ShipSilently vs Statsig
A focused, flat-priced flag tool, versus a full experimentation + product-analytics platform that happens to include flags.
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Statsig is a serious experimentation and product-analytics platform (now owned by OpenAI), and its feature flags are free and unlimited on every tier. The catch is scope: you pay for, and operate, a metrics engine billed on event volume, even if all you wanted was flags. ShipSilently does one thing: flat-priced feature flags that run anywhere, with a bill that doesn't move with your analytics traffic.
Pick Statsig if…
experimentation and product analytics are central to how you ship, you want a best-in-class stats engine, deep metrics and session replay in one platform.
Pick ShipSilently if…
you want feature flags and not an analytics platform: a focused tool, a predictable flat bill, and no event-volume metering or platform lock-in.
At a glance
| ShipSilently | Statsig | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Feature flag tool | Experimentation + analytics platform |
| Starting price | $0 free · $49/mo flat | $0 free (2M events) · $150/mo Pro |
| Pricing model | Flat, no event metering | Metered on analytics events ($0.05 / 1k over) |
| Flag checks | Included (flat tier) | Free & unlimited on all tiers |
| Experimentation | ❌ Roadmap (Q3 2026) | ✅ Best-in-class stats engine |
Pricing compared
ShipSilently
Flat monthly, no per-seat, no per-MAU, no per-request metering
Side projects and indie developers getting started.
- 100,000 evaluations / month
- Up to 10 feature flags
- 2 environments
- JavaScript / TypeScript SDK
- Community support
Growing teams that ship fast and need confidence at scale.
- 10M evaluations / month (overage $0.01 per 10k)
- Unlimited feature flags
- Unlimited environments
- Unlimited team members, no per-seat fee
- JS / TypeScript + Go SDKs
- Targeting, percentage rollouts & instant kill switch
- Evaluation analytics & audit log
- Email support
Large orgs needing dedicated infra, higher volume and an SLA.
- Unlimited evaluations
- Everything in Pro
- Dedicated Slack & SLA
- Custom data retention
Statsig
Feature-flag/gate checks are free and unlimited on every tier, you pay for "metered events" feeding analytics, experiment metrics and session replay. Pro is $150/mo with 5M events; overage is $0.05 per 1,000 events. Enterprise is custom.
Sourced from statsig.com/pricing · verified June 23, 2026
Generous free tier; flags free, analytics metered.
- 2M metered events / mo
- Unlimited feature gates
- Experimentation included
Higher event allowance + overage.
- 5M metered events / mo
- Overage $0.05 / 1k events
- Unlimited flags
Volume discounts, SSO, advanced RBAC, warehouse-native.
- Custom event volume
- SSO / advanced RBAC
- Warehouse-native (Snowflake/BigQuery/Databricks)
What you'd actually pay
Team that only wants feature flags
No experiments, no product analytics, just flags and rollouts.
Honestly: if you'll never touch analytics, Statsig's free flags are hard to beat on price. The trade-off is platform scope and lock-in.
Analytics-heavy product, 20M events/mo
High event volume from experiments, metrics and session replay.
Statsig's bill scales with analytics event volume, predictable only if your event volume is.
Break-even: This one is about scope, not a single break-even number. If you genuinely need experimentation and analytics, Statsig's bundle is good value. If you only need flags, ShipSilently's flat $49/mo buys a focused tool whose price never moves with analytics traffic, and you avoid operating a metrics platform you didn't ask for.
