LaunchDarkly

What do you like best about the product?

We used to reinvent the wheel at my previous company by building our own system to handle feature flags. There was really no reason to do that—just use LD instead. What I especially like is how detailed you can get when defining the rules that the flags are evaluated against.
It is also wonderful to have different environment where you can define your flags (prod VS non-prod environemnt), and the easy-to-understand UX allows you to easily accomplish your task

What do you dislike about the product?

in my perosnal opinion, the biggest drawback is about the complexity that comes when we need to manage a large number of feature flags. Without good processes, we can have a growing number of stale flags that can accumulate, with increased maintenance overhead

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our main use case is to define new flags so we can control a feature that’s still under development, and make sure customers only see it once it’s fully completed. Another use case is for features that should be available only to a subset of customers; with LD, we can easily control which customers the feature is available to.

What do you like best about the product?

I find LaunchDarkly incredibly valuable for shadow launching features in our web application, especially because it allows feature flags to be set at different hierarchies. Also, it enables to quickly turn off a feature during any release if any issues are encountered at the last minute without a need to rever back any code Or any additional work. The ability to enable a feature for certain users while it's disabled for others is a great way to conduct load testing and infra-level testing, helping us identify and resolve bugs early, thus improving customer satisfaction. I really like the ease of setup and how even a layman can understand and set it up easily. The customizability of the payload structure is a standout feature, as it lets us tailor the naming and organization to our needs. Integration with any tech stack is seamless, making it maintainable and valuable during releases and integration tests. I also appreciate the comprehensive documentation, which makes setup straightforward.

What do you dislike about the product?

I really like everything about it, but one thing that I can say it can improve is the introduction of AI of some kind to help in writing the given scripts (payload in this case) when given a requirement.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use LaunchDarkly for shadow launching features, enabling early bug detection and load testing, boosting customer satisfaction and ensuring smooth releases without sharing features with end users prematurely.

What do you like best about the product?

I like the flexibility of being able to configure a feature flag with different rules.

What do you dislike about the product?

For now, nothing to complain about. I really like the way Launch Darky works, and how easily you can use it on both the backend and the frontend.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

With it, I can easily configure new features for internal users, and I can also release special features only for premium users or for specific customers.

What do you like best about the product?

Really easy to manage feature flags across environments

What do you dislike about the product?

Very powerful tool but it's not always immediately obvious how to use it

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Managing rollouts and features across different environments and users

What do you like best about the product?

I like using LaunchDarkly for gradual rollouts of features, as it eliminates the need for feature flags in the code and redeploying for changes. The web app is easy to use, and I find the SDK easy to implement inside my code.

What do you dislike about the product?

It’s fine, no issues with it.
No ai or good documentation really

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

LaunchDarkly lets me do gradual rollouts of features without needing feature flags in the code or new deployments for changes.

What do you like best about the product?

I think the UI is pretty intuitive and navigatable

What do you dislike about the product?

I think its sometimes a bit hard to know what are the right permissions that I should request for my team. This means we may request more permissions than needed and get pinged for more requests than necessary. Also the launchdarkly outage recently was frustrating since it required cluster restarts in order to refresh cached flag values

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Launchdarkly offers us feature flags so that we can quickly turn off or on features in environments without a re-deploy

What do you like best about the product?

I love the ease of use and the API of LaunchDarkly. The easy usability within our code base for using feature flags is fantastic, and we have a model that helps us within a framework. The initial setup of LaunchDarkly has been great with no problems.

What do you dislike about the product?

Certain things about the API when it comes to permissions aren't as smooth as I'd like. It's a bit tricky when locking down our users to do certain things. Aside from that, there's not much to scoff at.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use LaunchDarkly to roll out features for any number of customers across all our products. Its ease of use and API make it easy for us to implement feature flags within our code base.

What do you like best about the product?

I find LaunchDarkly gets the work done as a simple but very focused product. No one inside the company ever gets confused about how to operate LaunchDarkly. It’s very simple to operate since it does one thing.

What do you dislike about the product?

It's expensive for the stuff it does. Fixed pricing would help because right now it’s usage-based, which sometimes makes it very expensive. Also, over time, the ease of use makes the environment complicated because there are way too many feature flags, which leads to no team member fully understanding what each flag does. It requires deep exploration every time.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use LaunchDarkly for feature flag management, which helps gate features for different customers and environments. It's simple to operate, so no one gets confused, making it an efficient and focused product.

What do you like best about the product?

Gives very detailed answers and performance is fast

What do you dislike about the product?

Haven't experienced any issues to dislike it.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows safe experimentation in production environments by targeting specific internal users or test accounts without affecting real customers.

What do you like best about the product?

The UI/product is fairly concise and non-cluttered. It seems to integrate fairly well for our frontend and backend services. Responses are fast and very rarely fail. Adding flags is quick and simple for new users.

What do you dislike about the product?

Flag deployment can be confusing at times, especially when implementing specific rules. The AI features, as far as I've experienced so far, haven't been very helpful.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

LaunchDarkly is an immense help with product rollout and onboarding customers. It's allowed us to better experiment with features at a pace that works for engineering and product teams. Pricing seems right given how useful this has been for our company.