# GrowthBook vs LaunchDarkly

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** LaunchDarkly

| Attribute | GrowthBook | LaunchDarkly |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 72.8 (74% (medium)) | 81 (63% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 701 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 8,497 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 520,058 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"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}]` | `[{"answer":"A feature flagging and experimentation service that lets teams gradually release changes, run A/B tests, and control application behavior without redeployment, with local caching and streaming updates across server, client, and mobile applications. It is indexed under Feature Flag Software.","source":"https://launchdarkly.com/pricing/archive-sept2025/","question":"What is LaunchDarkly?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"LaunchDarkly offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $3 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://launchdarkly.com/pricing/archive-sept2025/","question":"Is LaunchDarkly free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"LaunchDarkly supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://launchdarkly.com/pricing/archive-sept2025/","question":"What platforms does LaunchDarkly support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for LaunchDarkly, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://launchdarkly.com/pricing/archive-sept2025/","question":"Can LaunchDarkly be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 13 integrations for LaunchDarkly, including Census, Snowplow, Sprig, Tealium, GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab and Sentry, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://launchdarkly.com/pricing/archive-sept2025/","question":"What does LaunchDarkly integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for LaunchDarkly. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as LaunchDarkly not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://launchdarkly.com/security/","question":"What security certifications does LaunchDarkly have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A platform for managing feature flags and conducting experiments in production environments. Enables teams to safely control feature releases with fine-grained targeting rules and integration with observability and project management 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,"experiment_stats":"bayesian","local_evaluation":true,"percentage_rollout":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","sdk_breadth":"broad","audit_approvals":true,"code_references":true,"experimentation":true,"targeting_rules":true,"local_evaluation":true,"percentage_rollout":true}` |
| integrations.count | 16 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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"}]` | `[{"name":"Census"},{"name":"Snowplow"},{"name":"Sprig"},{"name":"Tealium"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Trello","native":true},{"name":"Snowflake","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Jira Cloud","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Foundation","summary":"From $3-$10/1k MAU depending on usage type","features":["Feature management","Experimentation","Targeting by attribute","Segments","Percentage rollouts","Multivariate flags","Audit logs","Code references"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"client-side MAU"},"kind":"metered","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"experimentation MAU"},"kind":"metered","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Feature management and experimentation for growing teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"client_side_mau":"1000/month","experimentation_mau":"100000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Guardian","summary":"$12/mo per service connection plus usage-based MAU pricing","features":["Workflows","Scheduling","Change approvals","Release automation","Migration Assistant","HIPAA compliance","FedRAMP compliance"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"service connection"},"kind":"metered","amount":12,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Advanced feature management and experimentation at scale","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","commitment":"annual","description":"Enterprise-grade feature management with custom configurations and support","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Data Export"}],"summary":"Usage-based pricing from $3-$10 per 1k MAU. Free tier includes 1k client-side and 100k experimentation MAU. Annual billing discount available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://launchdarkly.com/pricing/archive-sept2025/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-04T13:31:23.209Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"unit":"experimentation MAU","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":40,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":3,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 54 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v5.1.0","date":"2026-09-22T03:07:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v5.0.1","date":"2026-08-19T15:59:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v5.0.0","date":"2026-07-20T02:37:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v4.4.0","date":"2026-05-27T02:25:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v4.3.0","date":"2026-02-04T02:41:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v4.2.0","date":"2025-11-11T19:37:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v4.1.0","date":"2025-09-09T02:49:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v4.0.0","date":"2025-07-09T02:51:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v3.6.0","date":"2025-05-01T03:35:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v3.5.0","date":"2025-03-04T04:55:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v3.4.0","date":"2025-01-15T04:50:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v3.3.0","date":"2024-11-12T00:20:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v3.2.0","date":"2024-09-26T03:25:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v3.1.0","date":"2024-07-25T03:06:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v3.0.0","date":"2024-05-22T17:17:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v2.9.0","date":"2024-04-03T22:01:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v2.8.0","date":"2024-02-26T22:33:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v2.7.1","date":"2024-02-21T18:34:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v2.7.0","date":"2024-01-17T03:12:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/releases/tag/v2.6.0","date":"2023-11-28T13:20:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"FedRAMP","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.growthbook.io/events/trustworthy-ab-testing | https://launchdarkly.com/security/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"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 | GrowthBook | LaunchDarkly |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud only |
| **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 2026-10-16T06:43:46.903Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*