LaunchDarkly
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Intuitive and Visually Appealing Interface Makes It Easy to Use
What do you like best about the product?
What I appreciate most are the ease of use and the intuitive, visually appealing user interface. I found it vey easy to implement flags and integrate launchdarkly with our platform. I use it daily and frequently.
What do you dislike about the product?
I am very satisfied with the platform and honestly can't think of anything I dislike about it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This tool enables us to gradually release new features by placing them behind feature flags. It allows our team to move faster, as we can implement the frontend and keep it hidden with a feature flag while the backend development is still in progress.
Powerful Feature Control and Integration, but High Pricing for Growing Teams
What do you like best about the product?
Strong Feature-Flag / Release Control Capabilities
Good Developer & Integration Experience
Improved Velocity, Reduced Risk
High Ratings & Recognition
Good Developer & Integration Experience
Improved Velocity, Reduced Risk
High Ratings & Recognition
What do you dislike about the product?
LaunchDarkly is known to be one of the priciest feature flag platforms.
Pricing scales quickly as you add environments, projects, or users, especially for large teams.
Many small or mid-sized teams say it’s hard to justify the cost if they only use basic flagging.
Pricing scales quickly as you add environments, projects, or users, especially for large teams.
Many small or mid-sized teams say it’s hard to justify the cost if they only use basic flagging.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
LaunchDarkly helps our team safely manage feature releases and experiments without redeploying code. By using feature flags, we can gradually roll out new functionality, perform A/B testing, and quickly disable problematic features in production.
It’s been especially valuable for:
• Reducing deployment risk — we can test features with a small user group before full release.
• Enabling faster iterations — product and QA teams can toggle features instantly without developer intervention.
• Improving reliability — if an issue occurs, we can roll back a feature in seconds instead of redeploying.
• Supporting multiple environments — it simplifies managing flags across staging, pre-prod, and production.
Overall, LaunchDarkly has made our release process more controlled, data-driven, and safer, helping us deliver new features faster while minimizing user impact.
It’s been especially valuable for:
• Reducing deployment risk — we can test features with a small user group before full release.
• Enabling faster iterations — product and QA teams can toggle features instantly without developer intervention.
• Improving reliability — if an issue occurs, we can roll back a feature in seconds instead of redeploying.
• Supporting multiple environments — it simplifies managing flags across staging, pre-prod, and production.
Overall, LaunchDarkly has made our release process more controlled, data-driven, and safer, helping us deliver new features faster while minimizing user impact.
LaunchDarkly does exactly what it needs too without bloat
What do you like best about the product?
I like how much custom control I have over the rules. I like that I can roll out a feature to however many clients I choose, black or whitelist everyone and retain a history so that I can go back later and revert if need be. The rules are very explicit and we use it for every feature we release.
What do you dislike about the product?
Pricing seems to be a sticking point for some companies. Provisioning a seat for myself seems to be a consistently difficult endeavor and I imagine it's due to cost concerns
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our continuous integration means that features get released as the devs complete them. LD enables us to roll out betas and control the release of features as well as contain bugs.
Flexible Feature Management
What do you like best about the product?
Feature flags and targeted releases help our team reduce risk while shipping faster.
What do you dislike about the product?
No significant downsides; it’s working well for our team.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
LaunchDarkly is used for feature flags and application configuration, reducing deployment risk and improving control over releases.
Streamlined Feature Management and Safe Deployments
What do you like best about the product?
LaunchDarkly makes it easy to release features safely, test in production, and control rollouts without redeploying code.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing for now. It’s meeting all our current requirements.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
LaunchDarkly is used for feature flags and application configuration, allowing us to release features safely, control rollouts, and manage application behavior without redeploying code. This helps reduce risk, improve deployment speed, and gives our team greater flexibility and control.
Good and comfortable with slight tweaks that can be made better
What do you like best about the product?
user level/ role level feature flag handling
What do you dislike about the product?
easier way to adapt when there is % rollout - maybe also add shards where this is rolled out fleibility
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
easy maintainability for LD and feature rollout with Continuous delivery
Effortless Feature Flagging with Room for Improvement
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate the seamless integration of LaunchDarkly into our system, which simplifies the implementation of feature flags in our various environments. The feature flag service is crucial for controlling bug production, wrapping codes, and enhancing both internal testing and customer success. This tool significantly supports our operations and it's incredibly useful for testing better features and preparing for new clients.
What do you dislike about the product?
One aspect of LaunchDarkly that I find challenging is the process of opening and managing feature flags across all environments. Currently, I need to enable each feature flag one by one in different environments such as development, staging, pre-production, and production. This is time-consuming and tedious. I would prefer a feature that allows me to update all flags simultaneously across all environments, which would streamline the process significantly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use LaunchDarkly's feature flag service to control bugs and enhance internal testing, which supports better features for customer success and new clients.
Game-Changer for Feature Management and Faster Delivery
What do you like best about the product?
LaunchDarkly makes feature management so much easier compared to our old setup with Flux, which was difficult to configure and didn’t support targeting customers by email or user ID. With LaunchDarkly, multiple teams can work in the same repo and release features independently without blocking each other, which has sped up our delivery. It also gives us great visibility, safe rollouts, quick rollbacks, and strong role-based access control — all of which reduce risk and improve collaboration.
What do you dislike about the product?
The main challenge is flag cleanup. Flags can pile up quickly, so better lifecycle management tools would help avoid flag debt.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
LaunchDarkly solves the challenges we had with Flux and cross-team feature development. It lets us safely release features, target specific user groups, reduce conflicts between teams, and unblock delivery for faster iteration
LaunchDarkly in Practice: Safe Rollouts, Gradual Delivery, and Real Trade-offs
What do you like best about the product?
Feature flag management is essential for enabling gradual rollouts, allowing teams to test new features in production environments safely. This approach also makes it easier to segment users, so specific groups can experience updates before a full release. By using these strategies, I can control who sees new features and monitor their impact, which helps ensure a smoother deployment process.
What do you dislike about the product?
When considering cost and value for smaller teams, it's important to note that the pricing can increase significantly as more feature flags are added.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Risky Releases and Rollbacks
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.
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