Email
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Font Awesome 3/4 · SVG Repo 2/4
Commercial use Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Figma plugin ✓ (best) —
API access ✓ ✓
Icon font ✓ (best) —
Specs
Icons included Not checked yet Not checked yet
Icon formats SVG, CSS, SCSS, Sass, JavaScript, web fonts, SVG sprites SVG, PNG, Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD
Style coverage Multiple Customizable
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.
  • More than 500,000 SVG vectors and icons
  • In-browser editing with style-based browsing
  • SVG and multiple PNG download sizes
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.
  • Licenses vary by individual asset
  • Web-only platform support
  • No Figma plugin
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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SVG Repo is a web-based catalogue for designers seeking open-licensed SVG vectors, icons, and clipart. Its collection includes more than 500,000 assets, with tools for searching, editing, remixing, and downloading. The free plan includes…

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  1. Font AwesomeIcon Libraries 8.9Free plan
  2. SVG RepoIcon Libraries 8.8Free 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.

  • SVG Repo — where it wins

    • More than 500,000 SVG vectors and icons
    • In-browser editing with style-based browsing
    • SVG and multiple PNG download sizes

    Where it doesn't

    • Licenses vary by individual asset
    • Web-only platform support
    • No Figma plugin

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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