Unleash

Unleash is an open-source feature management platform that enables developers to control the rollout of new software features. The company's technology allows enterprises to release, test, and validate new features more effectively by targeting specific user groups. Unleash operates on a client-server architecture where feature toggle configurations are stored on the Unleash server, and clients poll for updates at regular intervals. The platform's client SDKs are lightweight and can be embedded into applications, handling synchronization with the server and evaluating which features to toggle based on retrieved configurations. This approach ensures high availability and low latency, as feature toggles are evaluated locally within the application.

Unleash offers flexibility in deployment options, allowing customers to host the platform in Unleash's cloud, a private customer cloud, or on-premise. The company emphasizes data privacy protection, ensuring that no end-user personally identifiable information is sent back to Unleash servers. In 2021, Unleash experienced significant growth, with its global customer base tripling and Docker pulls of its open-source product increasing by 548% to over 12 million. This growth helped drive an 8x year-over-year revenue increase from January 2021 to January 2022. Unleash has gradually shifted from a pure open-source model to an open-core model, offering enterprise features such as single sign-on for customers requiring additional security.