LaunchDarkly
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Reliable Tool for Managing Feature Flags
What do you like best about the product?
LaunchDarkly makes it simple for us to enable or disable features as needed. The platform is reliable, easy to use, and helps us manage feature flags without adding complexity to our workflow.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing major. We mainly use it for feature flags, and it does that reliably.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
LaunchDarkly helps us manage feature flags, allowing us to enable or disable features quickly without needing a new deployment. This gives our team more control, reduces risk during releases, and makes it easier to roll out changes safely and efficiently.
Seamless Feature Rollouts and Reliable AB Testing
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate how easy it is to add and create feature flags and segments, which simplifies my development process in our app. The ability to instantly switch feature flags on and off is immensely useful, as it allows me to manage features in both the front-end and back-end effortlessly. Furthermore, LaunchDarkly's feature for partial rollouts enables controlled testing, letting us test with a small user base and quickly roll back if needed, enhancing stability as we scale. We've used the rollback functionality of LaunchDarkly many times in production and it has saved us (and our users) a lot of headache.
What do you dislike about the product?
We have a lot of old flags lying around. Either rollouts that have been completed, or A/B tests that we decided to scrap. I find it pretty hard to navigate what flags are no longer useful, and removing these takes substantial effort.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I find LaunchDarkly solves feature deployment issues, allowing controlled rollouts and quick reversals. It aids in AB testing, ensuring we enhance user experience with precise targeting. The fast toggling of features significantly improves our development workflow.
Launch it with an On/Off
What do you like best about the product?
The ease to put the code behind the toggle and enable/disable it as we require for different services.
What do you dislike about the product?
Feature wise I don't think of any downsides but business wise, it is a bit on the costlier side.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
When working a new feature, it easier to put that new feature behind a toggle and prevent that impacting the current code and easily deploy it when we feel like it.
Launchdarkly is a great tool
What do you like best about the product?
LaunchDarkly provides a feature to create project IDs and map feature flags to them. You can define feature flags across different environments (e.g., dev, int, prod) and utilize them within your project as needed.
This setup allows for flexible control over feature rollout and environment-specific behavior, making it easier to manage releases and test features safely.
This setup allows for flexible control over feature rollout and environment-specific behavior, making it easier to manage releases and test features safely.
What do you dislike about the product?
instead of variation we can have options to directly assign some value.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Managing features with the help of feature flags in launch darkly
Effortless Feature Management with LaunchDarkly
What do you like best about the product?
I love that LaunchDarkly is platform agnostic, making it compatible with multiple platforms, which is crucial as we expand our tech stack. The extensive SDK support demonstrates its capability over time and ensures that LaunchDarkly stays ahead, which is why I choose it over other options. I appreciate how it has improved our app release cycle, significantly reducing our delivery timeline from months to just a couple of weeks. The ability to control feature flags gives me more control over the release process, enhancing our operational efficiency.
What do you dislike about the product?
I find that LaunchDarkly's support for custom fields is limited to only version numbers. It would be beneficial if it could support a 'Calvary version' or other customizable naming conventions, as different teams have their own methods for app releases. This would add flexibility to accommodate various nomenclature used across teams.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use LaunchDarkly to release apps without impacting features, improving delivery timelines from months to weeks, and enabling feature control across versions.
Probably the best tool in the industry
What do you like best about the product?
I am almost a daily user and it's definitely a critical tool at this point; it's the second company I work at that uses LaunchDarkly.
It's a very flexible and user-friendly tool (when setup correctly).
The setup is quite straightforward, but also depends on the time and ambition we, users, devote to it.
I also appreciate some of the simpler integrations like Slack which make a feature flag link appear as a rich content, giving context on the flag. Saves us a lot of back and forth just by having that auto-populated in slack conversations.
It's a very flexible and user-friendly tool (when setup correctly).
The setup is quite straightforward, but also depends on the time and ambition we, users, devote to it.
I also appreciate some of the simpler integrations like Slack which make a feature flag link appear as a rich content, giving context on the flag. Saves us a lot of back and forth just by having that auto-populated in slack conversations.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can get expensive, specially when we talk about individual licenses, and the lower tiers have a lot of limitations that can make controlled rollouts / betas a bit painful.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are able to continuously deliver product to production and still decide when to enable it/sync with Marketing etc. We are also able to elegantly control betas/canary releases, gather feedback, and rollback quickly if the feedback is not as expected.
Used LaunchDarkly for forced updates, rollbacks, module control, A/B tests,ensuring smooth releases.
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about LaunchDarkly is how it makes managing features simple and safe. It lets us test new features with a small group of users before a full release, which helps catch issues early. If something goes wrong, we can quickly turn off or roll back features without needing to redeploy the app. The ability to enable or disable modules for specific users gives us great control and flexibility and implementation and integration through SDK is really easy. I had really good experiance with React native SDK.
