Feature flag tools at a glance
A quick overview table to scan the landscape. Want a dollar-for-dollar breakdown of one tool? Jump to a head-to-head comparison.
Looking for the detailed version?
This page is the quick cheat sheet. For real pricing math, worked dollar examples and a ~30-row feature matrix per competitor, see the head-to-head comparisons, including ShipSilently vs LaunchDarkly, ConfigCat, Flagsmith, Statsig and Unleash.
Feature comparison
We'll be straight with you. Some tools have more bells and whistles. We have the stuff that actually matters, done really well, and we mark our own gaps honestly.
| Feature |
ShipSilently
Recommended | LaunchDarkly | Unleash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||
| Free tier | ✓ Yes, 100k evals/mo | ~ Very limited (1 seat) | ✓ Yes (self-hosted only) |
| Entry paid plan | $49/mo flat | Usage-based (per connection + MAU) | $75/seat (cloud) |
| Per-seat pricing | ✗ Never | ~ Seats free; meters connections + MAU | ✗ Yes, $75/seat |
| Predictable billing | ✓ Flat monthly | ✗ Connection + MAU based | ~ Per-seat or self-host |
| Developer Experience | |||
| Setup time | ✓ < 5 minutes | ~ 30–60 minutes | ~ Hours (self-host) or 20 min (cloud) |
| SDK eval latency | ✓ < 10 ms (edge) | ✓ < 10 ms | ~ 10–50 ms (server-side) |
| REST API | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| SDKs | ~ JS / TypeScript, Go (more coming soon) | ✓ 25+ SDKs | ✓ 15+ SDKs |
| Docs quality | ✓ Clear, concise | ~ Comprehensive but sprawling | ~ Good for OSS, dense |
| Infrastructure | |||
| Hosting | ✓ Fully managed (Cloudflare edge) | ✓ Fully managed SaaS | ~ Self-host or cloud |
| Runs on any runtime | ✓ Yes, no platform lock-in | ~ Edge SDKs are provider-specific | ✓ Yes |
| Streaming / real-time updates | ✓ Yes (SSE) | ✓ Yes (streaming) | ~ Polling-based by default |
| Open source | ✗ Not yet | ✗ No | ✓ Yes (AGPL-3.0) |
| Core Features | |||
| Boolean flags | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Multivariate flags | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Percentage rollouts | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| User targeting / rules | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes (very advanced) | ✓ Yes |
| Environments | ✓ Unlimited (Pro+) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Audit logs | ✓ Yes (Pro+) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| A/B testing / experimentation | ✗ Roadmap (Q3 2026) | ✓ Yes (Experimentation add-on) | ~ Basic |
| SSO / SAML | ✗ Roadmap | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes (paid) |
| RBAC / permissions | ✗ Team roles only | ✓ Advanced | ✓ Yes (paid) |
| SOC 2 | ✗ Roadmap | ✓ SOC 2 Type II | ✓ SOC 2 Type II |
✓ = supported | ~ = partial / limited | ✗ = not available. ShipSilently's gaps are marked honestly, see our roadmap. Competitor data is verified and re-checked quarterly; for sources and dollar math, see each head-to-head comparison.
Why teams choose ShipSilently
Built for speed, not meetings
You can integrate ShipSilently in under 5 minutes. No enterprise sales calls, no onboarding sessions, no 60-page implementation guides.
Priced for startups
LaunchDarkly pricing scales with connections and MAUs; Unleash charges per seat. We charge a simple flat monthly fee. Your investors will notice the difference.
Focused, not bloated
We don't have every feature under the sun, and we're upfront about it. We focus on the core feature flag experience and make it great.
Runs anywhere
Evaluations run at Cloudflare's edge, and the SDK works on any runtime, Vercel, AWS, Fly, Node, Bun, with no platform lock-in.
Where the others win (being honest)
We believe in honesty over hype. Here's where LaunchDarkly and Unleash have a real edge:
- LaunchDarkly: Best-in-class experimentation and A/B testing, the most mature SDK ecosystem, and enterprise compliance certifications. If you're Fortune 500, they're probably the right choice.
- Unleash: Open source and fully self-hostable. If data sovereignty or running on-prem is non-negotiable, Unleash is the way to go.
We're not trying to be everything. We're trying to be the best thing for fast-moving product teams who want to ship with confidence without the enterprise overhead.
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