Offers faster development of internal tools to support e-commerce clients and companies
What is our primary use case?
I used it to develop internal tools and an e-commerce dashboard.
A few months ago, I worked as a Retool developer for ReadyIntolo in London. I was responsible for building several internal tools and dashboards for company users. It has several filter features, workflows, a chat component, and some other features.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the faster development of internal tools to support e-commerce clients and companies.
Retool supports AI-driven projects and data workflows.
What needs improvement?
There aren't many integration resources yet, like Airtable. There's no functionality to integrate with it.
When I used it, it promoted integrating with Airtable by using the REST API. I think that is a limitation for Retool.
In future releases, Retool should add more resource integration.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There are around 50 end users in my company.
How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted the technical support team. I just contacted the Retool forum.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before Retool, I worked with Azure, where I used Python, React, Node.js, and Java. For rapid development platforms, I have used no-code platforms like Power Apps and Wix.
How was the initial setup?
It is very easy to deploy.
When implementing Retool, there is a problem regarding mobile development. It's better when using a view. It doesn't support mobile.
So there's an issue with Retool supporting mobile development.
What was our ROI?
To use Retool, we have to pay the price for each user, so it seems worth the money.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is very expensive. It costs for each user, for automated users, open-end users, et cetera.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend others to use it to develop dashboards and projects rapidly. It is a better development platform than other language frameworks.
With Retool, we just have to drag and drop, but with other languages, we have to develop from scratch using JavaScript and Python.
It will be easy to use Retool for the first time. It will take around seven days to get the hang of it.
Overall, I would rate the solution a ten out of ten.
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What do you like best about the product?
user friendly , ease of use, easy to implimentg, good customer support , somany features, freaquent user, and very integrated
What do you dislike about the product?
It's really hard to find something to complain about. Maybe the development for mobile (the old one, not the one in beta for native mobile apps)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Retools offers excellent and helpful templates to use as a starting point for your project. There are also tons of great integrations/services that will make your life easier and more productive.
Easy to use CRM
What do you like best about the product?
The customization and filters it offers. Ease of use & I'm using it frequently.
What do you dislike about the product?
a bit slow & need to login again after a week.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is providing proper Customer Relationship Management Software. Easy in adding filters & switching from Leads by leads
Ease of Use
What do you like best about the product?
It's easy to use and for the last 1 year I have been using this retool
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes, it gets stuck due to network issues that it
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
working to book the appointment for dental treatment
Many tools in one app
What do you like best about the product?
Retool is extremely customizable which allows for a backend or front-end engineer to implement his ideas and make it work.
We use it every day at our company to monitor our App and to solve customers' issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
I only dislike that it looks dull, however, that's also a benefit as there is no reason to get distracted!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solves the issue of having too many apps to use for different features
Good for making dashboards
What do you like best about the product?
It makes creating dashboards very easy. You do not need to write any code which is very helpful.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is no support for collaborative editing. Changes don't reflect for all the editors at the same time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is helping the non-tech staff use the database efficiently.
The power of low code without no ties with proprietary data sources
What do you like best about the product?
My experience with Retool has been a blend of a fast learning curve and productivity. I achieved positive intermediate results, enabling the creation of highly productive features for my stakeholders even after the first day of use. It is accessible for individuals with basic knowledge of data structures and no programming skills, yet it is remarkably flexible for experienced developers to quickly generate low-code solutions using SQL and JavaScript. Intuitive functionalities seamlessly operate when experimented with, particularly when users comprehend the object/component model and data bindings. I discussed with my stakeholders the transformation of 40-hour tasks into a mere 4-hour cycle encompassing development, testing, and release.
It means a lot to me to have the opportunity to connect to standardized data sources such as Postgres or other DBMS, as it allows me to employ alternative solutions for tasks like backup, data migration, or other data governance procedures. As a multi-client team, utilizing multiple connections enables me to maintain the segregation of client data within our cloud structures or within dedicated client structures in a secure manner.
What do you dislike about the product?
Use cases with special requirements are either not supported or are addressed through workarounds. It appears that the Retool engine prioritizes optimization, maintaining a well-balanced component dependency tree. However, this safeguard introduces a barrier that I anticipate could be overcome by incorporating custom React components into the architecture.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
All internal system management (every system for collaborators, partners and so on) spending less time in software development.
Great product
What do you like best about the product?
All the capabilities and ease of use.
It was very easy to implant the first app.
What do you dislike about the product?
The pricing doesn't fit for small-medium size companies mainly because feature that makes growth easier are only available in the enterprise plan such as SSO
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allowing lower support tiers access to tools for managing customers environments.
And allowing managing large scale technical operations.
Very capable tool that can easily be extended programmatically
What do you like best about the product?
Coding support, Let me avoid writing boilerplate code and accelerate building software.
What do you dislike about the product?
Expensive to incorporate any developer plugin, such as an authentication and secret management
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allow me to build prototypes and software fast without writing boilerplate code.
Build web apps quickly
What do you like best about the product?
Retool has made it very easy to build web apps quickly. It takes a few days to get started, but once you become comfortable with their interface, building anything will be very intuitive. It's very easy to embed JS and integrate any kind of database in Retool.
What do you dislike about the product?
It wasn't very clear how I could deploy the app I built with retool and how to add authentication and custom domain to my app.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is very easy to build software fast for a person who is not a software developer. It's easy to solve business problems with Retool
