Comparison

ConfigCat vs Unleash

No clear leader: ConfigCat (70.5) and Unleash (67.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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ConfigCat71
Unleash68
Score
vioscaleAI score
ConfigCat71 / 100medium · 72%
Unleash68 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
ConfigCat✓
Unleash✓
Model
ConfigCatfreemium
Unleashfreemium
Price level
ConfigCatlow
Unleashhigh
Starting price
ConfigCat–
Unleash$75
Transparent
ConfigCat✓
Unleash✓
Integrations
Count
ConfigCat2
Unleash9
Security
Certifications
ConfigCat–
Disclosure policy
ConfigCat✓
Unleash–
Fedramp
ConfigCat–
Unleash✓
Gdpr
ConfigCat✓
Unleash✓
Iso27001
ConfigCat✓
Unleash✓
Scorecard
ConfigCat–
Unleash6.1
Soc2
ConfigCat–
Unleash✓
Reliability
Sla pct
ConfigCat99.99
Unleash99.99
Status page
ConfigCat✓
Unleash✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
ConfigCat–
Unleash30
Github stars
ConfigCat–
Unleash13,869
Package downloads weekly
ConfigCat–
Unleash13,148
Activity
Commits last 30d
ConfigCat–
Unleash100
Release
Cadence days
ConfigCat–
Unleash6
History
ConfigCat–
Unleash20 items
License
Spdx
ConfigCat–
UnleashAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
ConfigCat–
UnleashTypeScript
Content
Faq
ConfigCat7 items
Unleash8 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

ConfigCat

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

Unleash

A feature management platform that enables enterprises to control how software behaves in production with support for gradual rollouts, instant rollbacks, experimentation, and compliance. Available as cloud-hosted or self-hosted.

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

HybridFree tier

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

  • Forever FreeFree
as of verify ↗

Unleash

from $75/seat/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

From $75/user/mo for cloud-hosted with 14-day free trial. Free open-source option available.

  • Cloud-hosted$75/user/mo billed monthly
  • Self-hosted5 seat minimum, billed annually
  • Open SourceFree
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
ConfigCat✓
Unleash✓
Android
ConfigCat✓
Unleash✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
ConfigCat✓
Unleash✓
Self-hosted
ConfigCat✗
Unleash✓
Hybrid
ConfigCat✗
Unleash✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • GitHub
  • Slack

ConfigCat

24 total - 22 not shared
  • Amplitude
  • Bitbucket
  • Bitrise
  • CircleCI
  • Datadog
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Google Analytics
  • JetBrains
  • IntelliJ
  • Jira
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Mixpanel
  • monday.com
  • Segment
  • Terraform
  • Trello
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Zapier
  • Zoho Flow
  • VSCode
Independently observed

Unleash

12 total - 10 not shared
  • Zendesk
  • ServiceNow
  • Prometheus
  • VictoriaMetrics
  • Grafana
  • Google
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
  • SAML 2.0
  • OpenID Connect
Independently observed
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ConfigCat or Unleash: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.