# LaunchDarkly vs Unleash

**Leader by Vioscale score:** LaunchDarkly

| Attribute | LaunchDarkly | Unleash |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 83.9 (73% (medium)) | 66.5 (74% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 30 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 13,762 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 21,333 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based platform that provides real-time management and control over feature deployments, experimentation, and AI system behavior, with local caching, progressive rollouts, and automated remediation capabilities. | 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. |
| 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 | 9 | 8 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Census"},{"name":"Snowplow"},{"name":"Sprig"},{"name":"Tealium"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"VictoriaMetrics"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Google"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | AGPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"NO","primaryMarkets":["US","GB","NO"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Developer","summary":"Free forever","features":["One project","3 environments","5 service connections per month","1k client-side MAU per month","100k experimentation MAU per month"],"description":"Free tier for single projects and basic feature flagging","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"1","environments":"3","client_side_mau":"1k/mo","experimentation_mau":"100k/mo","service_connections":"5/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Foundation","summary":"$12 per service connection + $10 per 1k client-side MAU, billed monthly or yearly","features":["Unlimited projects","Unlimited environments","Single sign-on"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"service connection","amount":12,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"1k client-side MAU","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Metered consumption plan for growing teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"unlimited","environments":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Foundation","Advanced user targeting","Release automation","Workflows, scheduling & approvals","SAML/SCIM","Release Assistant","Custom roles & teams"],"description":"Advanced capabilities for large-scale deployments","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Guardian","summary":"Custom usage-based pricing","features":["Everything in Enterprise","Guarded Releases","Application Performance Thresholds","Release Auto-Remediation","Release Health Metrics"],"description":"Release safety and auto-remediation at scale","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Experimentation MAU","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"1k MAU","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier. Foundation from $12/service connection + $10/1k client-side MAU/mo. Enterprise and Guardian available with custom pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://launchdarkly.com/pricing/archive-sept2025/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:16:58.012Z","startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Hosted","summary":"$75/user/month, cancel anytime","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":75,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"$75/user/month, 14-day free trial","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.getunleash.io/plans/enterprise-payg","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:12:23.756Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":75,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | high |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 6 |
| release.history | - | `[{"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"},{"url":"https://github.com/Unleash/unleash/releases/tag/v7.4.0","date":"2025-12-12T12:05:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.4.0"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.2 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":3,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=unleash-server&per_page=100","last_12m":3,"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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:44:03.201Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*