LaunchDarkly is used for feature flag implementation. It allows me to control product release by deciding whether to show certain features to users. I can also control feature visibility remotely by toggling flag values.
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Launch Darkly helps us manage our new features for feedback before wide-scale roll out.
What do you like best about the product?
We like the ability to manage our staging and production environemnts and to create different segments to manage the roll out of new features.
What do you dislike about the product?
you do have to create the segments for each envornmnet instead of sharing them.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows us to work on new features with focus groups and get them right before we launch them to everyone.
Easy to use Feature Flag Management
What do you like best about the product?
User segments are very useful and powerful for targetting
Feature flag functionality works perfectly
Feature flag functionality works perfectly
What do you dislike about the product?
The web app can be a bit quirky and buggy sometimes
Deprecating flags is a little less straightforward than it should be
Deprecating flags is a little less straightforward than it should be
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Launching code into production and being able to control and manage its roll out
Running beta features
Running beta features
LaunchDarkly is a good tool for some
What do you like best about the product?
LaunchDarkly has proved a very useful tool for me and my team professionally. It is easy to use (once set up) and can give the team a variety of deployment options. We can deploy a feature without fear of a forced rollback when something goes wrong, we can also test with small audiences rather than deploying to everyone, everywhere, all at once.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes flags can end up cluttering the code, it would be nice if there was a way to automatically generate cleanup issues on github after a certain amount of time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
LaunchDarkly solves the problem of how to deploy to a specific audience rather than everyone at once. Without LD it woul dbe very very hard to do this.
Separate your deploys from rollouts
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use of creating flags that are separating our feature rollouts from deployment is the largest factor of our use case. Implementation is a simple library and we're able to integrate it into each of our apps easily.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are still some cultural issues of utilizing LD's flags when we probably didn't need to which adds more complexity to a system.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The separation of features from deployment and understanding the reason for degredation or improvement is how it benefits us the most right now.
Feature Flag Galore
What do you like best about the product?
My team primarily uses the feature flags. We integrate this service with out AWS services and can easily toggle code switches. I enjoy the simplicity and customization if you need something more complex.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have not personally dealt with it enough to have dislikes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
LaunchDarkly makes it easy to disable/rollback a change should an issue arise in prod. It also allows for parallel testing without redeploying.
Lets us release and deploy software faster
What do you like best about the product?
- Ease of use via the SDK
- Ability to easily do A/B testing
- Deploy software faster while our QA teams catch up to testing
- Target different market segments efficiently with user profiles
- Ability to easily do A/B testing
- Deploy software faster while our QA teams catch up to testing
- Target different market segments efficiently with user profiles
What do you dislike about the product?
- Generally about feature flags: There is always technical debt to take care of
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
- Faster deployments
- Feature Management - we create features earlier and enable them when customers are ready to accept them
- Feature Management - we create features earlier and enable them when customers are ready to accept them
Shorter time to production for new features
What do you like best about the product?
It's much faster to add new features into production.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing to dislike at this time. Everything has been great
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Rolling out features in phases.
Launch Darkly is a really good tool
What do you like best about the product?
I've heard engineers talk about how easy it is for them to put new features behind a feature flag in Launch Darkly. From the product side, its super easy to create segments of users. This has improved the way we manage our Alpha, Beta, and GA releases. I'm currently leading a huge intiative at the moment; I can not imagine doing this effectively without LD.
What do you dislike about the product?
Their zapier integration is limited. We were attempting to completely automate our beta process leveraging Launch Darkly + Hubspot forms. We failed to do so because LD's zapier integration doesn't support Segments. We are exploring leveraging their public API to build a custom solution.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It has helped us do a few things better. 1. We manage alpha and beta releases more effectively. 2. We hav avoided massive outages by leveraging percentage based rollouts 3. It has helped us reduced the risk of launching large features or intiatives in our customer.
Effortlessly manage feature rollouts with remote control and suggest analytics integration
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
LaunchDarkly helps avoid complete rollbacks when multiple features are released, and one causes an issue. We can simply turn off the problematic feature, saving on redeployment and testing cycles.
What is most valuable?
I appreciate that we can release any feature in production and maintain control over it. If something goes wrong, we can go to the portal, turn off the flag, and manage the situation remotely.
What needs improvement?
Fetching information about multiple flags in a single action would be beneficial. Additionally, incorporating some analytics on LaunchDarkly would enhance its functionality.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using LaunchDarkly for more than one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have noticed stability issues in terms of backend performance, such as delays.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
LaunchDarkly is scalable; however, there are areas they could improve on to enhance scalability further.
How are customer service and support?
I haven't yet needed to use customer service, however, support is available for raising questions or queries if necessary.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before using LaunchDarkly, we had custom services with config tables for feature control. These were difficult to maintain, and there were higher risks of causing issues in production. LaunchDarkly provides a more user-friendly interface and control.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup process was straightforward, assisted by good documentation provided on their site.
What was our ROI?
The ability to avoid rollbacks saves a significant amount of time during deployments, leading to a more efficient development process.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
LaunchDarkly is a licensed version and not free. I am not aware of the specific costs or billing details.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We considered using Firebase. Ultimately we did not implement it.
What other advice do I have?
You can achieve smooth releases with LaunchDarkly while maintaining control over them. It helps avoid compliance issues by allowing feature adjustment at any time.
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Improving task visibility control with error prevention features
What is our primary use case?
I have been using LaunchDarkly for more than one year due to the nature of my projects. Whenever we want to avoid multiple builds, we use a flag to enable future changes in the production environment.
How has it helped my organization?
LaunchDarkly allows us to control deployments without multiple builds. It enables us to show the status of tasks to clients when necessary, and when a task is not complete, we can prevent it from being visible by turning off the flag.
What is most valuable?
The ability to turn off a flag is crucial when a task is not complete, especially if there is an error in a commit. This feature ensures that uncompleted tasks are not shown to clients.
What needs improvement?
Right now, no improvements are needed. In the future, after further analysis, if I have any concerns, I may change my mind.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using LaunchDarkly for more than one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have not faced any issues with the stability of LaunchDarkly.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I just used it for one feature. I need to analyze fully in LaunchDarkly and review the documentation. If I have any concerns, I will let you know.
How are customer service and support?
I don't have an idea about the support team as I didn't have to contact them or open a ticket.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward and not complex.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I do not know the cost of LaunchDarkly as it was implemented offshore. I am not aware of its pricing or whether it is a free or paid source.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend LaunchDarkly for projects with multiple builds. If you wrongly commit tasks, turning off the flag ensures features do not show up for the client.
I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
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