Why I Exclusively Use Iconfinder – Mind Blowing Icon Sets

I have been using Iconfinder for over four years now, and I can personally tell you that it has made my life so much easier! If you don’t have time to design, I highly recommend checking out the mind-blowing icon sets that Iconfinder has to offer.

In my opinion, they offer the best quality and most extensive library on the web. Check out my in-depth review of Iconfinder below.

Iconfinder – The Best Icon Sets on the Web

So there are two different types of graphics I use on websites I run. For this website (woorkup.com), I exclusively use Iconfinder. Now, remember, these are icons and SVGs, not photos. For one of my other sites, I use 99club as it has photos. Photos and icons are two very different things.

Iconfinder is run by a small but awesome team in Copenhagen, Denmark. Why does it always seem like the coolest companies are not in the United States? As of writing this, Iconfinder has a library of over 4.2 million icons and 25,000+ icon sets! And it seems like they are continually adding new icons as this number keeps going up.

Icon Categories

They have 59+ categories for just about everything you can think of.

Icon Search

Here is an example of their search. Whenever I need something, I just type it in and hit search. In this example below, I am searching for a “money bag.” Because who doesn’t love a bag of money?

Across the top, you can filter the icons by styles. Glphy, Outline, Flat, Filled outline, photorealistic, 3D, hand-drawn, cartoon, pixel, and smooth. I am personally a fan of “Flat.”

On the left-hand side, you can choose from the icon format, the license type, size, and background.

If you click into an icon, you can more easily see all your size and download options. I always download the SVG versions because I can quickly drop them into Illustrator and scale them to any size I need without worrying about pixelization.

If the icon belongs to an icon set, which most do, you can see similar icons below it. This is nice if you have a specific theme for a blog post or featured image as all the icons in a set usually have the same feel and design.

Icon Licensing

Iconfinder has both free icons and premium icons if you are a member. If you are using their free icons, ensure you read the licensing terms beneath each icon. All premium icons are protected by the same standard basic license.

What You Can Do

• For any personal, commercial, editorial or client purpose
• In an altered, cropped or otherwise modified or manipulated way

They can be used in:

• Printed Material
• Advertisements
• Packaging
• Presentations
• Video
• On-line content
• Computer games
• Multimedia projects
• Smartphone and desktop apps – both free and paid.

What You Can’t Do

• You can’t resell the icons
• Icons cannot be resold as part of mass distributed digital products
• Icons cannot be used on merchandise for sale
• Icons cannot be used as logos

Pricing

So you are probably now wondering how much it costs. I definitely wouldn’t say it is super cheap. But you have to ask yourself how much is your time worth?

For someone like me, I am writing all day long, and the last thing I want to do is spend time designing. That and I am not good at design lol. So I choose to pay a little more and speed up the design process. Iconfinder allows me to do that. They currently offer three plans:

Micro – $9/month

• 10 downloads
• Roll-over unused downloads
• If you pay annually, you can save 16% (this brings it down to $90 a year).

Starter – $19/month

• 50 downloads
• Roll-over unused downloads
• Up to 5 members
• If you pay annually, you can save 16% (this brings it down to $190 a year).

Unlimited – $49/month

• No limit on the number of downloads.
• Up to 25 members
• If you pay annually, you can save 16% (this brings it down to $490 a year).

I use the Starter plan because I publish quite a bit of content. Here is a screenshot of just a part of my account history. As you can see, other than the weekend I pretty much am downloading icons every single day. So for the amount of time Iconfinder saves me it is well worth the $190 a year.

Quality

Out of everything that Iconfinder has to offer, the thing I appreciate the most is the level of quality they provide in all of their icon sets. It is refreshing for a change not to see junk mixed within their library.

All in all, I can say I am very impressed with Iconfinder and will most likely be using them for years to come. They keep adding to their library, and I can honestly say they help contribute to the overall look of each blog post I publish.

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If this review on Iconfinder and their awesome icon sets was helpful, please let me know below. Or perhaps you use a different service, if so, I would love to hear about it!