Full feature comparison
| Feature | ShipSilently | Statsig |
|---|---|---|
| Core flagging | ||
| Boolean flags / gates | ||
| Multivariate / dynamic configs | ||
| Percentage rollouts | ||
| Attribute targeting | Attribute & rule based | |
| Instant kill switch | Instant, edge-propagated | |
| Real-time updates | SSE streaming | |
| Runtime & SDKs | ||
| Runs on any runtime | Any runtime, no platform lock-in | Local eval |
| Global edge delivery | Cloudflare global edge | |
| Breadth of SDKs | JS/TS + Go (more on roadmap) | 30+ SDKs |
| REST API | ||
| Experimentation & analytics | ||
| Built-in A/B experiments | Q3 2026 roadmap | Best-in-class |
| Stats engine (CUPED / sequential) | Roadmap | |
| Product analytics | Out of scope by design | |
| Session replay | Out of scope by design | |
| Warehouse-native option | Snowflake/BigQuery/Databricks | |
| Enterprise & security | ||
| SSO | Roadmap | Paid / Enterprise |
| Advanced RBAC | Team roles only | Paid / cloud |
| Self-host | 2027 roadmap | OSS self-host lacks SSO/RBAC |
| Pricing & scope | ||
| Free tier | 100k evals/mo | 2M events |
| Flat, predictable price | Flat $49/mo | Event-metered |
| Flags free / unlimited | Within flat tier | Free on all tiers |
| Focused flag tool (no platform scope) | Full analytics platform | |
✅ supported · ~ partial / limited · ❌ not available. We mark ShipSilently's own gaps honestly, see our roadmap for what's shipping next.
Where each tool wins
Honest is faster than balanced, so here's where Statsig genuinely beats us, and where we beat them.
Pick Statsig when…
- The deepest experimentation/stats engine in the category, CUPED, sequential testing, SRM detection.
- Feature flags are free and unlimited on every tier.
- Product analytics and session replay bundled in one platform.
- 30+ SDKs and a warehouse-native option (Snowflake / BigQuery / Databricks).
- A very generous free tier (2M events) for teams that do want analytics.
Pick ShipSilently when…
- A focused flag tool, no analytics platform to learn, operate or get locked into.
- A flat $49/mo bill that does not scale with event volume.
- No data/event metering surprises from experiments or session replay.
- Independent vendor, Statsig is now owned by OpenAI; some teams prefer not to route flags through it.
Migrating from Statsig
Concept mapping
| Statsig | ShipSilently |
|---|---|
| Feature gate | Boolean flag |
| Dynamic config | Multivariate flag |
| Targeting / conditions | Targeting rule |
| Layer / experiment | (experimentation is roadmap) |
| SDK key | API key |
Things to plan for
- Only migrate flags/gates, keep Statsig for any live experiments and analytics; ShipSilently does not replace those.
- Gates map to boolean flags and dynamic configs to multivariate flags; targeting conditions become targeting rules.
- If experimentation is core to your workflow, this is not a like-for-like swap, wait for ShipSilently experimentation or keep Statsig.
FAQ
Is ShipSilently cheaper than Statsig?
It depends on scope. Statsig's feature flags are free, so for flags-only usage under its analytics free tier Statsig can be $0. But Statsig bills on analytics event volume; if you use experiments/analytics heavily, that grows. ShipSilently is a flat $49/mo for flags, with no event metering.
Do I need Statsig if I only want feature flags?
Not really, Statsig is an experimentation + analytics platform. If flags are all you need, a focused tool like ShipSilently is simpler to run and bills flat. If you want experimentation and product analytics too, Statsig is excellent.
Does ShipSilently do experimentation like Statsig?
Not yet, experiments with a stats engine are on our Q3 2026 roadmap, and we are honest that Statsig's stats engine is best-in-class. For serious experimentation today, pick Statsig.
How does Statsig pricing work?
Flag checks are free and unlimited; you pay for "metered events" feeding analytics, experiments and session replay, Pro is $150/mo for 5M events, then $0.05 per 1,000 events. ShipSilently has no event meter.
Who owns Statsig?
Statsig was acquired by OpenAI in 2025. It remains a strong product; we mention it only because some teams have a preference about routing feature-flag traffic through an OpenAI-owned platform.
Can Statsig be self-hosted?
There is an open-source self-host option, but it excludes SSO, advanced RBAC and some features, it is effectively cloud-first. ShipSilently is fully managed; self-host is on our 2027 roadmap.
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