Hugeicons vs Material Symbols

Hugeicons9.0Visit Material Symbols—Visit

Higher score Hugeicons #6 in Icon Libraries 9.0/10 Free plan · paid from $99/user/yr Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Hugeicons

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Material Symbols #7 in Icon Libraries —/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Material

• Hugeicons fits best

  Design teams needing broad multi-format coverage

• Material Symbols fits best

  Teams using Google Fonts and native platforms

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Side by side

Feature	Hugeicons 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Material Symbols —/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	—
Ranking	#6 in Icon Libraries	#7 in Icon Libraries
Best for	Design teams needing broad multi-format coverage	Teams using Google Fonts and native platforms
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web, Android, iOS
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Docs, Community
Integrations	14 integrations	1 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Hugeicons 4/4 · Material Symbols 3/4
Commercial use	✓	✓
Figma plugin	✓ (best)	Not published
API access	✓	✓
Icon font	✓	✓
Specs
Icons included	60000	Not published
Icon formats	SVG, PNG, icon font (WOFF2, WOFF, TTF, EOT, SVG font), React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, Flutter, Figma, JSON	SVG, PNG, web font, Vector Drawable, Apple Symbols
Style coverage	Multiple	Customizable
Our review
Pros	60,000+ Pro icons across 10 styles Figma, API, AI search, and custom icon sets React, Vue, Flutter, and other framework formats	SVG, PNG, web font, Vector Drawable, and Apple Symbols formats Adjustable fill, weight, grade, and optical-size axes Free, open-source collection with commercial use support
Cons	The free plan covers only 6,000+ Stroke Rounded icons Pro costs $99 per seat per year Pro Plus costs $1,197 per seat	Its documented ecosystem integration centers on Google Fonts CSS API. The collection focuses on icons rather than broader design assets. Multiple styles and visual axes add configuration decisions.
Our verdict	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… Read the review →	Material Symbols is Google's open-source icon collection for designers and developers building web, Android, and iOS interfaces. It offers more than 2,500 glyphs across Outlined, Rounded, and Sharp styles, with commercial use supported… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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

• Material Symbols — where it wins

  • SVG, PNG, web font, Vector Drawable, and Apple Symbols formats
  • Adjustable fill, weight, grade, and optical-size axes
  • Free, open-source collection with commercial use support

  Where it doesn't

  • Its documented ecosystem integration centers on Google Fonts CSS API.
  • The collection focuses on icons rather than broader design assets.
  • Multiple styles and visual axes add configuration decisions.

• Hugeicons9.0/10 · Free plan · paid from $99/user/yr

  A broad icon system spanning design tools, developer formats, frameworks, and APIs.

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• Material Symbols—/10 · Free plan

  A free, flexible icon collection with strong format support and a Google-centered ecosystem.

  Visit MaterialFull verdict →