Last updated: May 1, 2026 · What you can — and can't — do with your generated icons.
Short version: On any paid plan, the icons you generate are yours — use them commercially, in client work, in products you sell. No attribution required. Free-tier icons are for personal and non-commercial use only.
License at a glance
Trial (free)
Studio & Team
Personal projects
✓
✓
Client work
✗
✓
Commercial products
✗
✓
SaaS / apps
✗
✓
Social media & ads
✗
✓
Print & merchandise
✗
✓
Resell as icon pack
✗
✗
Attribution required
Yes
No
Trial plan — Personal License
Icons generated on the free Trial tier are licensed for personal, non-commercial use only. You may use them in:
Personal portfolios and side projects with no revenue.
Educational or non-profit work.
Internal, non-distributed prototypes.
Attribution: when using Trial-tier icons publicly, you must credit "Generated with 12icon.com".
If you want to use icons commercially, upgrade to a paid plan — the Commercial License applies retroactively to icons you have already generated once your plan is active.
Studio & Team plans — Commercial License
Icons generated while your Studio or Team subscription is active are licensed under a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive Commercial License. You may use them in:
Commercial products, apps, and SaaS platforms.
Client deliverables and agency work — the license transfers to your client.
Marketing materials, social media, and paid advertising.
Printed merchandise and physical products.
Open-source projects (under any OSI-approved license).
No attribution required. You are not required to credit 12icon in your product, though we appreciate it when you do.
Perpetual: icons generated during an active subscription remain licensed even if you later cancel your plan. Cancellation does not revoke previously granted licenses.
What you cannot do (all plans)
Resell icon packs: you may not compile generated icons into a pack and sell or distribute them as a standalone icon set or font.
Claim authorship of the AI model: you may not misrepresent the icons as being entirely hand-crafted by a human designer in contexts where that distinction is material (e.g., art competitions that prohibit AI).
Trademark without modification: generated icons should not be filed for trademark registration without meaningful creative modification by a human designer. We make no warranties regarding trademark eligibility.
Use to train competing AI: you may not use outputs from 12icon to train, fine-tune, or develop a competing AI image generation service.
Third-party AI providers
12icon uses third-party AI generation APIs to produce icons. While we believe generated outputs are original, we make no warranty that they are free from similarity to existing works or eligible for copyright protection in every jurisdiction. Copyright law regarding AI-generated content is evolving — it is your responsibility to review outputs and seek legal advice for high-stakes commercial use.
Questions
If you need a custom license for volume use, OEM distribution, or any scenario not covered here, contact us at contact@12icon.com and we'll work something out.