ConfigCat

What it is for

ConfigCat is a hosted feature-flag desk: you toggle a flag per environment, and Forever Free is $0 (5 million config.json downloads/month, 100 flags, 3 environments, 3 products, no card). Use it when the job is flags you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official ConfigCat flag dashboard (Enable Cafe Notifications, Production, View SDK key) from the docs still — not a pricing card. The flag card itself is ops of Feature flags. Paid plans keep the same feature set and raise quotas.

Key features

• Feature flags — a remote config you evaluate from an SDK (flag still; pricing Feature Flags). One setting. Free is 100 flags. Flag reads from cache are unlimited; the meter is config.json downloads.
• Environments — Production / staging-class silos (cover Production; pricing Environments). A silo, not a flag. Free is 3 per product; Pro is unlimited.
• Products — an app container for flags (pricing Products). A box, not an environment. Free 3; Pro 10; Smart+ unlimited.
• Targeting — rules / segments / % rollouts on a flag (pricing Segmentation). An audience, not a product. Free: 4 rules/flag. Pro: 3 segments/product, 8 rules, 8 % options.
• Hosted CDN — ConfigCat serves the config.json (pricing config JSON downloads). A delivery, not a flag. Dedicated ($4,500/mo) is private cloud; source-escrow is Enterprise contact. SDKs are install.

Seats, MAUs, service connections, and flag reads print unlimited on every card. That is not a sixth desk.

Who it's for

Best fit: app teams who will stay on Forever Free at $0 (5M downloads/month, 100 flags, 3 envs, 3 products, no card) while they open a first flag dashboard, then buy Pro at $110/month when they need 25M downloads and unlimited flags/environments.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from configcat.com/pricing. Tiles print $0 / $110 / $325 / $900 / $4,500 per month. A yearly column also prints $95 / $270 / $760 next to the 25M / 250M / 1B download packs — treat those as the annual numbers we fetched, not a sixth plan.

• Forever Free — $0. No card. 5 million config.json downloads/month (~2/s). 20 GB traffic. 100 flags, 3 environments, 3 products. 4 targeting rules/flag. 2 permission groups. Audit log 7 days. 99% uptime. Email + Slack community.
• Pro — $110/month (annual pack $95/month + 25M downloads on the page). 25 million downloads (~10/s). 100 GB. Unlimited flags and environments. 10 products. 3 segments/product, 8 rules, 8 % options. Audit 35 days. 99.9% SLA.
• Smart — $325/month (annual pack $270). 250 million downloads (~100/s). 1 TB. Unlimited targeting. 99.95% SLA.
• Enterprise — $900/month (annual pack $760). 1 billion downloads (~400/s). 4 TB. Audit 2 years. 99.99% SLA. Software escrow (contact).
• Dedicated — $4,500/month. 6 billion+ downloads (~2400/s). 24 TB. Private cloud managed by you or by them. 99.99% SLA.

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Limitations / costs

• The meter is config.json downloads, not flag reads. A 1-second poll burns the 5M Free pack.
• Free is 100 flags / 3 environments / 3 products. Unlimited flags is Pro.
• Dedicated $4,500 is the self-host-shaped card. Forever Free is hosted-only.
• A flag desk, not an experiment warehouse. For Flagsmith’s request meter see Flagsmith. For Flipt’s $0 binary see Flipt.

Alternatives

• Flagsmith — OSS + Cloud flags when you want a self-host binary and a $0 / $40 / $250 ladder.
• Flipt — Git-native OSS flags when you will not buy ConfigCat downloads.
• Unleash — OSS strategies when you already standardized on Unleash.

Official tutorial

Official ConfigCat channel video: ConfigCat Dashboard Basics: Get Started with Feature Flag Management (oEmbed author: ConfigCat). First-party dashboard walkthrough; the docs flag still is the cover.

Written path: configcat.com/pricing plus the flag still.

Website

https://configcat.com

Repository

https://github.com/configcat

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official ConfigCat flag dashboard from the docs still. Dollars checked on configcat.com/pricing (Free $0; Pro $110; Smart $325; Enterprise $900; Dedicated $4,500; annual packs $95 / $270 / $760). Tutorial oEmbed author: ConfigCat.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.