IconArchive vs Lordicon

IconArchive is a tag-based search engine for finding and downloading icons. It lists more than 800,000 icons and supports browsing by category, popularity, recency, designer, and icon pack. Downloads are available in PNG and SVG, and the site says no login or subscription is needed. Listed uses range from web and app projects to print design, presentations, invitations, social media, and forum avatars. Desktop users can find icons for customizing Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. The commercial-free collection contains 600 packs whose icons may be used commercially without payment, although some packs require a backlink to the artist's website. The SVG section lists 116 packs, including Feather, Octicons, Ionicons, and Iconoir. People looking for custom icon design can search for professional artists offering design work and project help. The site uses Google Analytics and third-party advertising companies, with cookies for site functions, analytics, and advertising. Its terms state that the service is provided as available and make no warranty about security, reliability, timeliness, or performance.

Lordicon is an animated icon library for web, mobile, and content design projects. It lists more than 47,900 free and premium icons, including more than 9,700 available without login. You can adjust color, stroke, size, speed, and animation settings, with states such as Intro, Hover, Morph, and Loop. Export formats include Lottie, GIF, MP4, SVG, PNG, WebP, APNG, AEP, and MOGRT. Its documentation covers Web, React, Flutter, WordPress, Figma, and Google Docs and Slides integrations. A free web player is available through the @lordicon/element NPM package, and its source code is published. The API returns JSON with selected icons’ download links and metadata; free icons have no usage limits, while PRO icons are pay-per-download. Free access requires attribution and limits embedded HTML usage to 1 million CDN requests. The Free plan is free. PRO is $8 a year with annual billing or $16 a month. Team PRO costs $39 a year with annual billing or $59 a month.