Comparison

ConfigCat vs Flagsmith

On the evidence we track, ConfigCat leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★ConfigCat71
Flagsmith59
Score
vioscaleAI score
ConfigCat71 / 100medium · 72%
Flagsmith59 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Model
ConfigCatfreemium
Flagsmithfreemium
Price level
ConfigCatlow
Flagsmithmid
Starting price
ConfigCat–
Flagsmith$40
Transparent
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Integrations
Count
ConfigCat2
Flagsmith7
Security
Disclosure policy
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith–
Fedramp
ConfigCat–
Flagsmith✓
Gdpr
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Hipaa
ConfigCat–
Flagsmith✓
Iso27001
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith–
Soc2
ConfigCat–
Flagsmith✓
Reliability
Sla pct
ConfigCat99.99
Flagsmith–
Status page
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
ConfigCat–
Flagsmith0
Github stars
ConfigCat–
Flagsmith6,592
Package downloads weekly
ConfigCat–
Flagsmith143,238
Activity
Commits last 30d
ConfigCat–
Flagsmith100
Release
Cadence days
ConfigCat–
Flagsmith1
History
ConfigCat–
Flagsmith20 items
License
Spdx
ConfigCat–
FlagsmithBSD-3-Clause
Language
Primary
ConfigCat–
FlagsmithPython
Market
Content
Faq
ConfigCat7 items
Flagsmith8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for feature flag software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Hosting
ConfigCatCloud + self-hosted
FlagsmithCloud + self-hosted
Rollout
Percentage rollout
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Attribute / segment targeting
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Evaluation
Local evaluation (no call home)
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith-
Edge / CDN evaluation
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Experimentation
Built-in A/B experimentation
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Experiment stats engine
ConfigCat-
Flagsmith-
Standards
OpenFeature-compliant provider
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Governance
Audit logs + change approvals
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Stale-flag / code reference detection
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Coverage
SDK breadth
ConfigCatBroad
FlagsmithBroad
Licensing
Self-hostable OSS core
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

ConfigCat

Leader

A hosted service for managing feature toggles across applications with unlimited seats. Allows teams to target specific user groups and control feature changes remotely via a simple dashboard.

Independently observed

Flagsmith

An open-source platform for managing feature flags and remote configuration across web, mobile, and server-side applications. Enables controlled rollouts, A/B testing, and runtime configuration changes without code deployment.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

ConfigCat

Leader
HybridFree tier

Free tier with same features as paid plans. Transparent, flat pricing on paid plans.

  • Forever FreeFree
as of verify ↗

Flagsmith

from $40/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

Free tier (50k requests/month). Paid plans from $40/month.

  • FreeFree
    • Up to 50,000 requests per month
    • 1 team member
    • Unlimited feature flags
    • Unlimited environments
    • Unlimited identities and segments
    • +1 more
  • Start-Up$40/month
    • 1,000,000 requests per month
    • 3 team members
    • Email technical support
    • Scheduled flags
    • 3rd party integrations
  • Growing$50/seat/month
    • SAML/SSO authentication
    • Governance features (roles, permissions, change requests, audit logs)
    • Priority email and chat technical support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom hosting solutions
    • Real-time technical support via chat
    • Enterprise SLA
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Android
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✗
CLI
ConfigCat✗
Flagsmith✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
ConfigCat✓
Flagsmith✓
Self-hosted
ConfigCat✗
Flagsmith✓
On-premise
ConfigCat✗
Flagsmith✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (4)
  • Datadog
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Jira

ConfigCat

Leader
24 total - 20 not shared
  • Amplitude
  • Bitbucket
  • Bitrise
  • CircleCI
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Google Analytics
  • JetBrains
  • IntelliJ
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Mixpanel
  • monday.com
  • Segment
  • Slack
  • Terraform
  • Trello
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Zapier
  • Zoho Flow
  • VSCode
Independently observed

Flagsmith

9 total - 5 not shared
  • Analytics platforms (for A/B testing)
  • OpenFeature standard
  • Sentry
  • Okta
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed
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