LaunchDarkly vs ConfigCat
ConfigCat approaches the feature management field a bit differently than LaunchDarkly. This page is meant to highlight the most important bits that differentiate us.
Will GVP Engineering "The ConfigCat folks have been very helpful and friendly, and dealing with our various support requests."
Sindri Guðmundsson Software Developer at Andes eh "We evaluated and eventually chose ConfigCat over one of the larger players in the feature flagging world."
Josh Chu "There are many CI tools on the market that do much more than you asked for, but they are all lacking in that they try to do too many things."
Bjorn VuylstekerCo-Founder at WeGroup "It is simple to use, though you can make more complex flags if needed. We use it to switch on newly released features at will."
Key Differences
| ConfigCat | LaunchDarkly | |
|---|---|---|
| Service SLA | 99.99% | 99.99% |
| Feature management GUI | yes | yes |
| User targeting | yes | yes |
| A /B Testing | yes | yes |
| Team Size | unlimited in all plans | pay per seat |
| Forever Free Plan | yes | no |
| Server side MAUs | unlimited | unlimited |
| Client side MAUs | unlimited | limited |
| Data Governance | yes | no |
| Percentage based feature roll-outs | yes | yes |
| Security Features | included in all plans | paid |
| GDPR Compliant | yes | yes |
| Public API | yes | yes |
| Support | yes | yes |
| Integrations with 3rd party services | yes | yes |
| Open Source SDKs | yes | yes |
How Different is ConfigCat?
ConfigCat is a fully-featured, complete Feature Flag Service. It delivers all of the features that you should expect from a premium Feature Flag Service, at a very competitive price.
The ConfigCat Dashboard lets you set your Feature Flags, the CDN then distributes the Feature Flags which your application downloads and evaluates. See how ConfigCat works.
Privacy in Focus
Your Privacy
ConfigCat is GDPR compliant and we are happy to sign a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) also to meet the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Your Customers' Privacy
ConfigCat evaluates the feature flags on the client side, so the architecture guarantees that your customer's data will never leave your system. See how it works
Unlimited Seats
You can have unlimited team members even in the Free Plan. Scale your team as large as you like. By setting granular permission levels for each team member you have complete control over who sees what in your organization.
Unlimited MAUs
Enjoy an unlimited number of Monthly Active Users (unique users who visit your website or application) with any plan. We do not charge for MAUs, instead we measure the amount of config JSON downloads. This allows for a pure-traffic approach and is a cleaner and more direct way to measure organic growth and costs.
Try ConfigCat Free of Charge
We know that making a conscious decision takes time, so you can stay on the free plan for as long as you want. The Forever-Free plan allows you to use the entirety of ConfigCat's feature-set without any time limit or pressure to upgrade whatsoever.
Data Governance
Global CDN
EU CDN
Choose if you want to keep your data within the EU datacenters to be GDPR compliant or harness the power of the global ConfigCat CDN with geo-location based load-balancing. See the docs on Data Governance
Industry Standard Security Features for Free
Unlike most of our competition, we believe that security should come free. All of our subscription plans including the free one comes with all security features.
- Audit Log
Essential from a compliance perspective, an audit log shows a complete record of actions and changes that took place within the organization.
- Two-Factor Authentication
All major authenticator apps (like OneLogin, Microsoft, Google, etc.) are supported.
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
Unlike in LaunchDarkly, it's included for free. All the major SSO providers are supported.
Public Management API
To access the ConfigCat platform programmatically. Its purpose is to provide the same functionality as the Dashboard UI only for automation tests, tools, or scripts.
