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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
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Feature Management (3rd), AI Software Development (15th)
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 18.3%, down 19.2% compared to last year.
TeamCity, on the other hand, focuses on Build Automation, holds 5.2% mindshare, down 7.4% since last year.
Feature Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
LaunchDarkly18.3%
Harness20.8%
Optimizely18.6%
Other42.3%
Feature Management
Build Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TeamCity5.2%
Jenkins9.1%
GitLab6.8%
Other78.9%
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

"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."
"The initial setup is very 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."
"The ability to turn off a flag is crucial when a task is not complete, especially if there is an error in a commit."
"I like that it offers the ability to control the flags."
"It has really helped during the series of product lines and faster deployment and faster development."
"From the development side, it allows us to manage multiple things."
"I appreciate that we can release any feature in production and maintain control over it."
"The integration is a valuable feature."
"I have not yet implemented the remote build feature, but this will be a big plus. We want to be able to build legacy products on a build agent without developers needing to have obsolete tool sets installed on their local PC."
"The setup is extremely straightforward."
"It is vital to our business to have quick and robust builds, and TeamCity is helping us to keep everything tidy and under control."
"I spend less time scripting to get a build working and more time configuring TeamCity through its web-based front end."
"There is much online documentation for TeamCity, with certain learning materials such as videos."
"Do it! Very easy to use and very stable."
"Using TeamCity and emailing everyone on fail is one way to emphasize the importance of testing code and showing management why taking the time to test actually does saves time from having to fix bugs on the other end."
 

Cons

"I strongly believe they need to develop a strategy for handling situations where LaunchDarkly goes down."
"When the system has an excessive number of feature flags, managing them can become cumbersome."
"Fetching information about multiple flags in a single action would be beneficial."
"I don't see any return on investment; I work in the platform team that has to manage the LaunchDarkly infrastructure, and I can't really see any return on investment."
"I think LaunchDarkly's customer support can be improved as it is not responsive."
"The feature where one feature flag is dependent on another could be explored more for our usage."
"Right now, no improvements are needed."
"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 will benefit this solution if they keep up to date with other CI/CD systems out there."
"The upgrade process could be smoother. Upgrading major versions can often cause some pain."
"Net deployment needs improvement. Also, I'd like to see more NuGet/Octopus style features and Azure stuff."
"Occasionally issues deploying software using the tool due to configuration issues within the tool (mostly around powershell configuration)."
"This product lacks real reporting for all the information it captures; we should be able to create reports or dashboards for management."
"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."
"Setting up build configurations involves too many steps, as the process is too much broken down."
"Last time I used it, dotnet compilation had to be done via PowerShell scripts. There was actually a lot that had to be scripted."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"The licensing is on an annual basis."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
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?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that pricing is great, affordable, and fair.
What needs improvement with LaunchDarkly?
I think LaunchDarkly's customer support can be improved as it is not responsive. I do not have anything else specific to add about needed improvements besides customer support.
What is your primary use case for LaunchDarkly?
My main use case for LaunchDarkly involves dark releases on production and feature flagged features delivered to customers. I use LaunchDarkly to test new releases on staging and sandboxes, and lat...
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 ...
What is your primary use case for TeamCity?
We use TeamCity for build configuration and pipeline creation, as well as for automation purposes. We provide working pipelines for different teams internally.
 

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Sample Customers

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