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Font Awesome vs Plotly

Based on 575 and 2 real audits

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MetricFont AwesomePlotlyWinner
Performance4453Plotly
Accessibility8789Plotly
Best Practices8784Font Awesome
SEO9196Plotly
Security6578Plotly
TTFB453ms274msPlotly
Composite7379Plotly
Performance
Font Awesome
44
Plotly
53
Accessibility
Font Awesome
87
Plotly
89
Security
Font Awesome
65
Plotly
78
SEO
Font Awesome
91
Plotly
96
Composite
Font Awesome
73
Plotly
79

Plotly outperforms Font Awesome in 6 of 7 categories, with a stronger composite score (79 vs 73). Font Awesome leads in best practices.

When to choose Font Awesome

Choose Font Awesome when your primary concern is best practices. Its audit data shows consistent strength in these areas across the sampled sites.

When to choose Plotly

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

How this comparison was built

Scores are medians across 575 audited Font Awesome sites and 2 audited Plotly 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, Font Awesome or Plotly?
Based on real BeaverCheck audits, Plotly sites score higher on Lighthouse performance (53 vs 44 on average).
Which has better security, Font Awesome or Plotly?
Plotly sites score higher on security analysis (78 vs 65 on average).
Which has better accessibility, Font Awesome or Plotly?
Accessibility scores measured by Lighthouse WCAG 2.1 checks favor Plotly (89 vs 87). 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, Font Awesome or Plotly?
Plotly sites score higher on Lighthouse SEO signals (96 vs 91 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), Font Awesome or Plotly?
Plotly sites show lower Time to First Byte (274 ms vs 453 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 Font Awesome or Plotly for my website?
Both platforms have trade-offs. Plotly scores higher on overall composite score while Font Awesome 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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