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amCharts vs Font Awesome

Based on 3 and 624 real audits

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MetricamChartsFont AwesomeWinner
Performance3745Font Awesome
Accessibility7886Font Awesome
Best Practices8888Tie
SEO8491Font Awesome
Security6266Font Awesome
TTFB534ms453msFont Awesome
Composite7174Font Awesome
Performance
amCharts
37
Font Awesome
45
Accessibility
amCharts
78
Font Awesome
86
Security
amCharts
62
Font Awesome
66
SEO
amCharts
84
Font Awesome
91
Composite
amCharts
71
Font Awesome
74

Font Awesome outperforms amCharts in 6 of 7 categories, with a stronger composite score (74 vs 71). amCharts leads in no categories.

When to choose amCharts

amCharts doesn't clearly lead Font Awesome in any category on the sampled sites — pick it based on developer experience, ecosystem, or existing team skills rather than the audit scores.

When to choose Font Awesome

Choose Font Awesome when your primary concern is server response time and performance. Its audit data shows consistent strength in these areas across the sampled sites.

How this comparison was built

Scores are medians across 3 audited amCharts sites and 624 audited Font Awesome sites in the BeaverCheck database. Every audit runs the same 100+ checks — Lighthouse performance, security headers, accessibility, SEO, server response time — against a real URL. No vendor input, no sponsorship, no affiliate links. Read the full methodology →

Small sample: one or both technologies have fewer than 10 audited sites. Treat these numbers as directional — medians stabilize around 20–30 audits per side.

FAQ

Which is faster, amCharts or Font Awesome?
Based on real BeaverCheck audits, Font Awesome sites score higher on Lighthouse performance (45 vs 37 on average).
Which has better security, amCharts or Font Awesome?
Font Awesome sites score higher on security analysis (66 vs 62 on average).
Which has better accessibility, amCharts or Font Awesome?
Accessibility scores measured by Lighthouse WCAG 2.1 checks favor Font Awesome (86 vs 78). Both technologies can be made fully accessible with care — the difference reflects common patterns in the sampled sites, not inherent platform limits.
Which is better for SEO, amCharts or Font Awesome?
Font Awesome sites score higher on Lighthouse SEO signals (91 vs 84 on average), which cover meta tags, crawlability, mobile friendliness, and structured data. Content strategy and backlinks still matter more than platform choice for ranking.
Which has faster server response (TTFB), amCharts or Font Awesome?
Font Awesome sites show lower Time to First Byte (453 ms vs 534 ms on average). TTFB depends heavily on hosting and CDN setup rather than the technology itself, but the sampled sites suggest a meaningful difference in common deployment patterns.
Should I choose amCharts or Font Awesome for my website?
Both platforms have trade-offs. Font Awesome scores higher on overall composite score while amCharts may excel in metrics you care about most. Run a free BeaverCheck audit on a real site using each to compare the metrics relevant to your use case.
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