# LaunchDarkly vs Unleash

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** LaunchDarkly

| Attribute | LaunchDarkly | Unleash |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 81 (63% (medium)) | 67.9 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 30 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 13,869 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 13,148 |
| content.faq | `[{"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}]` | `[{"answer":"A platform for managing feature flags and releases in production environments. Provides governance, audit trails, and progressive rollout controls for enterprises, with support for both cloud and self-hosted deployment. It is indexed under Feature Flag Software.","source":"https://www.getunleash.io/plans/enterprise-payg","question":"What is Unleash?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Unleash is a paid product; published pricing starts at $75 per user per month. There is no free tier. 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.getunleash.io/plans/enterprise-payg","question":"How much does Unleash cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Unleash. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.getunleash.io/plans/enterprise-payg","question":"What platforms does Unleash support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Unleash can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.getunleash.io/plans/enterprise-payg","question":"Can Unleash be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 8 integrations for Unleash, including Slack, Zendesk, ServiceNow, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana, GitHub and Google. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.getunleash.io/plans/enterprise-payg","question":"What does Unleash integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Unleash. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Unleash not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.getunleash.io","question":"What security certifications does Unleash have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. Unleash is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash","question":"Is Unleash open source?","confidence":0.67},{"answer":"Unleash is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway. The vendor is headquartered in Norway.","source":"https://www.getunleash.io/plans/enterprise-payg","question":"Where is Unleash available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","sdk_breadth":"broad","audit_approvals":true,"code_references":true,"experimentation":true,"targeting_rules":true,"local_evaluation":true,"percentage_rollout":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","open_source":true,"openfeature":false,"sdk_breadth":"broad","audit_approvals":true,"code_references":true,"edge_evaluation":true,"experimentation":true,"targeting_rules":true,"local_evaluation":true,"percentage_rollout":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"VictoriaMetrics"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"Okta","native":true,"category":"identity"},{"name":"Azure AD","native":true,"category":"identity"},{"name":"SAML 2.0","native":true,"category":"auth"},{"name":"OpenID Connect","native":true,"category":"auth"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | AGPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["GB","US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Cloud-hosted","summary":"$75/user/mo billed monthly","minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":75,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Self-hosted","summary":"5 seat minimum, billed annually","minSeats":5,"commitment":"annual","contactSales":false},{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","summary":"Free to self-host via Docker","contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $75/user/mo for cloud-hosted with 14-day free trial. Free open-source option available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.getunleash.io/plans/enterprise-payg","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T15:10:40.202Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"unit":"seat","amount":75,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | high |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":3,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":75,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 6 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v8.2.0","date":"2026-09-08T09:57:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v8.1.0","date":"2026-08-05T10:57:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v8.0.3","date":"2026-07-10T09:32:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v8.0.2","date":"2026-06-29T09:33:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.6.5","date":"2026-06-29T13:24:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.6.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.5.2","date":"2026-06-29T13:29:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v8.0.1","date":"2026-06-16T14:03:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v8.0.0","date":"2026-06-09T12:09:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.6.5-beta.2","date":"2026-06-02T14:59:07Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v7.6.5-beta.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.6.5-beta.1","date":"2026-06-01T15:15:46Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v7.6.5-beta.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.6.4","date":"2026-05-14T11:04:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.6.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.6.3","date":"2026-04-15T13:12:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.6.2","date":"2026-04-15T11:43:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.6.1","date":"2026-04-09T13:06:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.6.0","date":"2026-04-09T12:41:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.5.1","date":"2026-03-10T08:41:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.5.0","date":"2026-03-04T09:33:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.4.3","date":"2026-02-27T12:08:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.4.2","date":"2026-02-25T17:34:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.4.1","date":"2026-02-05T10:01:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.4.1"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"FedRAMP","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.fedramp | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.1 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://launchdarkly.com/security/ | https://www.getunleash.io/security-and-performance |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":7,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=unleash-server&per_page=100","last_12m":7,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Feature Flag Software)

| Capability | LaunchDarkly | Unleash |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | 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 | - | - |
| **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 2026-10-16T19:27:48.804Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*