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LaunchDarkly vs TeamCity comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

LaunchDarkly
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Feature Management (3rd), AI Software Development (19th)
TeamCity
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
Build Automation (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

LaunchDarkly and TeamCity aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. LaunchDarkly is designed for Feature Management and holds a mindshare of 18.7%, up 15.6% compared to last year.
TeamCity, on the other hand, focuses on Build Automation, holds 5.6% mindshare, down 7.8% since last year.
Feature Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
LaunchDarkly18.7%
Harness21.3%
Optimizely17.9%
Other42.1%
Feature Management
Build Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TeamCity5.6%
GitLab7.7%
Jenkins7.7%
Other79.0%
Build Automation
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2769948 - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff Software Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
Has increased developer confidence by enabling safe production releases using targeted feature toggles
I wish we were using more targeting in our feature toggles and I wish we were using more feature toggles as well as feature toggle dependencies. Making one feature toggle or one set of feature toggles dependent on another one would allow us to turn them all on or turn them all off at one time. For improvements in LaunchDarkly, 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. It made it challenging to orchestrate team member management. The other aspect I wasn't particularly fond of was when they started adding AI to the interface and deployment interface. It reminded me of old school wizards when installing software and simplified the interface too much, removing some of the engineering control I preferred.
RG
IT Professional at NatWest Group
Versatile agent support boosts builds but UI and setup costs need refinement
TeamCity's user interface could be improved; specifically, the tree structure on the homepage is not clear, making it difficult to search for projects. Moreover, there are some limitations related to the version we were using. For instance, there were issues with agent specifications for particular build jobs and a timeout issue where jobs running longer than three hours would fail automatically.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I like that it offers the ability to control the flags."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The setup is easy."
"LaunchDarkly has positively impacted my organization as the value we deliver to customers is much faster, and we saved a lot by using this feature instead of implementing it ourselves."
"I appreciate that we can release any feature in production and maintain control over it."
"From the development side, it allows us to manage multiple things."
"The ability to turn off a flag is crucial when a task is not complete, especially if there is an error in a commit."
"It has really helped during the series of product lines and faster deployment and faster development."
"Time to deployment has been reduced in situations where we want to deploy to production or deploy breaking changes."
"TeamCity is a very user-friendly tool."
"It provides repeatable CI/CD throughout our company with lots of feedback on failures and successes to the intended audiences via email and Slack."
"TeamCity is very useful due to the fact that it has a strong plug-in system."
"When we discovered TeamCity, it totally speeded up our workflow."
"I spend less time scripting to get a build working and more time configuring TeamCity through its web-based front end."
"It is very easy to use, and its speed is impressive, allowing the code to be ready for production in seconds."
"Do it! Very easy to use and very stable."
 

Cons

"I have used LaunchDarkly for around two and a half years and I haven't faced any issues with it."
"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."
"The feature where one feature flag is dependent on another could be explored more for our usage."
"Fetching information about multiple flags in a single action would be beneficial."
"I strongly believe they need to develop a strategy for handling situations where LaunchDarkly goes down."
"I think LaunchDarkly's customer support can be improved as it is not responsive."
"When the system has an excessive number of feature flags, managing them can become cumbersome."
"Right now, no improvements are needed."
"If TeamCity could create more out of the box solutions to make it more user friendly and create more use cases, that would be ideal."
"There have been times when making copies of a project has caused major stability issues, especially when you have nested project structure based off of different build configuration templates."
"I would like to see an improvement where TeamCity alerts us via email or another medium if there are discrepancies between the code in the staging environment and what has been deployed to production, such as missing updates."
"Their online documentation is fairly extensive, but sometimes you can end up navigating in circles to find answers. I would like them (or partner with someone)​ to provide training classes to help newcomers get things up and running more quickly."
"We've called TeamCity tech support. Unfortunately, all their tech support is based in Europe, so we end up with such a big time crunch that I now need to have one person in the US."
"Their online documentation is fairly extensive, but sometimes you can end up navigating in circles to find answers."
"The UI for this solution could be improved. New users don't find it easy to navigate; they need some level of training to understand the ins and the outs."
"REST API support lacks many features in customization of builds, jobs, and settings."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Start with the free tier for a few build configs and see how it works for you, then according to your scale find the enterprise license which fits you the most."
"The licensing is on an annual basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
11%
University
10%
Real Estate/Law Firm
9%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LaunchDarkly?
At my current organization, I have no experience with licensing and setup cost. However, at my previous organization, I wasn't making any decisions but got some visibility into the pricing and usag...
What needs improvement with LaunchDarkly?
I wish we were using more targeting in our feature toggles and I wish we were using more feature toggles as well as feature toggle dependencies. Making one feature toggle or one set of feature togg...
What is your primary use case for LaunchDarkly?
Currently, my main use case for LaunchDarkly is as a consumer. The application that I'm using uses LaunchDarkly as feature toggles. We toggle our flags on and off depending on what environment they...
What do you like most about TeamCity?
One of the most beneficial features for us is the flexibility it offers in creating deployment steps tailored to different technologies.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TeamCity?
Compared to new technologies, TeamCity is more expensive and is an older tool compared to tools like GitLab.
What needs improvement with TeamCity?
TeamCity's user interface could be improved; specifically, the tree structure on the homepage is not clear, making it difficult to search for projects. Moreover, there are some limitations related ...
 

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Sample Customers

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Toyota, Xerox, Apple, MIT, Volkswagen, HP, Twitter, Expedia
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