Font Awesome vs Icons8 Background Remover
Font Awesome
fontawesome.comIcons8 Background Remover
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| Figure | Font Awesome | Icons8 Background Remover |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4/mo | $1.08/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 9 |
| Spec score · Icon Libraries | 9.2 (#1) | 8.4 (#3) |
| Support | Font Awesome says every paid plan includes priority support from real humans. | Icons8 offers documentation, community forums, chat support for paid users, and email/live-chat contact for API questions. |
Plans
Icons8 Background Remover
- Limited subscription$9 a month
- Unlimited subscription$99 a month
- Prepaid package$0.20, paid once
- Limited subscription (monthly)$9 a month
- Limited subscription$13 a year
- Limited subscription (yearly)$13 a year
- Unlimited subscription (monthly)$99 a month
- Unlimited subscription$120 a year
- Unlimited subscription (yearly)$120 a year
In their own words
Font Awesome
Font Awesome is an icon library and toolkit for adding icons to software and design projects. Its maker lists more than 60,000 icons and over 30 styles; the Font Awesome 7 page lists 65,928 Pro icons and 2,163 Free icons. Web Kits can add icons through an embed code, and icons are also available as downloads or packages. Styling options include sizing, rotation, animation, stacking, duotone, counters and transforms. Pro Kits support uploaded custom icons alongside the library. Documentation covers Vue, React, Ember, Angular, SCSS, WordPress and Squarespace, plus desktop design programs including Figma, Sketch and Illustrator. Developers can use JavaScript and GraphQL APIs, and can host the library themselves using web fonts or SVGs. The Free plan includes 2,163 icons, one Kit and 10,000 pageviews. Starter costs $4 a month, billed $48 per year, billed annually, and is CDN-only without downloads or a perpetual license. Pro+ icons are available in Kit packages, not other packages.
Icons8 Background Remover
Icons8 Background Remover has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.