Svgrepo
Worth it
Confidence: Medium
A free, massive icon library that is a no-brainer for designers and developers who verify each icon's license.
Comparison
Svgrepo vs Iconscout
Svgrepo lands on Worth it, and Iconscout lands on Depends.
Iconscout
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if your team ships designs weekly and wants unlimited icons, 3D and Lottie assets under one subscription.
| Compare | Svgrepo | Iconscout |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Worth it | Depends |
| Best for | Designers needing free icons | Product teams shipping UIs weekly |
| Who it's not for | Teams needing guaranteed license clarity | Anyone needing a handful of icons . free open-source sets suffice |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁴ | No site breach found, but Snyk flagged a malicious iconscout-unicons npm package, and the site lacks a public security page. |
| Public sentiment | Redditors widely recommend it as a go-to free icon source; gripes center on license consistency and modest site speed.⁷ | Reviewers generally praise the asset breadth, while Trustpilot feedback includes recurring complaints about non-transparency.13 |
| Biggest gotcha | Aggregates icons from many sources; verify each license before commercial use . misclassifications reported⁶ | Snyk flagged a malicious iconscout-unicons npm package . pin trusted versions of its libraries. |
Pick Svgrepo when
- Designers needing free icons
- Developers prototyping UIs
- Figma users
- Commercial projects that verify licenses
When Svgrepo is not a fit
- Teams needing guaranteed license clarity
- Enterprise legal or compliance-sensitive brand work
- Anyone wanting curated single-source icon sets
- Buyers expecting vendor support or SLAs
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
Sources
- SVG Repo - Free SVG Vectors and Iconssvgrepo.comofficial
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- SVGRepo.com | Pricing: $0 Forever Freemavtools.comreview
security
- SVG Repo Security page (none found)svgrepo.comsecurity
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- Getting icons . Reddit r/webdevreddit.comreview
- SVGRepo Alternatives . license clarity comparisonsallsvgicons.comnews
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- SVG Repo Figma pluginfigma.comofficial
- IconScout Pricing and Plansiconscout.comofficial
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- IconScout Reviews on G2g2.comreview
- Thoughts On Iconscout? (Reddit r/webdev)reddit.comreview
- IconScout on Product Huntproducthunt.comreview