Retool Speeds Up Internal Tool Development with Flexible Integrations and Strong Controls
What do you like best about the product?
Retool is brilliant and fast in development of internal tools and this includes operational support, dashboards and admin panels
The platform has a solid and large integration support, which includes APIs, databases, spreadsheets and other cloud services
The program demonstrates flexibility, more so with low code developers, ensuring that they can drag and drop, effectively
Retool focuses on operational effectiveness, and this includes centralized workflow and apps
The app generation involves AI, and this handles every process faster and easier
Retool creates brilliant security solutions and enterprise controls, and this includes permissions, audit logging among others
What do you dislike about the product?
The performance of large apps and complex dashboard gets slow, affecting the results for this app
The price escalates so fast, more so when advanced controls are required
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Retool supports the development of internal tools, more so on app and dashboard development, to handle diverse situations
The app eliminates the time spent by engineering different apps and this involves the automated process
The app ensures there is efficient operational workflow and this replaces spreadsheet and ensures dependability
Retool gives successful API integrations and this includes simplifying databases for easy access and maintenance
Most of operations are well centralized and their control is done in a single app
The visibility of company data is another paramount feature that improves every single aspect of business performance
Rock-Solid Stability That Fits Every Use Case
What do you like best about the product?
It’s the most stable software my company has ever used. It fits all of our use cases, both internally and externally.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing at all to complain about. They keep improving all the time, and it shows.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
All of my company’s internal tools.
Essential Low Code Tool with Versatile Connections
What do you like best about the product?
I like how practical Retool is for making connections (resources) and the preloaded components. It allows me to create low-code apps quickly, which are visually appealing and connect with various platforms. I enjoy how with a basic panel, our agents can interact with tools like Intercom, Zapier, Linear without needing to give them full access. The preloaded components are a great advantage, as I can create tools in minutes without having to code each element, like a graph or table. Additionally, I find the platform quite intuitive, which allowed us a simple initial setup.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some connections with APIs are still not so up-to-date, which sometimes makes me have to do it externally. Also, the memory limit for libraries that can be downloaded from an app, if it were higher, would be perfect.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Retool to create low-code apps quickly and visually appealing, connecting various platforms. It allows us to interact with tools like Intercom and Zapier without full access, and the preloaded components make it easy to create charts or tables in minutes.
Flexibility and Speed for Small Tech Teams
What do you like best about the product?
I really like the speed at which we can spin up fully functioning, multiple-page apps with Retool. It's a huge benefit for us as a small startup with a very small (2 person) tech team. Additionally, I appreciate the flexibility it provides while being low code / no code, assisted by AI, which is essential for managing our internal tooling needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
Moving things around can be tricky. Would be amazing if moving the order of items in the component tree moved them in the app itself. The side windows would be great if they could be undocked and put on other windows, its hard to do any work on a smaller screen.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Retool offers more flexibility as a low code/no code solution aided by AI, helping us overcome Airtable's record count limits and handling more complex workflows.
Fast App Building with Customization Challenges
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Retool is fast and quick to assemble apps. It's really easy for me to quickly create views for our customer team to use. The initial setup of Retool was also very easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
The tables are so ugly, and I wish that there was more customizability there. Also, the graphs too are pretty limited in terms of customizability. I wish it was easier to add custom React components like I can with Plotly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Retool to quickly build dashboards that display live data, helping our customer team track performance effectively.
Effortless Dashboard Creation with Retool
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate Retool because it allows me to create administrative dashboards quickly and clearly. It offers up-to-date dashboards without needing to code or maintain anything, which simplifies my life. What I like the most is its drag-and-drop principle, which quickly brings our ideas to life by simply selecting the right components. This makes it a functional system where data is displayed correctly without any hassle. Moreover, the initial setup with the self-hosted version was super simple.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing I would have improved would be to add a messaging component.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Retool to create clear and fast administrative dashboards without having to code. It's easier to maintain because it is self-hosted, and the drag-and-drop principle allows me to realize my ideas quickly.
Empowers Team with User-Friendly Data Access
What do you like best about the product?
I like Retool's ability to expand access to data upload across the team, which means we don't have to rely completely on engineers for this task. I also find the initial setup easy. Additionally, I appreciate that it solves the problem of uploading with a GUI instead of just on the backend.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think Retool could be a bit more user-friendly for non-technical folks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Retool solves the problem of uploading data with a GUI, making the process more accessible. It enhances our ability to expand data upload access across the team, reducing reliance on engineers.
ReTool Lets You Build Exactly What You Need—Fast and Easy
What do you like best about the product?
