What is Retool?
Retool is the fast way to build internal tools. Drag-and-drop our building blocks and connect them to your databases and APIs to build your own tools, instantly. Built by developers, for developers. Trusted by startups and Fortune 500s.
Retool is a tool in the Low Code Platforms category of a tech stack.
Who uses Retool?
Companies
25 companies reportedly use Retool in their tech stacks, including DoorDash, Paralect, and Checkout.com.
Developers
56 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Retool.
Retool Integrations
JavaScript, GitHub, React, Slack, and MySQL are some of the popular tools that integrate with Retool. Here's a list of all 24 tools that integrate with Retool.
Decisions about Retool
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Retool in their tech stack.
Mark Weeks
Group Product Manager at ServiceTitan · | 3 upvotes · 33.1K views
I'm standing up a web app that needs functionality, including profiles, directory, scheduling, video meeting, and payments.
I considered Wix, but I'm not sure it will meet these needs. I'm interested in no code / low code tools in order to move quickly but struggling to navigate through all the options. Any advice on how to select no code / low code tools like Webflow, Bubble, stackbit, Retool, BaseDash, Glide , airkit, adalo, stacker, unqork, tiled, airtable, zapier, v.one, candu, bravo studio, amazon honeycode, unstack, dittofi, makerpad, softr, appsheet, etc.?
Retool's Features
- A complete set ofpowerful building blocks
- Connect to anything
- Read or write data with queries
- Deploy and share securely
- Host on-premise
- Revision history via Git
- Fine-grained access controls & audit logs
- SAML SSO and 2FA
Retool Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Retool?
Bubble
It is a visual programming language that lets you build a fully-functional web app without writing code. Users have built marketplaces, CRM tools, social networks.
Engineers can focus on new features and add them as plugins with code, while business people can focus on the customer-facing product.
Airtable
Working with Airtable is as fast and easy as editing a spreadsheet. But only Airtable is backed by the power of a full database, giving you rich features far beyond what a spreadsheet can offer.
Blazor
Blazor is a .NET web framework that runs in any browser. You author Blazor apps using C#/Razor and HTML.
Google App Maker
App Maker lets you develop powerful apps with relative ease. Create a model to manage your data, build a UI in the visual editor, use Apps Script to write some scripts, and you're on your way.
Microsoft PowerApps
It is a suite of apps, services, connectors and data platform that provides a rapid application development environment to build custom apps for your business needs. Using Power Apps, you can quickly build custom business apps that connect to your business data stored either in the underlying data platform (Common Data Service) or in various online and on-premises data sources (SharePoint, Excel, Office 365, Dynamics 365, SQL Server, and so on).
