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Retool
Retool lets teams build web and mobile business apps, workflows, agents, and data tools connected to their systems.
Retool is a platform for building internal and external business software. Teams can create apps with an AI app builder, import React code, connect databases and APIs, automate work with workflows and agents, and deploy in Retool Cloud or a self-hosted environment.
It is used by developers, analysts, operations teams, and business engineers. Paid plans add higher usage limits, staging environments, governance controls, embedded apps, and enterprise features. Agents are billed separately, and additional AI credit packs are available on paid plans.
Features
- Generate apps from prompts with the AI app builder
- Build native mobile apps for iOS and Android
- Import React code or sync projects with GitHub
- Connect to databases, APIs, and other production data sources
- Automate jobs, alerts, ETL tasks, and human-in-the-loop processes
- Create AI agents that perform multi-step work
- Deploy in Retool Cloud, a VPC, or a self-hosted environment
- Manage access with permissions, SSO, audit logging, and source control
Use cases
- Build internal dashboards connected to operational databases
- Automate support ticket triage and follow-up tasks
- Create admin tools for managing users, records, and approvals
- Deploy customer-facing portals and embedded business apps
- Generate reports and data workflows from connected systems
- Govern and deploy React apps created with AI coding tools
Pros
Cons
Latest updates
- Service users for workflows
Triggered workflows can now run as a service user selected from a permission group; available on Business and Enterprise plans.
- App testing
The Build with tests setting lets the agent write and run behavioral tests when it changes an app.
- GPT 6.1 Terra available in Retool (GPT 6.1 Terra)
GPT 6.1 Terra is available through OpenAI for AI resource queries and building apps.
- Spend controls for AI usage
Admins can set AI usage limits for users, groups, and models, with options to notify or block usage at the limit.
- Buy additional AI credits
Admins on paid plans can buy additional AI credit packs by card; purchased credits expire at the end of the next calendar month.
Capabilities
- Command line — “Use our MCP server or CLI to build an app and deploy it here within your governed Retool environment.” source
- Choice of models — “Control parameters like temperature and max iterations of a wide array of model choices” source
- Self-hosted — “Included: Retool Cloud, self-hosted, or air-gapped” source
- API — “Trigger event-based workflows with a webhook event or API call.” source
- Builds agents and workflows — “A unified harness to run and govern AI agents” source
- Traces and evaluates — “Monitor and track agent behavior” source
Get it
Pricing
- Starting price
- $4/user/mo
- Prices checked
- 2026-11-05
Free
Free
- Up to 5 users
- 250 pooled AI credits per month
- Retool Cloud
- Production only
- External users + embedded apps not included
- Audit logs not included
Team
- $10 / mo per builder
- $5 / mo per internal user
- $12 / mo per builder
- $7 per internal user
- $10/month
- $8/month
- $6/month
- $4/month
- $10/month
- $7/month
- $5/month
- Unlimited users
- 1,000 pooled AI credits per month
- Retool Cloud
- Staging + production
- External users + embedded apps not included
- Audit logs not included
Business
- $50 / mo per builder
- $15 / mo per internal user
- $65 per builder
- $18 per internal user
- Unlimited users + metered external
- 3,000 pooled AI credits per month
- Retool Cloud
- Unlimited environments
- External users + embedded apps
- Audit logs
Enterprise
Price on request
- Unlimited users + unlimited external
- 10,000 pooled AI credits per month
- Retool Cloud, self-hosted, or air-gapped
- Unlimited environments + up to 6 instances
- Audit logs + streaming
- SSO, SCIM, 2FA