LaunchDarkly Reviews & Product Details

The experience, it's incredibly easy to use. The dashboard is super intuitive, easy to follow once you get familiar with it. The integration as well, is very easy and straightforward. Implementing flags in LD is about as easy as it gets. Just install the SDK, initialize with api key, and you're ready to use feature flags. Documentation is very detailed, just follow along when confused.

Favorite part about LD - how much better life is with testing. It very easy to manage flags based on environments. This is useful when testing and if ever in the event something is wrong in production, it's very easy to kill it with the flagging system. The targeting rules -- being able to segment users based on their attributes makes gradual rollouts very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's really not much to dislike about LD. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LaunchDarkly provides fine-grained control over features and configurations, allowing us to make changes without the need for redeployments or causing downtime. This flexibility lets us experiment safely, introduce updates gradually, and address issues as they arise in real time. Thanks to local flag evaluation and minimal impact on performance, we can innovate more quickly while still ensuring system stability and delivering a great user experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While LaunchDarkly offers robust capabilities as a feature management platform, it can become challenging to handle as the number of flags and environments increases. Teams that are new to feature flagging may face a learning curve, and keeping flags well-organized demands consistent effort and discipline. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I appreciate LaunchDarkly's ease of use and the additional features it offers. The UI is excellent and makes complex flag evaluation straightforward. The configurability of feature flagging is a significant improvement over the previous solutions we used, allowing much more control and flexibility. The ability to search for contexts by name is particularly useful, making the process of toggling feature flags for specific users, projects, or companies extremely easy directly from the browser. This capability has greatly enhanced our workflow, moving beyond a simple on/off solution to a more sophisticated and user-friendly interface. Overall, LaunchDarkly's feature flagging service is the most valuable aspect for us, and it's a primary reason for our continued use and affection for the service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find the network calls erroring out while trying to stream data to be a problematic issue, even though it hasn't impacted functionality significantly. Additionally, I'm not satisfied with LaunchDarkly's observability feature—its lack of robustness and insight, coupled with the high cost, doesn't meet my expectations. The integration of Observability and Session Replay feels overly coupled, and I don't appreciate its interference with the console. Finally, the pricing model is complicated, especially the context counting method, which makes it difficult to forecast costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most is how flexible and precise it is with feature gating. I use it to control access to different parts of our platform, and it’s easy to target features by individual users, email domains, or specific groups. That level of control lets us roll out changes safely, test things with the right audiences, and avoid unnecessary risk. It’s become a really valuable part of how we ship and manage features, and I’d absolutely recommend it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There isn’t much I dislike about LaunchDarkly. Like any tool, it can take some time to fully understand and use all of its capabilities, but once you’re familiar with it, it works very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’ve used several tools in this space, but LaunchDarkly stands out because of its absolute consistency. In our team, we rely on the high availability and accuracy of their SDKs; when we toggle a flag, it works instantly without any "flicker" or delay. The platform is very smooth to navigate, which makes it easy to manage multiple environments. It’s one of the few tools in our stack where everything just works exactly as it’s supposed to, every time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly, there isn't much to complain about. If I had to pick something, the pricing model is definitely on the enterprise side, so you have to be mindful of your seats as your team grows. But given the uptime and accuracy we get in return, the value is clearly there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I appreciate the UI of LaunchDarkly, which is kind of easy to understand without having to read a manual, although some exploration and guides can be helpful. I like how LaunchDarkly allows us to roll out features to specific clients, using key attributes like ID or country, and even lets us filter hundreds of IDs in a segment. This makes it much easier compared to doing it manually in the codebase or with a database. Having a UI to manage features definitely makes things easier for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If I'm not mistaken, once I set the key name for a feature, it cannot be changed. I shouldn't reuse the same key name as it will confuse future team members including me. I need to create a different feature to have a new key name. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My favorite feature is the "Kill Switch" capability. It gives our team tremendous confidence to know that we can immediately disable a problematic feature in production without having to roll back code. The ability to separate deployment from release has truly transformed our workflow for the better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dealing with "flag debt" can be quite challenging. Although there are tools available to help spot outdated flags, actually removing them from the codebase once a feature is fully released still demands significant manual effort and discipline from the engineering team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its the best tool we have found to implement Feature Releases. The ease of not having to deploy changes when we want to enable/disable features is unparalleled.

The speed at which we are able to release features has considerably increased because we know things are behind a flag and the flag cant be turned on/ off at will and easily in seconds.

We also features like A/B testing targeting segments and users and groups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Maintaining different environments and keying in different configurations for each environment is a little clumsy.

If there is something that would allow like a single screen to apply multiple configurations for different environments at the same time instead of doing it one at a time, it would be cool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I appreciate how LaunchDarkly has become an essential part of our software delivery process, allowing us to manage feature flags and perform progressive rollouts confidently. The setup process was very straightforward, with clear documentation and easy integration of SDKs. Using LaunchDarkly significantly enhances our release management and risk reduction strategies while facilitating cross-team collaboration. One of the standout benefits is the ability to roll out features gradually, test changes, and roll back instantly if needed without disrupting our customers or requiring a redeploy. I find the feature complete nature of the service for managing feature flags, along with its impressive analytics capabilities, extremely valuable. These features bolster our decision-making process, enabling us to make smarter decisions around feature availability and customer segmentation. Additionally, I find the ease of use of the platform compelling, and it significantly contributes to why I would consider buying LaunchDarkly again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would add more capabilities to flag organization - having more filters available to keep flags organized across segments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use LaunchDarkly for feature rollout plans, controlling a particular feature, and rolling back changes while on-call. It gives me an assurance about which feature broke something or didn't, making me feel safe in the head. I love the dependent flags feature because it eliminates the need to communicate with the other team about going live, as I can just make it a dependent flag. Additionally, authoring history is a must-have for me as it allows me to see who turned a feature on or off and investigate the associated ticket. The initial setup of LaunchDarkly was straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I believe long back when using dependent flag, there was a small inconsistency that the parent flag had to be rolled out before my flag but not sure it maybe mentioned in the docs now. Other than that I have no issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.