Another great feature is its multi-environment support. We can manage feature flags separately across different environments like development, staging, and production. This means we can safely test changes in non-production environments without affecting real users and then easily promote features to production when ready.
Overall, LaunchDarkly helps us deliver updates smoothly and improves the experience for our users.
Another great feature is its multi-environment support. We can manage feature flags separately across different environments like development, staging, and production. This means we can safely test changes in non-production environments without affecting real users and then easily promote features to production when ready.
Overall, LaunchDarkly helps us deliver updates smoothly and improves the experience for our users.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are a few things that can be challenging. The cost can add up quickly, especially if you have many feature flags or multiple environments. Managing a large number of flags in the dashboard can sometimes feel a bit clunky and overwhelming, with limited bulk-edit options. Also, the permission system could be more flexible for larger teams. For new users, setting up and learning the platform can take some time because of its complexity.
Overall, these points are manageable, but they can require extra effort when scaling or onboarding new team members.
Overall, these points are manageable, but they can require extra effort when scaling or onboarding new team members.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Before using LaunchDarkly, we often faced challenges with releasing new features safely and handling critical issues quickly. If a bug was found after deployment, rolling back a feature was complicated and caused disruption for the users. We also struggled to enable or disable specific modules dynamically, and conducting A/B testing was cumbersome and risky without affecting the entire user base.
With LaunchDarkly, everything changed for the better. We now use it to enforce in-app forced updates to make sure users are always on the latest, safest version. When a critical problem arises, we can roll back an entire feature instantly, avoiding customer impact and downtime. The ability to enable or disable modules on demand has given us the flexibility to respond quickly to changing requirements and optimize our app’s performance. Our A/B testing process has become more reliable and controlled, allowing us to make data-driven decisions without interrupting the user experience.
Thanks to LaunchDarkly, we deliver software updates smoothly, reduce risks on releases, and maintain a high-quality experience for our users even when facing critical issues. It has become an essential part of our development and release workflow.
With LaunchDarkly, everything changed for the better. We now use it to enforce in-app forced updates to make sure users are always on the latest, safest version. When a critical problem arises, we can roll back an entire feature instantly, avoiding customer impact and downtime. The ability to enable or disable modules on demand has given us the flexibility to respond quickly to changing requirements and optimize our app’s performance. Our A/B testing process has become more reliable and controlled, allowing us to make data-driven decisions without interrupting the user experience.
Thanks to LaunchDarkly, we deliver software updates smoothly, reduce risks on releases, and maintain a high-quality experience for our users even when facing critical issues. It has become an essential part of our development and release workflow.
Highly Customizable, Eases Feature Management
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate how customizable LaunchDarkly is. I use features allowing me to create variations based on specific contexts, such as Google auth IDs. This customization simplifies how flags are evaluated, making it incredibly useful for tailoring feature access to specific users. The ability to limit access to certain features for user testing before public release is valuable for refining our product. Overall, the ease of setup and implementation, thanks to pre-established patterns by my team, is excellent.
What do you dislike about the product?
I find the lack of type safety when trying to evaluate a flag in TypeScript a bit challenging. It's possible that this feature exists, but I'm not aware of it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
LaunchDarkly allows us to release new features to selected users, gather feedback, and refine before public release. Customization based on specific contexts, like Google auth IDs, is especially beneficial.
Powerful Feature Flags, Lacks Backend Setup Guidance
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate how LaunchDarkly's feature flags make it easy to manage feature releases. In cases where a solution needs modifications post-production, I can simply turn off the feature flag, apply changes in a lower environment, and redeploy without hassle. This ease of toggling features is a significant advantage.
What do you dislike about the product?
I find setting up LaunchDarkly initially challenging, especially when working on a back-end application using Node.js. There were environment-specific configuration issues, and there were no clear instructions on how to handle them. I had to rely on a colleague's configuration to resolve my issue. Additionally, the support provided wasn't very effective, as their suggested solutions didn't work. I also notice a lack of tutorials or videos that provide step-by-step instructions on how to use specific versions of the library, which would be beneficial for users like me.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
LaunchDarkly's feature flags allow me to easily disable and modify features after production release, avoiding code reversion and easing deployments. It's beneficial for handling production changes smoothly.
Easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
The learning curve was practically non-existent — we were up and running in no time. Managing feature flags is incredibly straightforward, and the dashboard makes it easy to control rollouts across multiple environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
At the moment, there’s nothing I dislike — it’s been working smoothly for our needs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It makes easy to manage feature flags and variations.
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