You can put several figures into one single float environment without problems. But you need to embed them in a
minipage environment. Its best illustrated with an example.
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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup{%
font=small,
labelfont=bf,
tableposition=top
}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[!ht]
\begin{minipage}{0.49\linewidth}
\rule{\linewidth}{0.5\linewidth} % Only a dummy
\caption{Figure on left side}\label{fig:left}
\end{minipage}
\hfill
\begin{minipage}{0.49\linewidth}
\rule{\linewidth}{0.5\linewidth} % Only a dummy
\caption{Figure on right side}\label{fig:right}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
The (optional)
caption package allows to customize the captions of those floats. It is not part of the solution.
Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten