Developer Tools · head to head
ConfigCat vs Fig
ConfigCat
Developer Tools
Feature flag service priced per flag and environment with unlimited seats and unlimited monthly active users
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
F
Fig
Developer Tools
IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: ConfigCat there is no experimentation or statistical analysis engine, so teams wanting real A/B tests with significance testing must buy and integrate a separate analytics or experimentation product.; Fig shut down on 1 September 2024. Amazon acquired Fig in August 2023 and folded it into Amazon Q Developer, which now carries the terminal autocomplete
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which ConfigCat and Fig actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Developer Tools).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in ConfigCat
- Feature flags and configuration
- Percentage rollouts
- Targeting rules and segments
- Unlimited seats
- Global CDN delivery
- Audit log
- Public API and webhooks
- SDKs across languages
Only in Fig
Nothing recorded that ConfigCat does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
ConfigCat
- A consumer or mobile app with millions of users where per-MAU flag pricing would cost more than the flags are worthnot Fig
- A team that wants every engineer, product manager and support agent to have a login without paying per seatnot Fig
- Decoupling deployment from release with percentage rollouts and a kill switch, without buying an experimentation platformnot Fig
- A small team that needs ten flags permanently and can run indefinitely on the free tiernot Fig
Fig
No use cases recorded yet. See the Fig review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
ConfigCat
- There is no experimentation or statistical analysis engine, so teams wanting real A/B tests with significance testing must buy and integrate a separate analytics or experimentation product.
- Pricing by flag count punishes exactly the hygiene you want: the Pro tier caps at 100 flags, so teams that do not aggressively retire stale flags are pushed to the 325 dollar Smart tier for housekeeping reasons rather than growth.
- The free tier allows only 2 environments, which does not cover the common development, staging and production split, so almost any real deployment starts on a paid plan.
- It is a smaller vendor than the category incumbents, so enterprise procurement teams will find less depth in compliance attestations, contractual terms and reference architecture than LaunchDarkly offers.
- Flag evaluation relies on SDK-side caching of a CDN-delivered config, which is fast but means propagation of a change is eventually consistent rather than instant, something to understand before relying on it as an emergency kill switch.
Fig
- Shut down on 1 September 2024. Amazon acquired Fig in August 2023 and folded it into Amazon Q Developer, which now carries the terminal autocomplete
- The standalone desktop app is no longer available or supported
- The completion specs remain open source on GitHub, but the product that consumed them is gone
Pricing, plan by plan
ConfigCat
Free- Forever FreeFree
- 10 feature flags
- 2 environments and 2 products
- 2 segments
- Pro$110/month
- 100 feature flags
- 3 environments and 3 products
- Unlimited seats and MAUs
- Smart$325/month
- Unlimited feature flags
- Unlimited environments, products and segments
- Unlimited seats and MAUs
- Enterprise$900/month
- Everything in Smart
- Enterprise support and controls
- Unlimited everything on flag counts
Fig
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the Fig review.
Which should you pick?
Choose ConfigCat if
- You need feature flags and configuration.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, API, iOS, Android, Node.js, .NET, Java, Python, Go.
- You also want percentage rollouts.
Questions people ask
- Is ConfigCat or Fig better?
- Neither clearly leads. ConfigCat starts at Free and Fig at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, ConfigCat or Fig?
- ConfigCat starts at Free and Fig at Free.
- Does ConfigCat or Fig run on more platforms?
- ConfigCat runs on Web, API, iOS, Android, Node.js, .NET, Java, Python, Go. Fig runs on Web.
- Can I use ConfigCat for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is ConfigCat best used for?
- ConfigCat is most often used for a consumer or mobile app with millions of users where per-mau flag pricing would cost more than the flags are worth, a team that wants every engineer, product manager and support agent to have a login without paying per seat, decoupling deployment from release with percentage rollouts and a kill switch, without buying an experimentation platform, a small team that needs ten flags permanently and can run indefinitely on the free tier. Of those, a consumer or mobile app with millions of users where per-mau flag pricing would cost more than the flags are worth and a team that wants every engineer, product manager and support agent to have a login without paying per seat are not what Fig is typically brought in for.
- What can ConfigCat do that Fig cannot?
- ConfigCat covers Feature flags and configuration, Percentage rollouts, Targeting rules and segments, Unlimited seats.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
ConfigCat: How is ConfigCat priced?
By feature flag, environment and product count. Seats, monthly active users and flag reads are unlimited on every plan.
ConfigCat: Is the free tier usable?
For small projects yes, but at 10 flags and 2 environments it will not cover a dev, staging and production setup.
ConfigCat: Can it run A/B tests?
It can split traffic, but there is no statistics engine. You need a separate analytics tool to decide a winner.
ConfigCat: How fast does a flag change take effect?
SDKs poll and cache, so changes propagate on the polling interval rather than instantly.
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