LaunchDarkly bills Foundation on both service connections and client-side MAU, and adds usage-priced observability add-ons
What happened
Between the Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025 captures of Launchdarkly's pricing page, Pulse recorded 8 changes: Developer plan now includes 10M Logs and Traces per month as a defined limit; Developer plan now includes 5K Session Replays and Errors per month as a defined limit; Errors add-on introduced starting at $0.30 per 1k per month; Traces add-on introduced starting at $1.50 per 1M per month; Session Replays add-on introduced starting at $3.50 per 1k sessions; Logs add-on introduced starting at $1.50 per 1M per month; Foundation plan feature description changed from 'Scale experimentation with add on MAU' to separate 'Scalable Observability usage' and 'Scalable Experimentation usage'; Foundation now charges for service connections and client-side MAU instead of either one (yearly card "… or $8.33 …" → "… and $8.33 …"). The page now opens on monthly; rates unchanged ($12 / $10 monthly). Pulse files it as a packaging change (threshold added, new add-on, feature change, package change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 10, 2026) lists Foundation at $10.
Launchdarkly's previous recorded change was "LaunchDarkly cuts its client-side MAU rate to $10 per 1k and prices it separately from service connections" (Q2 2025). Launchdarkly has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Statsig and Amplitude also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Developer · LimitAdded
BeforeNot listed
After10M Logs and Traces per month
- Developer · LimitAdded
BeforeNot listed
After5K Session Replays and Errors per month
- — · Add-onAddedNo startingstarting
- — · Add-onAddedNo startingstarting
- — · Add-onAddedNo startingstarting
- — · Add-onAddedNo startingstarting
- Foundation · FeatureFeature change
Foundation plan feature description changed from 'Scale experimentation with add on MAU' to separate 'Scalable Observability usage' and 'Scalable Experimentation usage'
- Foundation · PackagingReworded… or $8.33 …… and $8.33 …
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer | Limit | Not listed | 10M Logs and Traces per month | Added |
| Developer | Limit | Not listed | 5K Session Replays and Errors per month | Added |
| — | Add-on | No starting | starting | Added |
| — | Add-on | No starting | starting | Added |
| — | Add-on | No starting | starting | Added |
| — | Add-on | No starting | starting | Added |
| Foundation | Feature | Foundation plan feature description changed from 'Scale experimentation with add on MAU' to separate 'Scalable Observability usage' and 'Scalable Experimentation usage' | Feature change | |
| Foundation | Packaging | … or $8.33 … | … and $8.33 … | Reworded |
Values as written on Launchdarkly's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Launchdarkly's pricing page (launchdarkly.com) from Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where 10M Logs and Traces per month now appears.
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Launchdarkly, the last 90 days
Full history- Apr 6, 2026packagingLaunchdarkly drops Release Assistant from Enterprise plan
- Apr 3, 2026packagingLaunchdarkly Drops Credit Card Requirement for Developer Plan
- Week 5, 2026packagingLaunchdarkly drops credit card requirement for Developer plan signups
- Q3 2025improvedLaunchDarkly bills Foundation on both service connections and client-side MAU, and adds usage-priced observability add-ons · this change
- Q2 2025decreaseLaunchDarkly cuts its client-side MAU rate to $10 per 1k and prices it separately from service connections
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- StatsigJan 12Statsig Removes Warehouse Native Plan, Streamlining Pricing Tiers and Enhancing Developer Plan Features for Improved Clarity and Value
- AmplitudeJan 10Amplitude Introduces AI-Powered Recommendations and Real-Time Streaming to Enhance Enterprise and Growth Plans
- StatsigJan 12Statsig Enhances Pro Plan Overage Pricing Presentation for Improved Clarity and Transparency
- StatsigJan 12Statsig Doubles Developer Free Tier Event Limit to 2M Monthly Events, Enhancing Access to Product Analytics Data Retention
- StatsigJan 12Statsig Enhances Advanced Analytics with Session Analytics and User Profiles, Enabling Deeper Insights into User Behavior
Questions about this change
Did Launchdarkly raise prices in October 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: threshold added, new add-on, feature change, package change.
What changed on Launchdarkly's pricing page between Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025?
Developer limit: Not listed → 10M Logs and Traces per month, added; Developer limit: Not listed → 5K Session Replays and Errors per month, added; add-on: No starting → starting, added; add-on: No starting → starting, added; add-on: No starting → starting, added; add-on: No starting → starting, added; Foundation plan feature description changed from 'Scale experimentation with add on MAU' to separate 'Scalable Observability usage' and 'Scalable Experimentation usage'; Foundation packaging: … or $8.33 … → … and $8.33 …, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Launchdarkly change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Launchdarkly in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "LaunchDarkly cuts its client-side MAU rate to $10 per 1k and prices it separately from service connections" in Q2 2025; Launchdarkly has been tracked since 2023-11-14.