Comparison

Flagsmith vs GrowthBook

On the evidence we track, GrowthBook leads this comparison with a composite score of 73/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Flagsmith59
★GrowthBook73
Score
vioscaleAI score
Flagsmith59 / 100high · 77%
GrowthBook73 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Flagsmith✓
GrowthBook✓
Model
Flagsmithfreemium
GrowthBookfreemium
Price level
Flagsmithmid
GrowthBooklow
Starting price
Flagsmith$40
GrowthBook$40
Transparent
Flagsmith✓
GrowthBook✗
Integrations
Count
Flagsmith7
GrowthBook16
Security
Certifications
Flagsmith–
GrowthBookHIPAA
Disclosure policy
Flagsmith–
GrowthBook✓
Fedramp
Flagsmith✓
GrowthBook–
Gdpr
Flagsmith✓
GrowthBook✓
Hipaa
Flagsmith✓
GrowthBook✓
Iso27001
Flagsmith–
GrowthBook✓
Soc2
Flagsmith✓
GrowthBook✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Flagsmith–
GrowthBook99.99
Status page
Flagsmith✓
GrowthBook✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Flagsmith0
GrowthBook701
Github stars
Flagsmith6,592
GrowthBook8,497
Package downloads weekly
Flagsmith143,238
GrowthBook520,058
Activity
Commits last 30d
Flagsmith100
GrowthBook100
Release
Cadence days
Flagsmith1
GrowthBook54
History
Flagsmith20 items
GrowthBook20 items
License
Spdx
FlagsmithBSD-3-Clause
GrowthBookMIT
Language
Primary
FlagsmithPython
GrowthBookTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Flagsmith8 items
GrowthBook7 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

GrowthBook

Leader

A platform combining feature flags, A/B testing, and product analytics that runs natively on your data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, etc.), enabling teams to run experiments, roll out features safely, and analyze results without moving data to external tools.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

GrowthBook

Leader
HybridFree tier

Free cloud plan for up to 3 users. Pro and Enterprise with custom pricing. Overage charges for CDN and managed warehouse usage.

  • StarterFree
    • Unlimited feature flags
    • Unlimited experiments
    • Base experimentation
    • Experiment history & audit log
    • Stale flag management
    • +5 more
  • ProAdvanced experimentation features for scaling teams
    • Up to 30 users
    • Sequential testing
    • CUPED variance reduction
    • Sticky bucketing
    • URL split tests
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Unlimited users and events
    • SAML-based single sign-on
    • SCIM user provisioning
    • Approval workflows
    • Exportable audit logs
    • +5 more
  • Self-HostedFree
    • Unlimited users
    • Open source (MIT license)
    • Custom JavaScript validation
    • Microservices architecture support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Jira
  • Okta

Flagsmith

9 total - 7 not shared
  • Analytics platforms (for A/B testing)
  • OpenFeature standard
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Sentry
  • Datadog
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed

GrowthBook

Leader
25 total - 23 not shared
  • Rollbar
  • Figma
  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery
  • Databricks
  • Redshift
  • Vercel
  • ClickHouse
  • Postgres
  • MySQL
  • Athena
  • Presto
  • Segment
  • Mixpanel
  • Amplitude
  • Google Analytics
  • OpenFeature
  • Slack
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • VS Code
  • Azure AD
  • Notion
Independently observed
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