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Best Bootstrap Icons alternatives in 2026

Data compiled by Toolradar Updated October 15, 2026 How we rate

Cite this list: Toolradar, best Bootstrap Icons alternatives 2026, toolradar.com/alternatives/bootstrap-icons

8 direct alternatives to Bootstrap Icons, compared on pricing, features, and best-for use cases. Pick the right replacement without the marketing fluff.

Quick answer

Font Awesome is the top alternative to Bootstrap Icons on our list, followed by Heroicons and Lucide.
8 of the 8 alternatives have a free plan, starting with Font Awesome.
Highest rated: Font Awesome, 3.5 out of 5 from 54 ratings, Sep 2026.

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8 alternatives
8 with a free plan

Font Awesome
#1 Top pick
The internet's most popular icon toolkit and a powerful CSS framework.
Pricing
Free plan
3.5 /5 across G2 and Trustpilot · 54 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Best overall
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Heroicons
#2
Hand-crafted SVG icons by Tailwind CSS creators
Pricing
Free
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Lucide
#3
Beautiful and consistent open-source icons
Pricing
Free
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Bootstrap Icons vs 8 alternatives

Bootstrap Icons and its alternatives compared on starting price (cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of October 2026), free plan and average user rating.
Tool	Starting price (Oct 2026)	Free plan	Rating
Bootstrap Icons Compared tool	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	4.5 out of 5, from 153 ratings on G2 (153)
Font Awesome	Price: Free + paid	Free plan: Yes	3.5 out of 5, from 54 ratings across G2 and Trustpilot (54)
Heroicons	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	n/a
Lucide	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	n/a
Tabler Icons	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	n/a
Feather Icons	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	n/a
Remix Icon	Price: Free + paid	Free plan: Yes	n/a
Iconoir	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	n/a
Material Icons	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	n/a

Why people consider alternatives to Bootstrap Icons

Bootstrap Icons is the official open-source SVG icon library specifically created to complement the Bootstrap framework. It provides a comprehensive collection of high-quality, customizable vector icons that can be easily incorporated into…

Teams most often switch away when one of these starts to bite:

A feature or quota ceiling that a paid specialist covers and this free tool does not.
Missing integrations with the rest of your stack.
Performance or scale limits as your needs grow.
A specific feature gap you have hit in ui/ux design.

The 8 alternatives below cover the same core job (UI/UX design) with different trade-offs.

See full Bootstrap Icons review Best ui/ux design tools How we rank

Bootstrap Icons by the numbers

Bootstrap Icons compared with 43 Design Systems tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
Metric	Bootstrap Icons	Peer median	Position (1 is best)
Free plan	Yes	35 of 43 have one	n/a
Listed as an alternative to	3 tools	3	#21 of 43 (joint)
User rating	4.5/5 (across the web, 153 ratings)	4.4/5	#4 of 13 (joint) tools with 20+ reviews

Each position is counted among the tools that have data for that row, as noted under it. All Design Systems data · How we compute this. Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position.

Cite this: Toolradar, “Bootstrap Icons by the numbers”, Oct 2026.

UI/UX Design leaderboards from Toolradar data

Toolradar ranks UI/UX Design tools on one measure at a time, only where at least 8 tools have data. As of Oct 2026.

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Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit

Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.

Counted among 147 tools with no stated price unit, verified price.

Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit, UI/UX Design tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
#	Tool	Entry plan
1	Qursor	$2.42/mo, billed yearly
2	Coolors	$3/mo, billed monthly
2	Figma MCP	$3/mo, billed monthly
2	Figma for Agents	$3/mo, billed monthly
5	Bookmarkify	$3.99/mo, billed monthly

Lowest entry price, per-user plans

Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.

Counted among 17 tools priced per user, verified price.

Lowest entry price, per-user plans, UI/UX Design tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
#	Tool	Entry plan
1	DynamicNotch	$4/user/mo, billed monthly
1	Thaw	$4/user/mo, billed monthly
3	Visio	$5/user/mo, billed monthly
4	UXPin	$6/user/mo, billed monthly
5	Avocode	$8/user/mo, billed monthly

Most visited, last 30 days

Distinct visitor sessions on the tool's Toolradar page over the last 30 days, with bots excluded by our analytics. A session counts once however many times it reloads the page.

Counted among 10 tools with 50+ visits.

Most visited, last 30 days, UI/UX Design tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
#	Tool	Visits
1	Krita	395 visits
2	Canva	187 visits
3	Inkscape	114 visits
4	Affinity Publisher	81 visits
5	IcePanel	79 visits

A position exists only when at least 8 tools have data for that metric. 164 of 440 UI/UX Design tools have a verified price; the others publish none we could read (often "contact sales"). Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position. Visit counts include visits from every source. How we compute this. Cite this: Toolradar, “UI/UX Design leaderboards”, Oct 2026. Data licensed CC BY 4.0. All UI/UX Design statistics.

8 alternatives to Bootstrap Icons

Ranked by G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editor review, plus how directly they replace Bootstrap Icons.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best alternative to Bootstrap Icons?

Based on real-signal scoring (G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editorial review), the top alternatives to Bootstrap Icons are Font Awesome, Heroicons, Lucide. Each solves the same core job with different trade-offs on pricing, features, and integrations.

Is there a free alternative to Bootstrap Icons?

Bootstrap Icons is already 100% free (no paid upgrade path). Heroicons is another fully free option listed here (Hand-crafted SVG icons by Tailwind CSS creators). Freemium tools on this list have a free tier plus paid plans; they are not the same as 100% free.

Why do people look for Bootstrap Icons alternatives?

Common reasons teams switch away from Bootstrap Icons even though it is free: missing integrations with the rest of their stack, performance or scale limits, or a specific feature gap in ui/ux design. The alternatives on this page solve the same core problem with a different feature set.

Side-by-side comparisons

In-depth comparison pages for Bootstrap Icons versus each alternative.

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Top 3 alternatives to Bootstrap Icons

Font Awesome

Heroicons

Lucide