Flagsmith vs Hasura
Open-source feature flags + remote config — SaaS, private cloud, self-host
vs. Instant GraphQL + REST on your data sources — with permissions
Pricing tiers
Flagsmith
Free
$0. 50,000 API requests/mo. 1 team member. Unlimited flags. Community support.
Free
Self-hosted
$0 (OSS). Host yourself via Docker/K8s. Fair-source license (non-compete).
$0 base (usage-based)
Start-up
$40/mo. 1,000,000 API requests/mo. 3 team members. Standard support.
$40/mo
Scale-up
$200/mo. 5,000,000 API requests. 10 team members. Priority support + SLA.
$200/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Unlimited API requests, SSO, SAML, RBAC, audit logs, on-prem.
Custom
Hasura
OSS (Community)
Free forever (Apache-2.0). Self-host GraphQL Engine v2.
$0 base (usage-based)
Cloud Free
$0. 1 project. 60 req/min. Community support.
Free
Professional
$99/mo (starts). Usage-based compute + data pass-through. Production SLAs.
$99/mo
Advanced
Custom. Multi-region, dedicated, observability, SSO.
Custom
Enterprise
Custom. On-prem / air-gap / advanced security.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Flagsmith vs free on Hasura.
| Metric | Flagsmith | Hasura |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Flagsmith · 14 features
- A/B Testing — Multivariate flag splits.
- Audit Log — Full history of flag changes.
- Change Requests — Approval workflow for flag changes.
- Edge API — Global low-latency flag eval.
- Feature Flags — Boolean + multivariate + JSON flags.
- Local Evaluation — Server SDKs eval flags locally — no per-req API call.
- Percentage Rollouts — Gradual traffic ramp.
- Remote Config — Non-boolean config values.
- Role-Based Access — Fine-grained permissions.
- Scheduled Flags — Time-based flag changes.
- Segments — Rule-based targeting.
- Self-Hosting — Docker/Helm install.
- SSO + SAML — Enterprise SSO.
- Webhooks — Outbound event streaming.
Hasura · 14 features
- Actions — Custom resolvers via HTTP.
- Data Connector Hub — Build connectors to any source.
- Event Triggers — DB changes → webhook.
- GraphQL API — Auto GraphQL over relational + NoSQL.
- Hasura DDN (v3) — Multi-source supergraph with OpenDD.
- JWT Auth — Pluggable JWT verification.
- Metadata Migrations — Git-versioned Hasura config.
- Permissions — Row + column + session-based.
- Query Caching — Edge caching with cache-control directive.
- Remote Schemas — Merge external GraphQL into supergraph.
- REST Endpoints — Turn any GraphQL op into REST.
- Scheduled Triggers — Cron + one-off webhook triggers.
- Subscriptions — Live queries via WS.
- Webhook Auth — Custom auth via webhook.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Flagsmith | Hasura |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | Flagsmith CLI | ddn CLI (v3), hasura CLI |
| SDK | flagsmith-android, flagsmith-go, flagsmith-ios, flagsmith-java, flagsmith-js (browser), flagsmith-nodejs, flagsmith-python, flagsmith-ruby | — |
| REST | Flagsmith REST API | Hasura REST Endpoints, Metadata API |
| GRAPHQL | — | Hasura GraphQL Engine |
| OTHER | Flagsmith Dashboard, Flagsmith Webhooks | Data Connectors, Hasura Console |
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