# Split vs Unleash

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Unleash

| Attribute | Split | Unleash |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 52.7 (39% (low)) | 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":"Split provides feature flagging and release management capabilities that help teams gradually roll out features, monitor their impact on system performance and user behavior, and run experiments to validate changes. It is indexed under Feature Flag Software.","source":"https://www.split.io","question":"What is Split?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Split does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 3 plans (Free Plan, Essentials and Enterprise), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.split.io","question":"How much does Split cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Split supports the web and iOS. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.split.io","question":"What platforms does Split support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Split, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.split.io","question":"Can Split be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Split. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Split not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.split.io/security","question":"What security certifications does Split 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 | Provides client libraries for JavaScript, Java, Python, Ruby, Flutter, and other platforms to evaluate and manage feature flags in applications, with OpenFeature provider implementations. | 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","open_source":true,"openfeature":true,"sdk_breadth":"broad","audit_approvals":true,"experimentation":true,"targeting_rules":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 | - | 9 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"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 | `{"ios":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free Plan","features":["Feature flag management","Basic experimentation"],"description":"For individual developers and small teams","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Essentials","features":["Feature management at scale","Release monitoring","Cloud experimentation"],"description":"For growing organizations with small to mid-size teams","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["All Essentials features","Warehouse native experimentation","Advanced features","Premium support","Dedicated account manager"],"description":"For large-scale organizations with complex needs","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. Essentials and Enterprise plans require contact sales.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.split.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:26:18.228Z"}` | `{"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 | low | high |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":75,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | no | 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 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.1 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | 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 | Split | 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 2026-10-16T19:14:55.119Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*