ConfigCat vs LaunchDarkly

See the key differences between ConfigCat and LaunchDarkly.

Why users choose to get 90% of LaunchDarkly’s power for just 10% of the cost and complexity.

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Highlights & Key Differences

ConfigCat gives you all the essential capabilities for effective feature flagging (targeting, percentage rollouts, audit logs, and more) without the overhead, hidden costs, or operational complexity of heavier platforms like LaunchDarkly.

Built for Feature Flagging - and to Work Well with Everything Else

ConfigCat offers a wide range of integrations and puts a strong focus on compatibility. We work well with analytics and experimentation platforms, APM tools, project management systems, and CI/CD pipelines. Instead of building an all-in-one platform, we focus on doing one thing well: feature flagging. Our goal is to fit neatly into your existing toolchain - not replace it.

Flat Usage-based Pricing

You are not charged per seat, per Monthly Active Users (MAU) or per service connection. Instead, pricing is based on config JSON downloads: a direct reflection of the load your app places on our infrastructure.

You can invite as many team members as you need. ConfigCat offers unlimited team size with no per-user fees. We do not charge based on how many users visit your application. MAUs are not part of our pricing. Fees are simple, transparent and predictable. And our pricing is designed to slightly undercut other major LaunchDarkly competitors.

Forever Free Plan

The Forever Free Plan allows you to use all of ConfigCat's features without any time limit or pressure to upgrade. Perfect for PoC projects before migrating to ConfigCat. Also perfect for pet projects and startups before their product-market fit.

Zero data-collection strategy

ConfigCat does not collect or store end-user data. Feature flags are evaluated on the client side, so your customers' data never leaves your system. This approach simplifies compliance and removes many privacy concerns by design.
ConfigCat is fully GDPR and ISO 27001 compliant.

Security Features

We believe security should not be a privilege. Every plan - Free or paid - includes all our security features: detailed audit logs, two-factor authentication (2FA), SAML, SCIM, Entra ID/Azure Active Directory, and single sign-on (SSO) with major identity providers. Unlike LaunchDarkly, where some of these (like SCIM) are only available on the Enterprise plan, ConfigCat includes them by default, even in the Free tier.

Data Governance

You can choose where your data is stored. Keep it within EU data centers to support GDPR compliance, or use ConfigCat's global CDN with geo-location-based load balancing for optimal performance. See the docs on Data Governance.

Less vendor lock-in

We aim to support the OpenFeature community by building OpenFeature-compatible SDKs for all platforms. We also built a tool to help you migrate your data from LaunchDarkly to ConfigCat, making the switch easier.

On-Premise and Private-Cloud versions available

While ConfigCat offers a powerful public cloud SaaS version, we also provide a Private-Cloud version dedicated just to you, as well as an On-premise version that you can host in your own infrastructure. You get the same powerful feature flag service - with a dashboard, CDN nodes, management API, SDKs, and security features like audit logs and SSO - running entirely in your environment.

Easy Switch from LaunchDarkly

When you're exploring LaunchDarkly alternatives, it's important to consider how easily you can migrate your existing feature flags. ConfigCat’s built-in Import from LaunchDarkly tool makes migrating from LaunchDarkly to ConfigCat quick and painless.
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See what others say about ConfigCat

Sindri Guðmundsson
Sindri Guðmundsson
Software Developer at Andes

"Meets all our requirements and then some. We evaluated and eventually chose ConfigCat over one of the larger players in the feature flagging world."

Will Gittoes
Will Gittoes
VP Engineering

"ConfigCat is better and cheaper than LaunchDarkly. The ConfigCat folks have been very helpful and friendly, and dealing with our various support requests."

Bjorn Vuylsteker
Bjorn Vuylsteker
Co-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."

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Stable Uptimes

ConfigCat offers enterprise-grade uptime SLA, up to 99.99%. Check our Service Status page.

Tier
Dedicated Hosted99.99%N/A
Enterprise99.99%99.9% for Enterprise Support Customers
99.99% for Premium Support Customers
Smart99.95%N/A
Pro99.9%99.9% for Enterprise Support Customers
Free99%N/A

Transparent Pricing Tiers

No hidden fees. Pricing is based on the number of config JSON downloads that your traffic generates, so you only pay for what you use.
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.

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Feature Flags &
Remote Configuration
Feature Flags &
Remote Configuration
100 Feature Flags
3 Environments
3 Products
unlimited Feature Flags
unlimited Environments
10 Products
unlimitedunlimited
Segmentation
Segmentation
/ flag
/ flag
3 segments / product
8 targeting rules / flag
8 % options / flag
unlimitedunlimitedunlimited
Team Management
Team Management
2 permission groups with
unlimited team members
unlimitedunlimitedunlimited
Security
Security2FA, SSO, SAML, User Provisioning (SCIM)
DevOps & Automation
DevOps & Automation
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
SDKsJavaScript, Angular, React, Node.js, .NET, Java, Go, PHP, Python, Ruby, Elixir,
Android, iOS, Dart / Flutter, Kotlin Multiplatform, C++, Rust, Unity, Unreal Engine
Integrations
IntegrationsAmplitude, Bitbucket, Bitrise, CircleCI, Datadog, GitHub, GitLab, Google Analytics, JetBrains, Jira, Mixpanel, monday, Slack, Terraform, Trello, Twillo Segment, VSCode, Zapier, Zoho
Audit log retention
7 days35 days35 days
2 years
2 years
Compliance
ComplianceGDPR, ISO 27001:2013
Support
Support
Best effort
Email, Slack community
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Special Plans for Education

ConfigCat offers tailored plans for students and teachers, designed to enhance educational projects with feature flag services.

Awesome Support and True Transparency

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