# Flagsmith vs GrowthBook

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** GrowthBook

| Attribute | Flagsmith | GrowthBook |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 58.8 (77% (high)) | 72.8 (74% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 701 |
| adoption.github_stars | 6,592 | 8,497 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 143,238 | 520,058 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A feature flag management platform enabling teams to toggle features on/off for specific users, segments, or environments without redeploying. Supports A/B testing, remote configuration, and deployment across cloud, private cloud, or on-premise infrastructure. It is indexed under Feature Flag Software.","source":"https://www.flagsmith.com/pricing","question":"What is Flagsmith?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Flagsmith is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the BSD-3-Clause licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $40 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.flagsmith.com/pricing","question":"Is Flagsmith free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Flagsmith supports the web and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.flagsmith.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Flagsmith support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Flagsmith can be deployed cloud / SaaS, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.flagsmith.com/pricing","question":"Can Flagsmith be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for Flagsmith, including Jira, Analytics platforms (for A/B testing) and OpenFeature standard. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.flagsmith.com/pricing","question":"What does Flagsmith integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Flagsmith. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Flagsmith not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.flagsmith.com","question":"What security certifications does Flagsmith have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Flagsmith is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith","question":"Is Flagsmith open source?","confidence":0.99},{"answer":"Flagsmith is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United Kingdom.","source":"https://www.flagsmith.com/pricing","question":"Where is Flagsmith available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Enables product teams to run rigorous tests, safely control feature rollouts, and measure impact by querying data directly from their existing data warehouse. It is indexed under Feature Flag Software.","source":"https://www.growthbook.io/insights/launchdarkly-pricing","question":"What is GrowthBook?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"GrowthBook is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $40 per user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.growthbook.io","question":"Is GrowthBook free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"GrowthBook supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.growthbook.io/insights/launchdarkly-pricing","question":"What platforms does GrowthBook support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. GrowthBook can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.growthbook.io/insights/launchdarkly-pricing","question":"Can GrowthBook be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 6 integrations for GrowthBook, including Rollbar, Figma, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks and Redshift. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.growthbook.io/insights/launchdarkly-pricing","question":"What does GrowthBook integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for GrowthBook. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as GrowthBook not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.growthbook.io/events/trustworthy-ab-testing","question":"What security certifications does GrowthBook have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. GrowthBook is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://pypi.org/pypi/growthbook/json","question":"Is GrowthBook open source?","confidence":0.9}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","open_source":true,"openfeature":true,"sdk_breadth":"broad","audit_approvals":true,"code_references":true,"edge_evaluation":true,"experimentation":true,"targeting_rules":true,"percentage_rollout":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","open_source":true,"openfeature":true,"sdk_breadth":"broad","audit_approvals":true,"code_references":true,"edge_evaluation":true,"experimentation":true,"targeting_rules":true,"experiment_stats":"bayesian","local_evaluation":true,"percentage_rollout":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 16 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Analytics platforms (for A/B testing)"},{"name":"OpenFeature standard"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true},{"name":"GitLab","native":true},{"name":"Sentry","native":true},{"name":"Datadog","native":true},{"name":"Okta","native":true,"category":"auth"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true,"category":"observability"}]` | `[{"name":"Rollbar"},{"name":"Figma"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Redshift"},{"name":"Vercel","native":true},{"name":"ClickHouse","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Postgres","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"MySQL","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Athena","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Presto","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Segment","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Mixpanel","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Amplitude","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Google Analytics","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"OpenFeature","native":true},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Claude Code","native":true,"category":"development","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Cursor","native":true,"category":"development","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"VS Code","native":true,"category":"development","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Okta","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Azure AD","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Notion","native":false,"category":"productivity","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Jira","native":false,"category":"project_management","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["Up to 50,000 requests per month","1 team member","Unlimited feature flags","Unlimited environments","Unlimited identities and segments","API access"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"requests":"50k/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Start-Up","summary":"$40/month","features":["1,000,000 requests per month","3 team members","Email technical support","Scheduled flags","3rd party integrations"],"minSeats":3,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":40,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"requests":"1M/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growing","summary":"$50/seat/month","features":["SAML/SSO authentication","Governance features (roles, permissions, change requests, audit logs)","Priority email and chat technical support"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Custom hosting solutions","Real-time technical support via chat","Enterprise SLA"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier (50k requests/month). Paid plans from $40/month.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.flagsmith.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T09:25:35.990Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":40,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free for up to 3 users on cloud","features":["Unlimited feature flags","Unlimited experiments","Base experimentation","Experiment history & audit log","Stale flag management","Flag change history","Code references","Slack integration","Native integrations","99.99% uptime SLA"],"minSeats":3,"description":"Cloud-hosted with up to 3 users, unlimited feature flags and experiments","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"cloud_users":"3","events_monthly":"2M"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"Advanced experimentation features for scaling teams","features":["Up to 30 users","Sequential testing","CUPED variance reduction","Sticky bucketing","URL split tests","Built-in product analytics","Managed warehouse","99.99% uptime SLA"],"description":"Cloud-hosted for up to 30 users with advanced experimentation and product analytics","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing for enterprise deployments","features":["Unlimited users and events","SAML-based single sign-on","SCIM user provisioning","Approval workflows","Exportable audit logs","Environment-specific permissions","Fact-table optimization","Priority SLA coverage","Dedicated support","HIPAA business-associate agreements"],"description":"Custom pricing for large organizations with billions of events, advanced governance, and security","contactSales":true},{"free":true,"name":"Self-Hosted","summary":"Free open-source self-hosted with unlimited users","features":["Unlimited users","Open source (MIT license)","Custom JavaScript validation","Microservices architecture support"],"description":"Open-source MIT-licensed deployment with unlimited users","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"CDN Requests Overage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":10,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"CDN Bandwidth Overage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Managed Warehouse Overage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"events"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.03,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free cloud plan for up to 3 users. Pro and Enterprise with custom pricing. Overage charges for CDN and managed warehouse usage.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.growthbook.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T22:37:38.112Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":40,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":40,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 1 | 54 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://www.growthbook.io/events/trustworthy-ab-testing |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FFlagsmith%2Fflagsmith&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40growthbook%2Fgrowthbook-react&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Feature Flag Software)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:14:25.678Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*