#42 in Frameworks & LibrariesUpdated 2026-08

Font Awesome

by Font Awesome · Hosted icon library and toolkit added with a single embed code

46.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Font Awesome is an icon library and toolkit with over 60,000 icons across 30+ styles. Icons, custom uploads and settings are managed in a Kit and added to a site with a single script tag served from its CDN. It is used with React, Vue, Angular, WordPress and other stacks, and paid annual plans add downloads, npm and Figma access.

Best for: Designers and developers who want a hosted icon set added to any site with one embed code.
Pricing: Free plan at $0, then Starter $4/month, Solo $8/month and Team $16/month billed annually ($48, $96 and $192 per year), with Enterprise by contacting sales.
Runs on: CLI

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

60k+ icons in 30+ styles; 2,163 icons free and open source
One script embed adds a Kit to any site, any framework or none
Free plan with 1 Kit and 10k pageviews, no credit card needed
Annual Solo/Team add downloads, npm, Figma and a perpetual licence

Trade-offs

Free plan has no Pro icons, no icon uploads and no team seats
Starter and all monthly plans are CDN-only; no downloads or self-hosting
Pageview and bandwidth caps incur overages: $2 per 250K views, $1 per GB
Extra seats only on Team, at $20 per seat on graduated pricing

Pricing

Published plans from Font Awesome’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Font Awesome pricing tiers, monthly and annual rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Annual (per month)	Includes
Free	—per plan	—	$0/yr 1 project kit, 10k pageviews WordPress included No Pro icons, icon uploads or seats
Starter	—per plan	$4	All Pro icons via CDN 5 project kits, 50K pageviews/month 20 icon uploads, 1 seat WordPress plugin
Solo	—per plan	$8	Everything in Starter, plus all Pro+ icons Icon downloads, npm, Figma Perpetual licence on annual billing 10 kits, 1M pageviews, 200 icon uploads
Team	—per plan	$16	Everything in Solo, plus 3 seats scaling to 50 Graduated seat pricing at $20/seat Team roles and permissions 20 kits, 2M pageviews, 400 icon uploads
Enterprise	Contact sales	—	For large organisations with custom needs Procurement requirements supported Pricing via Contact Sales

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 25 out of 100
Documentation: 80 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 35 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 75 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 70 out of 100
Operational trust: 15 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 30 out of 100
Maintenance: 90 out of 100

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