The Showdown
FontAwesomevslucide
Why pay monthly fees for FontAwesome when you can self-host lucide for free? Let's look at the facts.
VS
FontAwesome
The Expensive Option
- Closed Source (Black box)
- Expensive monthly fees per user
- Data stored on their servers
WINNER
lucide
The Freedom Choice
- 100% Open Source Code
- Free forever (Self-hosted)
- You own your data completely
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10 people
150100200+
$
*Estimated standard pricing for FontAwesome. Adjust if needed.
Estimated Annual Waste
$1,440
Monthly Burn Rate$120
5-Year Projection$7,200
Cost with Self-Hosted$0
Calculations based on 10 users at $12/mo.
Detailed Breakdown
0
Webfonts/SVG
Pure SVG
1
Limited in free tier
Stroke-width/Size via CSS
2
Often requires full kit
Tree-shakable packages