Font Awesome vs SVG Repo

Font Awesome—Visit SVG Repo6.8Visit

Font Awesome #4 in Icon Libraries —/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Font Awesome

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Higher score SVG Repo #5 in Icon Libraries 6.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 4 features Visit SVG Repo

• 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 —/10 Visit ↗	SVG Repo 6.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	—	6.8
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	Not published	Not published
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 published	✓ (best)
Figma plugin	✓ (best)	—
API access	✓	✓
Icon font	✓ (best)	—
Specs
Icons included	Not published	Not published
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… Read the review →	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… Read the review →

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

• Font Awesome—/10 · Free plan

  A mature icon toolkit with wide format, framework, API, and design-tool coverage.

  Visit Font AwesomeFull verdict →
• SVG Repo6.8/10 · Free plan

  A large web catalogue for searching, editing, remixing, and downloading SVG assets.

  Visit SVG RepoFull verdict →