ReTool is fantastic for tech-enabled business owners. You create EXACTLY what you need with relative ease.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can't think of anything that I dislike, maybe the prefab boxes could have a better UI
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have our entire CRM backend tool on ReTool, to get something like this made would cost 5 figures and have an ongoing maintenance contract from the supplier.
Rapid dashboards for real-time IoT control have accelerated MVP delivery and team collaboration
What is our primary use case?
I used Retool in one of my projects a few months ago. The project involved making a monitoring real-time IoT system for IoT devices, and we used Retool as an internal dashboard. We had a stack of a FastAPI that handled the live data streams coming from the devices via MQTT, so we used Retool to monitor and control IoT devices in real-time.
We used Retool for checking how the data flow was working by connecting it to our backend through API to visualize how our data flows in real-time. It served as a control layer on top of our backend; we did not want to make a full custom UI from scratch, so we decided to go with Retool.
Eventually, we built up our UI dashboard as we wanted, but there were some limitations in customization. When we have new projects, we try to use Retool internally for creating internal dashboards and checking our APIs, not in the public cloud.
What is most valuable?
Retool is great for internal operations and rapid development. If you do not want to create everything from scratch and build a custom UI, you can go with this tool, and it is easy because it is low code, significantly reducing development time for dashboards and admin interfaces.
The best feature that Retool offers is the ability to create a UI dashboard very quickly, and I can make an internal dashboard easily. I also appreciate the feature that integrates APIs very easily.
I appreciate how easy it is to integrate APIs; you can drag and drop tables and buttons, and everything is low code, so you do not need to worry about the internal logic.
With the help of Retool, we saved a lot of time. For instance, we made a similar project before that took two to three weeks to implement the same features, but with Retool, we could check our API right away very quickly. We saved around twenty percent of our time before checking how our API works, visualizing it, and seeing where the drawbacks were, allowing us to make changes to our FastAPI backend. Retool is a great tool, especially for startups and for people looking to develop an MVP very quickly.
Through using Retool, team collaboration improved because we had fewer friction points. For instance, we encountered fewer bugs at the backend, and when the frontend and backend teams collaborated, the backend was more aligned for the frontend APIs, resulting in fewer bugs and smoother collaboration during the building stage.
Retool is very stable.
What needs improvement?
Retool has some drawbacks, including limited customization; of course, it has limitations compared to React, where you can customize it as you want, but with Retool, there is limited customization.
Retool is more suited for startups, but it can get messy at scale. If you want to increase the number of API routes or add more features, it can become complicated.
Retool needs more customization options, as it should not be limited to a few customization features; it should be broader, with more features available for users to utilize.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working in the current field since 2019, which means it has been almost seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Retool is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Retool is more suited for startups, but it can get messy at scale. If you want to increase the number of API routes or add more features, it can become complicated.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support is amazing; overall, AWS customer support is very professional and fast. We had a few cases where we faced issues with features, and their response time was great in assisting with billing issues, which I appreciated very much.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Retool was the first solution that we used. Retool was recommended by one of the senior developers, who had experience with it in his previous workplace, so we started with Retool; it was our first choice.
How was the initial setup?
I purchased Retool through the AWS marketplace.
What about the implementation team?
We do not have any other relationships with this vendor apart from being a customer.
What was our ROI?
We definitely saved significant time on engineering, which saved us money. We had fewer front-end resources, and while developing with Retool, we did not need many front-end team members, which saved on salaries. Overall, it also helped reduce time spent on maintenance, saving over a thousand euros because we did not hire additional front-end developers. Retool cost thirty euros for a month, so the return on investment was very positive.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I found it affordable regarding pricing, setup costs, and licensing.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Retool was the first solution that we used.
What other advice do I have?
If you are a team looking to develop the first MVP of your project quickly without spending time on creating a custom admin panel or dashboard, Retool is a great tool that can save time, and the customer support is great. I rate Retool an eight out of ten; it helped a lot for our startup and was a great tool for saving time.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Retool Streamlines Product Uploads and Speeds Up Publishing
What do you like best about the product?
I like Retool because it streamlines the way we prepare and upload products for our online store. It makes managing product data straightforward, helps reduce errors, and speeds up the publishing process, which ultimately improves our overall efficiency.
What do you dislike about the product?
One downside of Retool is that it can feel limiting when you’re trying to handle more complex workflows or bulk product uploads, and it sometimes ends up requiring extra manual steps. It also depends heavily on how well everything is set up: if the underlying data structure isn’t clean, you can run into errors, slowdowns, or general inefficiencies.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Retool helps us avoid slow, manual product management by providing a central place to prepare, manage, and upload product data for our online store.
