Font Awesome vs Simple Icons
Font Awesome
fontawesome.comSimple Icons
simpleicons.orgSide by side
| Figure | Font Awesome | Simple Icons |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 0 |
| Spec score · Icon Libraries | 9.2 (#1) | 6.9 (#39) |
| Customization | The web styling toolkit supports sizing, rotation, animation, stacking, duotone, and other icon styling options. | The CDN supports custom colors and an automatic viewBox option for consistent icon sizing. |
| Integrations | Font Awesome documents integrations and usage guidance for Vue.js, React, Ember, Angular, SCSS, WordPress, and Squarespace. | The project lists third-party extensions including a Figma plugin, a Miro app, a Raycast extension, and a Webflow app. |
| Library size | The Font Awesome 7 page lists 65,928 Pro icons and 2,163 Free icons. | The project describes its library as containing over 3400 SVG icons. |
| Product | Font Awesome describes itself as an icon library and toolkit with icons, custom icons, and Kits served from the internet. | Simple Icons provides SVG icons for popular brands. |
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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.
Simple Icons
Simple Icons has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.