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LaunchDarkly pricing
LaunchDarkly publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, LaunchDarkly pricing is free, then $12/connection plus $10 per 1K MAU across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $12/connection plus $10 per 1K MAU
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
LaunchDarkly plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developer | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
| Foundation | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
| Enterprise | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Developer
FreeThe entry tier. It covers unlimited seats, unlimited feature flags, a/b tests and experiments, 30 sdks, 14 days data retention.
Foundation
On requestOver Developer, this tier adds:
- $12 per connection
- $10 per 1K MAU
- Targeted segmentation
- 90 days data retention
Enterprise
On requestOver Foundation, this tier adds:
- Custom pricing
- Advanced automation
- Compliance features
- Dedicated support
Where LaunchDarkly stops being free
Developer, Free
- Unlimited seats
- Unlimited feature flags
- A/B tests and experiments
- 30 SDKs
- 14 days data retention
No paid tier on record
LaunchDarkly lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full LaunchDarkly feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Feature flags
- Progressive rollouts
- User targeting
- A/B testing
- Kill switches
- Audit log
- Multi-environment
- SDKs for all platforms
Integrations
- Jira
- Slack
- GitHub
- Datadog
- New Relic
- Splunk
- PagerDuty
- Terraform
Security
- SOC2
- ISO27001
- GDPR
- HIPAA
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
- On-premise deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Mobile support
- Server support
- Edge support
Localization
- Multiple SDKs available language support
People bring LaunchDarkly in for progressive delivery, feature experimentation, risk mitigation, performance optimization, infrastructure migration. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to LaunchDarkly are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Technology
Across the 3 technology tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $400/month. LaunchDarkly starts at $12/connection plus $10 per 1K MAU, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchDarkly (this page) | Free, then $12/connection plus $10 per 1K MAU | - | - | |
| Personetics | On request | quote | - | vs LaunchDarkly |
| Zeta | On request | quote | - | vs LaunchDarkly |
| Finxact | On request | quote | - | vs LaunchDarkly |
| Thought Machine | On request | quote | - | vs LaunchDarkly |
| Alkami | On request | quote | - | vs LaunchDarkly |
| Datadog | $15/month | - | - | vs LaunchDarkly |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the LaunchDarkly badges page.
Before you pay for LaunchDarkly
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
LaunchDarkly runs on web, cloud, apis, and is published by LaunchDarkly Inc of Oakland, CA. The full record is on the LaunchDarkly review, and the rest of the category is under best technology tools.
LaunchDarkly pricing questions
- How much does LaunchDarkly cost?
- LaunchDarkly publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Developer up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does LaunchDarkly have a free plan?
- Yes. The Developer tier costs nothing and covers unlimited seats, unlimited feature flags, a/b tests and experiments.
- What is the difference between Developer and Foundation on LaunchDarkly?
- Foundation costs On request against Free, and adds $12 per connection, $10 per 1k mau, targeted segmentation, 90 days data retention.
- Is LaunchDarkly expensive for a technology tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 3 technology tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $400/month; LaunchDarkly starts at $12/connection plus $10 per 1K MAU.
- Which technology tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 technology tools listed alongside LaunchDarkly have a free tier: Canny.
- What am I actually paying for with LaunchDarkly?
- The record lists 27 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for progressive delivery, feature experimentation, risk mitigation.
- Does LaunchDarkly charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these LaunchDarkly prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare LaunchDarkly against before paying?
- The closest technology tools in this directory are Personetics, Zeta, Finxact, Thought Machine. Each has a side-by-side comparison with LaunchDarkly covering price, platforms and features.