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Ant Design Icons vs Font Awesome

Both stand on icon libraries. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Ant Design Icons

Free plan AndroidiPhoneWeb

Choose Ant Design Icons if you need a free SVG icon library with several style options, framework packages and support for custom icons. Look elsewhere if your project requires an icon font format. When using the full set, account for the bundle-size consideration in the documentation.

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Font Awesome

Free plan APILinuxMac+3

Font Awesome offers a free set alongside larger paid icon libraries, with web styling, integrations, and self-hosting options. Review plan and package limits if you need downloads or Pro+ icons.

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The facts

	Ant Design Icons	Font Awesome
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Android, iPhone, Web	API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Starter: $4 a month
Plans published	1	4
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	ant.design	fontawesome.com
On icon libraries	#1 of 46	#2 of 46

Ant Design Icons: what it does well

Free plan with MIT license and commercial use allowed.
498 icons in outlined, filled and two-tone styles.
Packages cover Vanilla, React, React Native, Angular and Vue.
SVG icons support offline use without a CDN font file.
Custom icons can be added as React components or SVGs.

What to know first

No icon font format is listed.
Importing all SVG icons can add bundle size.

Font Awesome: what it does well

Free plan includes 2,163 icons and one Kit.
Web styling includes animation, duotone, and transforms.
Pro Kits support uploaded custom icons.
Icons can be self-hosted as web fonts or SVGs.

What to know first

Starter is CDN-only and excludes downloads.
Starter does not include a perpetual license.
Pro+ icons are limited to Kit packages.

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