Stable Uptimes
Our SLA is one of the most stable that you can get, with at least 99% uptime for the free tier and a minimum of 99.9% for any paid package. Check status monitor
| Tier | ConfigCat | LaunchDarkly |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 99% | No Free Plan |
| Pro | 99.9% | 99.9% for Enterprise Support Customers |
| Smart | 99.95% | N/A |
| Enterprise | 99.99% | 99.9% for Enterprise Support Customers 99.99% for Premium Support Customers |
| Dedicated Hosted | 99.99% | N/A |
| Dedicated On-Premise | Contact Us | N/A |
Transparent Pricing Tiers
No hidden fees. Pricing is based on the number of config JSON downloads that your traffic generates, so you'll never pay a penny more than you have to. We offer a forever-free plan that you can use for as long as you need to. We operate with predictable, convenient fixed-monthly rates.
| Free | Pro | Smart | Enterprise | Dedicated | |
| No card required | Hosted or On-premise | ||||
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| Forever free feature flags and configs for everyone. | More environments and flags. | Unlimited resources. | Ready for custom agreements. | Private cloud managed by you or by us. | |
| $ 0 / mo | $ 99 / mo | $ 299 / mo | $ 849 / mo | $ 4,499 / mo | |
Self-service plans | Plans with premium support | ||||
| Highlights | |||||
| Uptime (SLA) | |||||
| Uptime (SLA) | 99 % | 99.9 % | 99.95 % | 99.99 % | 99.99 % |
config JSON downloads | |||||
config JSON downloads | 5 million / mo ~ 2 / sec | 25 million / mo ~ 10 / sec | 250 million / mo ~ 100 / sec | 1 billion / mo ~ 400 / sec | 6 billion + / mo ~ 2400 / sec |
Network Traffic | |||||
Network Traffic | 20 GB / mo | 100 GB / mo | 1 TB / mo | 4 TB / mo | 24 TB/ mo |
| Need help deciding? - Here is the Plan Calculator! | + optional add-ons | + optional add-ons | + optional add-ons | ||
Seats (team size) | |||||
Seats (team size) | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
Service connections | |||||
Service connections | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
MAUs & Contexts | |||||
MAUs & Contexts | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
Feature Flag reads | |||||
Feature Flag reads | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
API | |||||
API |  | | | | |
Trees planted 🌳 | |||||
Trees planted 🌳 | - | 1 | 10 | 20 | 100 |
| Sign Up | Buy | Buy | Buy | Contact Us | |
| Feature Flags & Remote Configuration | |||||
| Feature Flags & Remote Configuration | 10 Feature Flags 2 Environments 1 Product | 100 Feature Flags 3 Environments 3 Product | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Segmentation | |||||
| Segmentation | 2 segments 4 targeting rules / flag 4 % options / flag | 3 segments / product 8 targeting rules / flag 8 % options / flag | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Team Management | |||||
| Team Management | 1 permission group with unlimited team members | 2 permission groups with unlimited team members | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Security | |||||
| Security | 2FA, SSO, SAML | ||||
| DevOps & Automation | |||||
| DevOps & Automation | 1 webhook API Tech debt tools | 3 webhooks API Tech debt tools | unlimited webhooks API Tech debt tools | unlimited webhooks API Tech debt tools | unlimited webhooks API Tech debt tools |
| SDKs | |||||
| SDKs | .NET, Java, Android, iOS, Node.js, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Go, Ruby, Elixir, Dart, Kotlin, C++, Rust, Unreal Engine | ||||
| Integrations | |||||
| Integrations | Slack, Jira, Trello, monday, Datadog, Zapier, GitHub, Terraform, Amplitude, CircleCI, Bitbucket, Bitrise, Zoho, VSCode | ||||
| Audit log retention | |||||
Audit log retention | 7 days | 35 days | 35 days | 2 years | 2 years |
| Compliance | |||||
| Compliance | GDPR, ISO 27001:2013 | ||||
| Support | |||||
| Support | Best effort | Standard | Standard | Premium SLA | Premium SLA |
| Email, Slack community | |||||
| Software escrow | |||||
Software escrow | - | - | - | for an additional cost | for an additional cost |
| Sign Up | Buy | Buy | Buy | Contact Us | |
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