LaunchDarkly
A platform for managing feature flags and controlling software behavior in real time, enabling safe releases and continuous optimization
- Also known as
- launchdarkly
Available worldwide
What is LaunchDarkly?
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.
LaunchDarkly pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Usage-based pricing from $3-$10 per 1k MAU. Free tier includes 1k client-side and 100k experimentation MAU. Annual billing discount available.
Foundation
Feature management and experimentation for growing teams
- client_side_mau
- 1000/month
- experimentation_mau
- 100000/month
- Feature management
- Experimentation
- Targeting by attribute
- Segments
- Percentage rollouts
- Multivariate flags
- Audit logs
- Code references
Guardian
Advanced feature management and experimentation at scale
- Workflows
- Scheduling
- Change approvals
- Release automation
- Migration Assistant
- HIPAA compliance
- FedRAMP compliance
Enterprise
Contact salesEnterprise-grade feature management with custom configurations and support
Add-ons
- Data Export
What LaunchDarkly does
The capabilities that matter for feature flag software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Hosting
- Cloud only
- Percentage rollout
- ✓
- Attribute / segment targeting
- ✓
- Local evaluation (no call home)
- ✓
- Edge / CDN evaluation
- -
- Built-in A/B experimentation
- ✓
- Experiment stats engine
- -
- OpenFeature-compliant provider
- -
- Audit logs + change approvals
- ✓
- Stale-flag / code reference detection
- ✓
- SDK breadth
- Broad
- Self-hostable OSS core
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (13)
Independently observed- Slack•
- Microsoft Teams•
- Snowflake⇄•
- Census
- Snowplow
- Sprig
- Tealium
- GitHub
- Bitbucket
- GitLab
- Sentry
- OpenTelemetry
- Trello•
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2 Type II · Type IIactive
- ISO 27001active
- FedRAMPactive
LaunchDarkly FAQ
Common questions about LaunchDarkly, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is LaunchDarkly?
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.
Is LaunchDarkly free?
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.
What platforms does LaunchDarkly support?
LaunchDarkly supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Can LaunchDarkly be self-hosted?
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.
What does LaunchDarkly integrate with?
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.
What security certifications does LaunchDarkly have?
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.
LaunchDarkly alternatives
Other feature flag software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- StatsigManage feature releases and run experiments with analytics to guide product decisionsmedium · 74%
- GrowthBookWarehouse-native experimentation and feature management platformhigh · 75%
- ConfigCatA hosted service for managing feature flags and their availability across applicationsmedium · 73%
- UnleashEnterprise-grade feature flag management systemhigh · 75%
- HypertuneFeature experiments and configuration management platform for JavaScript applicationsmedium · 68%
- DevCycleA feature management platform built for software development teamslow · 40%
Compare LaunchDarkly
Side by side against other feature flag software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for LaunchDarkly, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 100 | 0.16 | 15.6 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 80 | 0.12 | 9.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 26 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: cloud · Sdk breadth: broad · Audit approvals: Yes · Code references: Yes · Experimentation: Yes · Targeting rules: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 7 | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fedramp | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Hipaa | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Certifications | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, FedRAMP | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
| Trust center | https://launchdarkly.com/security/ | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
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