Can GrowthBook be self-hosted?

GrowthBook can be self-hosted using a Docker image with MongoDB or a compatible database, while the article contrasts it with Unleash’s PostgreSQL-based deployment and argues that this produces a simpler operational footprint. It highlights that MongoDB’s SSPL is not OSI-approved, though GrowthBook can use FerretDB with PostgreSQL for a fully open-source database path. According to the comparison, GrowthBook browser SDKs normally receive and evaluate full feature-targeting payloads client-side, whereas Unleash frontend SDKs receive server-evaluated results; GrowthBook’s privacy-oriented alternatives such as remote evaluation are described as Enterprise-only for self-hosted installations. The article also compares role-based access, stating that GrowthBook’s free self-hosted tier gives all users administrator status while Unleash open source includes Admin, Editor, and Viewer roles. Additional distinctions include GrowthBook’s default outbound telemetry and CDN connections, its Enterprise license checks, its warehouse-connected experimentation and user-defined SQL capabilities, and its more complex production architecture involving MongoDB, optional proxies, caching, and analytics components. Unleash is presented as a narrower feature-flag control plane with one server, PostgreSQL, optional Edge nodes, versioned releases, no warehouse credentials, and an optional anonymous version check, while acknowledging that its Enterprise offering is intended for larger-scale deployments.

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