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title: "Statsig vs Landtest for A/B Testing a Next.js Landing Page"
description: "Statsig is a fast, hosted experimentation platform for teams that want one SDK across flags and experiments. Landtest skips the SDK entirely. When each fits."
canonical: https://landtest.dev/blog/statsig-vs-landtest
last-updated: 2026-10-30
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# Statsig vs Landtest for A/B Testing a Next.js Landing Page

> Statsig is a fast, hosted experimentation platform for teams that want one SDK across flags and experiments. Landtest skips the SDK entirely. When each fits.

Statsig is a hosted experimentation platform with a generous free tier (2M events/month, unlimited flag checks) and no self-hosting option. Landtest doesn't use a client SDK at all — the split runs through your deploy pipeline, and pricing isn't tied to event volume. If you want a fast, hosted platform and don't mind a client-side SDK evaluating flags on every page load, Statsig is a strong, well-reviewed choice. If you'd rather avoid an SDK-based event pipeline for something as scoped as a landing page test, Landtest's architecture is the more direct fit.

This is Landtest's own comparison content. Last updated 2026-09-30.

## What Statsig does well

Statsig is fast to set up, with unlimited feature flag checks free and a genuinely useful free event tier. Since mid-2026, Amplitude has managed Statsig's brand and customers following OpenAI's 2025 acquisition — worth knowing if long-term vendor continuity factors into your evaluation, though it hasn't changed the product's core value proposition.

## Where the two diverge

**SDK footprint.** Statsig's client SDK evaluates flags and reports events from the browser, which is standard for its category but means JavaScript running on every page, test or not. Landtest's split is decided before the response reaches the browser, at the deploy layer — no SDK evaluating anything client-side for the test itself.

**Self-hosting.** Statsig has no self-hosted option at all. If data residency or infrastructure ownership matters, that's a hard constraint pushing toward GrowthBook or Landtest instead.

**Pricing shape.** Statsig's free tier is generous but usage-based beyond it — cost scales with your traffic volume. Landtest's cost model isn't built around metered event volume, since there's no SDK reporting page-load events for the split itself.

**Variant creation.** Statsig assumes variant B is already built; it's a targeting and measurement layer. Landtest's AI generates the variant as a branch against your actual codebase, reviewed as a live preview.

## Which one to pick

Choose Statsig if you want a fast, hosted platform, you're comfortable with a client SDK, and you might extend the same tool to in-app feature experiments beyond the landing page. Choose Landtest if you want to avoid a client-side SDK and metered event pricing for a test scoped specifically to a landing page, and you'd rather the variant be generated against your real codebase than hand-built.

## FAQ

**Is Statsig free?**
Yes, up to 2M events/month with unlimited flag checks; Pro starts at $150/month for 5M events, then metered.

**Can I self-host Statsig?**
No — it's SaaS-only with no self-hosted option.

**Does Landtest use a client-side SDK?**
No — the split happens at the deploy layer before the response reaches the browser, so there's no SDK evaluating anything for the test.

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