Flaticon vs Vecteezy Comparison 2026
Flaticon and Vecteezy both give away real downloads free with attribution, then charge to drop that line. Flaticon's Premium is $8.25 a month on a twelve-month plan for its full icon and sticker library with no download cap stated. Vecteezy's Image Only plan is $9 a month billed annually but meters five image downloads and one bundle a month, with Unlimited All Access at $15 a month adding video and a 7-day trial. Pick Flaticon for volume, Vecteezy for illustration style and video in one plan.
At a glance
- Flaticon starts cheaper, at $8.25.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Flaticon | Vecteezy | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $8.25 | From $9 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
Flaticon
Icons free with credit, or paid without
Flaticon is an icon and sticker library where the free tier is genuinely usable and the paid one removes the credit line. Free downloads arrive as PNG and require attribution; paying opens SVG, EPS, PSD and base64, which is what matters when an icon has to be recoloured or scaled rather than pasted. An editor in the browser handles the recolouring without a round trip to another application. Collections are capped at three on the free tier, so anybody organising a large set will hit that before they hit a download limit.
Our note
Take the twelve-month plan if you expect to need icons more than four times in a year, because the break-even against the monthly price arrives that quickly. Compare against The Noun Project if the licence matters more than the volume, since that one states its licences never expire and this one is a subscription you keep paying to stay clear of attribution.
Vecteezy
Stock vectors with a usable free tier
Vecteezy is a stock library weighted towards vectors and illustration rather than photography, which is what a thumbnail or a channel banner usually needs. The free half of the catalogue is real and downloadable with attribution, so a project can start before anybody pays. Pro removes the attribution requirement and opens the licensed collection. Plans are split by what you download: images alone are cheaper than a plan that includes video, and both are quoted per month billed annually.
Why people weigh these two
- Vecteezy instead of Flaticon
- Vecteezy carries stock vectors with a usable free tier and $9 paid plans, wider than icons alone.
- Flaticon instead of Vecteezy
- Flaticon is icons specifically, free with attribution or paid to drop the credit, from $8.25, narrower than Vecteezy's mixed vector and illustration library.
Which one should you pick
Pick Flaticon for icons and stickers specifically, and for volume. Premium is $8.25 a month on the twelve-month plan with no monthly download cap mentioned, against $12.99 paying month to month.
Choose Vecteezy for vector illustration style, like channel art or banners, and if occasional video footage is useful too. Image Only is $9 a month billed annually for five downloads and one bundle a month; Unlimited All Access at $15 removes that cap and adds the video library with a 7-day trial.
Common questions
- Which is cheaper?
- Flaticon's Premium is $8.25 a month on its twelve-month plan, slightly less than Vecteezy's Image Only at $9 a month billed annually. Both figures assume paying up front for the year.
- Does either cap how much I can download?
- Vecteezy's Image Only plan does, at five image downloads and one bundle a month. Flaticon's listing does not state a download cap on Premium, only a limit on how many icons a saved collection can hold.
- Which one includes video?
- Vecteezy does, on its Unlimited All Access plan at $15 a month billed annually, which comes with a 7-day trial. Flaticon's listing covers only icons and stickers, with no video mentioned.
- Do both free tiers require attribution?
- Yes. Flaticon's free downloads are PNG with attribution required and collections capped at three. Vecteezy's free downloads also require attribution, with the paid plans removing that requirement.
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