Feature Management Overview

Feature Management in Schematic enables you to control how product features are rolled out, accessed by end customers, and monetized. Unlike traditional feature management tools, Schematic is purpose-built with billing in mind, so feature access can be tied directly to a company’s plan and any other policy set up in Schematic (e.g. add ons, overrides, or individual targeting).

Flags and Features are technically different concepts in Schematic:

• Flags - represent the gate that you implement in your codebase to control whether or not a resource is accessible to the end user.
• Features - represent an abstraction on top of flags that the business may market or sell.

Use cases

• Rollout new features: Rollout gradually to a small cohort to mitigate risk or to gather feedback.
• Line up access with subscriptions: Ensure customers only see features tied to their subscription plans or usage limits.
• Manage exceptions: Selectively enable or disable features for individual customers.
• Drive upgrades and renewals: Enable feature trials or time-limited overrides.
• Simplify billing implementation: Eliminate the need for custom code by linking feature flags directly to billing.

How can teams use Schematic feature management

• Engineers: Replace homegrown feature flag or metering logic and get an out of the box admin panel to manage them.
• Product Managers: Get fine-grained control over how much and which features are available to different customer segments.
• GTM Teams: Grant plan and feature trials to close deals and drive upsell.