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LaunchDarkly pros and cons

Vendor: LaunchDarkly
4.0 out of 5

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PROS

LaunchDarkly aids in faster deployment and development across product lines.
It allows management of multiple aspects from the development side.
The platform offers the ability to control and manage flags effectively.
Turning off a flag when a task is incomplete or erroneous is crucial.
Users can release features in production while maintaining control and targeting specific users.

CONS

Managing situations when LaunchDarkly goes down requires strategy development.
Handling an excessive number of feature flags can become cumbersome.
Exploration of feature flag dependency would enhance usage.
Initial setup is difficult and requires experience.
Fetching information about multiple flags in a single action would be beneficial.
 

LaunchDarkly Pros review quotes

Suresh - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a retailer with 51-200 employees
Jun 28, 2024
It has really helped during the series of product lines and faster deployment and faster development.
James Bayhylle - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Technical Program Manager at ChowNow
Jul 10, 2024
The initial setup is very easy.
Rohit Bhosale - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Carnera
Sep 24, 2024
From the development side, it allows us to manage multiple things.
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Ramya Nallamsetty - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate at Cognizant
Oct 16, 2024
I like that it offers the ability to control the flags.
DP
Frontend Developer at Prodapt
Nov 4, 2024
The setup is easy.
reviewer2591397 - PeerSpot reviewer
Module lead at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 6, 2024
The ability to turn off a flag is crucial when a task is not complete, especially if there is an error in a commit.
NA
Team Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 12, 2024
I appreciate that we can release any feature in production and maintain control over it.
reviewer2769948 - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff Software Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
Oct 22, 2025
These features in my current project have helped my team because they allow us to specifically target users to start turning on functionality, we can monitor the behavior and make sure that it's behaving as expected when the feature toggle is turned on, and then we can increase the usage.
 

LaunchDarkly Cons review quotes

Suresh - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a retailer with 51-200 employees
Jun 28, 2024
I strongly believe they need to develop a strategy for handling situations where LaunchDarkly goes down.
James Bayhylle - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Technical Program Manager at ChowNow
Jul 10, 2024
When the system has an excessive number of feature flags, managing them can become cumbersome.
Rohit Bhosale - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Carnera
Sep 24, 2024
The feature where one feature flag is dependent on another could be explored more for our usage.
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Ramya Nallamsetty - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate at Cognizant
Oct 16, 2024
We need experience to use it, and the initial setup can be difficult. Also, sometimes it has breakdowns.
DP
Frontend Developer at Prodapt
Nov 4, 2024
I have used LaunchDarkly for around two and a half years and I haven't faced any issues with it.
reviewer2591397 - PeerSpot reviewer
Module lead at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 6, 2024
Right now, no improvements are needed.
NA
Team Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 12, 2024
Fetching information about multiple flags in a single action would be beneficial.
reviewer2769948 - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff Software Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
Oct 22, 2025
Managing team members and access to those team members was challenging. We could add team members through Terraform and do it programmatically, and then modify it through the user interface. However, once we started modifying things through the interface, we weren't able to go back to using any configuration programmatically for the team members.

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