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The Noun Project
Paying per icon in the era of free design systems.
YES
why this verdict
Cancel it — switch to Lucide
Lucide and Material Symbols now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $4/mo is optional.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Free icon sets plus generated vectors. OpenAI, March 25, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers all of it editorial call
- The whole core job — the thing the subscription was actually for.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Lucide and Material Symbols.
- What the call is worth $48/yr
- $4/mo at the entry paid tier — $48 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- March 25, 2025
- List price
- $4/mo
- Per year
- $48
The backstory
The Noun Project charges for individual icons or a subscription for unlimited use. Modern open-source icon libraries are larger, more consistent, better maintained and free, and generation covers the odd one-off. Little reason left to pay per glyph.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $48/yr L 
Lucide Free.
lucide.dev open_in_new M 
Material Symbols Free from Google.
fonts.google.com open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.