Statsig vs Flagsmith
SEPT 2026 auditA comparison of Statsig and Flagsmith built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
Choose Statsig if…
Wanting flags and experimentation on one bill without paying to read a flag. Flag and config checks are unlimited on every tier including free, and the free plan carries 2 million analytics events and 50,000 session replays — the most generous starting allowance here by a wide margin.
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Choose Flagsmith if…
Self-hosting, or a small team with modest traffic. It is open source with a documented self-hosted path, and Start-up is $40 a month billed yearly — the cheapest paid entry of the four. Identities and segments are unlimited, so your audience is never the thing that costs.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- Statsig: You want flags and nothing else. The meter is analytics events, so you are buying an experimentation and product-analytics platform whose flags happen to be free; a team that only needs toggles is paying $150 a month at Pro for a surface it will not use.
- Flagsmith: Your application reads flags often. API requests are the meter, so every evaluation is on the bill at $50 per million above the allowance — and the free plan's 50,000 requests a month is roughly one user refreshing a page a few thousand times. Seats are capped too: one on free, three at $40.
3 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
Statsig 0
Flagsmith 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | Statsig | Flagsmith |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Kind of free offer | Free tier | Free tier |
| What the free plan includes | 2 million events a month, unlimited flag and config checks, 50,000 session replays and unlimited seats — the most generous free plan of the four by a wide margin. | 50,000 API requests a month and ONE team member, with unlimited flags, environments and segments under a fair usage policy. |
| Entry paid plan | $150 a month for Pro, which includes 5 million events before the $0.05 per 1,000 overage starts. | $40 a month for Start-up paid yearly, or $45 monthly. That raises the allowance to 1,000,000 requests and three team members. |
| Pricing model | Analytics events, with flag and config checks excluded from the meter entirely — the plan table says "unlimited flag & config checks" on every tier. Pro includes 5 million events and charges $0.05 per further thousand. | API requests. Every call your application makes to read flags counts, so the bill tracks traffic rather than team or audience — $50 per million above the plan's allowance, decreasing with volume. Seats are capped per plan on top: one on Free, three on Start-up. |
Where they differ.
What the free plan includes
- Statsig
- 2 million events a month, unlimited flag and config checks, 50,000 session replays and unlimited seats — the most generous free plan of the four by a wide margin.
- Flagsmith
- 50,000 API requests a month and ONE team member, with unlimited flags, environments and segments under a fair usage policy.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Statsig Pricing ↗
“2m events per month unlimited flag & config checks 50,000 session replays per month”
Read 2026-09-16 · official pricing
- Flagsmith Pricing ↗
“up to 50,000 requests per month* additional api calls start at $50 per million per month and decrease with volume 1 team member unlimited feature flags fair usage policy applies unlimited environments”
Read 2026-09-16 · official pricing
Entry paid plan
- Statsig
- $150 a month for Pro, which includes 5 million events before the $0.05 per 1,000 overage starts.
- Flagsmith
- $40 a month for Start-up paid yearly, or $45 monthly. That raises the allowance to 1,000,000 requests and three team members.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Statsig Pricing ↗
“pro a complete platform for growing teams $150 /mo 5m events included”
Read 2026-09-16 · official pricing
- Flagsmith Pricing ↗
“start-up $ 40 /mo 14 day free trial start-up feature flags for small teams $ 45 /mo 14 day free trial everything in free, plus: up to 1,000,000 requests per month*”
Read 2026-09-16 · official pricing
Pricing model
- Statsig
- Analytics events, with flag and config checks excluded from the meter entirely — the plan table says "unlimited flag & config checks" on every tier. Pro includes 5 million events and charges $0.05 per further thousand.
- Flagsmith
- API requests. Every call your application makes to read flags counts, so the bill tracks traffic rather than team or audience — $50 per million above the plan's allowance, decreasing with volume. Seats are capped per plan on top: one on Free, three on Start-up.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Statsig Pricing ↗
“$150 /mo 5m events included, then $0.05 per 1k events unlimited flag & config checks”
Read 2026-09-16 · official pricing
- Flagsmith Pricing ↗
“up to 50,000 requests per month* additional api calls start at $50 per million per month and decrease with volume 1 team member unlimited feature flags”
Read 2026-09-16 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Entry paid plan: Statsig or Flagsmith?
Statsig: $150 a month for Pro, which includes 5 million events before the $0.05 per 1,000 overage starts.
Flagsmith: $40 a month for Start-up paid yearly, or $45 monthly. That raises the allowance to 1,000,000 requests and three team members.
Should I choose Statsig or Flagsmith?
Pick Statsig if Wanting flags and experimentation on one bill without paying to read a flag. Flag and config checks are unlimited on every tier including free, and the free plan carries 2 million analytics events and 50,000 session replays — the most generous starting allowance here by a wide margin.
Pick Flagsmith if Self-hosting, or a small team with modest traffic. It is open source with a documented self-hosted path, and Start-up is $40 a month billed yearly — the cheapest paid entry of the four. Identities and segments are unlimited, so your audience is never the thing that costs.