Iconscout
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if your team ships designs weekly and wants unlimited icons, 3D and Lottie assets under one subscription.
Comparison
Iconscout vs Icons8
Iconscout and Icons8 both land on Depends.
Icons8
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you ship designs weekly and want one cheap subscription covering icons, illustrations, and photos.
| Compare | Iconscout | Icons8 |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Product teams shipping UIs weekly | Product designers needing multi-style icon sets |
| Who it's not for | Anyone needing a handful of icons . free open-source sets suffice | Occasional users needing a handful of icons . free sets suffice |
| Privacy | No site breach found, but Snyk flagged a malicious iconscout-unicons npm package, and the site lacks a public security page.⁶ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Public sentiment | Reviewers generally praise the asset breadth, while Trustpilot feedback includes recurring complaints about non-transparency.² | Reviews are broadly positive, with recurring gripes about subscription billing and weak AI tools.15 |
| Biggest gotcha | Snyk flagged a malicious iconscout-unicons npm package . pin trusted versions of its libraries.⁶ | GetApp reviewer reports charges continuing every month ('Icons8 is stealing from me'). Check cancellation terms closely. |
Pick Iconscout when
- Product teams shipping UIs weekly
- Marketing decks needing 3D/Lottie polish
- Studios wanting multi-style icon coverage
- Devs pulling assets via API
When Iconscout is not a fit
- 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
Pick Icons8 when
- Product designers needing multi-style icon sets
- Indie devs shipping UIs fast
- Teams bundling icons, illustrations, photos in one subscription
When Icons8 is not a fit
- Occasional users needing a handful of icons . free sets suffice
- Buyers wary of subscription billing . complaints recur
- Anyone wanting best-in-class AI image tools
Sources
- IconScout Pricing and Plansiconscout.comofficial
review
- IconScout Reviews on G2g2.comreview
- Thoughts On Iconscout? (Reddit r/webdev)reddit.comreview
- IconScout on Product Huntproducthunt.comreview
- Malicious Package in iconscout-unicons tarball (Snyk)security.snyk.iosecurity
- Is IconScout Safe? (Nudge Security)nudgesecurity.comsecurity
- Iconscout Security page scaniconscout.comofficial
- LottieFiles Acquires Iconscout (Indian Startup News)indianstartupnews.comnews
- Iconscout Crunchbase Profilecrunchbase.comnews
- Iconscout Group Buy resellertoolzbuy.comreview
- Iconscout Unicons on GitHubgithub.comofficial
- IconScout Google Workspace add-onworkspace.google.comofficial
- IconScout APIiconscout.comofficial
review
- Trustpilot reviews of icons8.comtrustpilot.comreview