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VERDICT

Should I use Iconscout?

Marketplace for vector icons, 3D illustrations and Lottie animations - iconscout.com

Depends. Buy it if your team ships designs weekly and wants unlimited icons, 3D and Lottie assets under one subscription. Skip it if you need a handful of icons — free open-source sets like its own Unicons already cover that.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources; several review snippets were truncated, so ratings numbers could not be verified.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNot disclosed
  • Security posture

Pricing

$14.99 per user/month

Individual/Team plans

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Product teams shipping UIs weekly
  • Marketing decks needing 3D/Lottie polish
  • Studios wanting multi-style icon coverage
  • Devs pulling assets via API

Not for

  • Anyone needing a handful of icons — free open-source sets suffice
  • Teams needing brand-exclusive, custom-made illustration
  • Buyers needing airtight, transparent license documentation
  • Occasional users — the subscription won't pay off

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Snyk flagged a malicious iconscout-unicons npm package — pin trusted versions of its libraries.

medium

License scope varies per asset; reviewers complain about transparency — verify commercial rights before shipping.

medium

Unofficial 'group buy' resellers undercut official pricing — a sign many find it expensive.

low

Free downloads exist but are limited; most premium assets need a subscription.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Huge catalog: icons, 3D illustrations, Lottie animations in many styles
  • Unlimited access plans from $14.99 per user/month
  • Free open-source Unicons icon set on GitHub
  • API plus Google Workspace add-on and design-tool plugins
  • Reviewers call it a great source for design assets

Cons

  • Trustpilot reviewers flag non-transparency
  • Malicious package found in its iconscout-unicons npm tarball
  • No public security page found on its site
  • Gray-market resellers undercut official pricing by ~77%

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/24/2026 - 14 sources - No site breach found, but Snyk flagged a malicious iconscout-unicons npm package, and the site lacks a security page.

official x5review x5security x2news x2
  • Malicious Package in iconscout-unicons tarball, Snyk lists a malicious package in the iconscout-unicons npm tarball.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • $14.99 per user/month

    Starting price

  • 14

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Unlimited access is fair; transparency complaints and resellers signal friction.
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Plugins and Google Workspace add-on ease workflows.
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Icons, 3D, Lottie, illustrations, editor, API, MCP.
  • Security posture: 2/5. Malicious npm package flagged; no public security page.
  • $14.99 Starting price per user/month
  • 3.8M+ Users per third-party listing
  • 134 Trustpilot reviews mixed-to-positive
  • LottieFiles Acquired per Indian Startup News

Pricing

Individual/Team plans

$14.99 per user/month

  • Unlimited access to assets
  • Icons, 3D, illustrations, Lottie

Security

No site breach found, but Snyk flagged a malicious iconscout-unicons npm package, and the site lacks a security page.

  • Malicious Package in iconscout-unicons tarballSnyk lists a malicious package in the iconscout-unicons npm tarball.⁶

What users say

Reviewers generally praise the asset breadth, while Trustpilot feedback includes recurring complaints about non-transparency.

Alternatives

Compare Iconscout with each alternative.

  • Free open-source icon sets

    Unicons and similar libraries cost nothing for most needs.

Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources; several review snippets were truncated, so ratings numbers could not be verified.

Solid asset marketplace: icons, 3D, Lottie from $14.99/user/mo. Great for weekly design work; overkill for a few icons.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources; several review snippets were truncated, so ratings numbers could not be verified.

Sources

  1. IconScout Pricing and Plansiconscout.com
    official
  2. Read Customer Service Reviews of iconscout.com (Trustpilot)trustpilot.com
    review
  3. IconScout Reviews on G2g2.com
    review
  4. Thoughts On Iconscout? (Reddit r/webdev)reddit.com
    review
  5. IconScout on Product Huntproducthunt.com
    review
  6. Malicious Package in iconscout-unicons tarball (Snyk)security.snyk.io
    security
  7. Is IconScout Safe? (Nudge Security)nudgesecurity.com
    security
  8. Iconscout Security page scaniconscout.com
    official
  9. LottieFiles Acquires Iconscout (Indian Startup News)indianstartupnews.com
    news
  10. Iconscout Crunchbase Profilecrunchbase.com
    news
  11. Iconscout Group Buy resellertoolzbuy.com
    review
  12. Iconscout Unicons on GitHubgithub.com
    official
  13. IconScout Google Workspace add-onworkspace.google.com
    official
  14. IconScout APIiconscout.com
    official

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