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Head-to-head · Icon Libraries

Iconify vs Font Awesome

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 4 checks side by side
Higher score Iconify #3 in Icon Libraries 9.0/10 Free ✓ 2 of 4 features Visit Iconify
Font Awesome #4 in Icon Libraries 8.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Font Awesome

Iconify leads on 0 checks, Font Awesome on 1, and 3 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 4 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreIconify · 9.0/10
  • Free planonly Font Awesome
  • Most featuresFont Awesome · 3 of 4

Iconify scores higher on our rubric for icon libraries: 9.0 against 8.9 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #4.

On style coverage, Iconify gives you Customizable where Font Awesome offers Multiple. Font Awesome offers icon font; Iconify doesn't.

Iconify is the better fit for developers needing open icon-set aggregation. Font Awesome is the better fit for product teams needing mature cross-platform tooling.

  • Iconify fits best

    Developers needing open icon-set aggregation

  • Font Awesome fits best

    Product teams needing mature cross-platform tooling

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Side by side

Feature Iconify 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Font Awesome 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.9
Ranking #3 in Icon Libraries #4 in Icon Libraries
Best for Developers needing open icon-set aggregation Product teams needing mature cross-platform tooling
Pricing model Free Free plan + paid
Starting price Not checked yet Free plan
Free plan Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted, Desktop
Platforms Web Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Support Docs Docs
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Iconify 2/4 · Font Awesome 3/4
Commercial use Not checked yet Not checked yet
Figma plugin ✓ ✓
API access ✓ ✓
Icon font — ✓ (best)
Specs
Icons included Not checked yet Not checked yet
Icon formats SVG, CSS, IconifyJSON, JSON, JavaScript components SVG, CSS, SCSS, Sass, JavaScript, web fonts, SVG sprites
Style coverage Customizable Multiple
Our review
Pros
  • Over 300,000 icons across more than 200 open-source sets
  • Public and self-hostable APIs with SVG, CSS, and JSON outputs
  • Validation, optimization, JavaScript components, and a Figma plugin
  • 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.
Cons
  • Icon licenses vary by set and require individual permission checks
  • No icon font support
  • Breadth across sets can require more collection-specific decisions
  • 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.
Our verdict

Iconify is an open-source ecosystem for developers and designers who need access to multiple icon collections without committing to one vendor. It consolidates more than 300,000 vector icons from over 200 open-source icon sets, with…

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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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  1. IconifyIcon Libraries 9.0Free
  2. Font AwesomeIcon Libraries 8.9Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Iconify — where it wins

    • Over 300,000 icons across more than 200 open-source sets
    • Public and self-hostable APIs with SVG, CSS, and JSON outputs
    • Validation, optimization, JavaScript components, and a Figma plugin

    Where it doesn't

    • Icon licenses vary by set and require individual permission checks
    • No icon font support
    • Breadth across sets can require more collection-specific decisions

  • 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.

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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