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Retool Reviews

User Rating

4.8/5 (Based on 191 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

  • Excellent

    83.2%
  • Very Good

    13.1%
  • Average

    1%
  • Poor

    1%
  • Terrible

    1.6%

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Review Summary

Retool is a highly praised no-code tool that goes beyond internal apps, allowing users to build various tools, dashboards, and workflows. While users appreciate its ease of use, intuitive interface, and extensive integrations, some note minor limitations such as a steep learning curve for beginners, performance issues with large applications, and occasionally buggy UI. Overall, Retool proves valuable for businesses looking to quickly develop and automate internal tools, saving significant development time and resources.

Pros

  • Retool goes beyond internal apps, offering functionality for marketing and sales.
  • The tool provides a wide range of readymade scripts and nocode features, exceeding most competitors.
  • Retool's draganddrop interface makes it easy to build and customize complex applications without coding experience.

Cons

  • The onetoolperpage design concept could be more flexible, requiring workarounds.
  • Some limitations exist for specific applications, such as image zooming, which may not be ideal for all use cases.
  • Retool can be expensive for smaller organizations or individual developers.

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Eduardo Alejandro G

December 5, 2023 Source: G2.com
"Fast and easy to kickstart, scale and automate your processes"
What do you like best about Retool?

Awesome and easy to configure, anyone with basic knowledge or foundations in CS can use it, but also it is a really useful framework for anyone at the company to create and design tools for processes. Also I like a lot the fast response Retool has in retool community, I find the community really helpful and I hope it continues to grow.

What do you dislike about Retool?

Sometimes it can be slow, when uploading the retools.And also I think it would be helpful to have more tutorials on integrations with Stripe, etc.

Recommendations to others considering Retool:

To involve all the team at first in how retool works so anyone can understand the capabilities of the tools it can be built.

What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you?

Standardize all processes and make changes fast enough to make more efficient and autonomous processes.

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Stas S

November 8, 2023 Source: G2.com
"Great product"
What do you like best about Retool?

All the capabilities and ease of use.

It was very easy to implant the first app.

What do you dislike about Retool?

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 Retool 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.

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Nick Y

October 25, 2023 Source: G2.com
"Very capable tool that can easily be extended programmatically"
What do you like best about Retool?

Coding support, Let me avoid writing boilerplate code and accelerate building software.

What do you dislike about Retool?

Expensive to incorporate any developer plugin, such as an authentication and secret management

What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allow me to build prototypes and software fast without writing boilerplate code.

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Alan R

October 16, 2023 Source: G2.com
"Build web apps quickly"
What do you like best about Retool?

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 Retool?

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 Retool 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

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Anonymous User

October 3, 2023 Source: G2.com
"Amazing group of tools"
What do you like best about Retool?

It's really helpful and it has a lot of tools that help me with my work and is easy to use, I use it on a daily basis, and it helps me get all the needed info to know more about my customer to support their inquiry.

What do you dislike about Retool?

it doesn't always ask about the authentication which leads to some errors sometimes.

What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you?

Retool allows me to apply codes and provides me with the needed info to proceed with some necessary actions.

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Mizraim A

September 29, 2023 Source: G2.com
"Una gran herramienta de desarrollo"
What do you like best about Retool?

La agilidad y facilidad de la herramienta para hacer el desarrollo y consumo de servicios.

What do you dislike about Retool?

Algunas limitaciones en su capa gratuita.

What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you?

Apoyaron a resolver aplicaciones simples para entrega a usuarios.

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Wezzie C

September 18, 2023 Source: G2.com
"best experience using retool"
What do you like best about Retool?

reduces time to develop tool

helps the team to operate good and be productive

makes the work be organised and easy to assign

for easy track records and data storage

What do you dislike about Retool?

for the first beginner it can be some how complicated but it need proper training .there is need for the system to provide a proper traing guidance for new user

What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you?

we use retool to access pos codes annd store data for images and prices for products .this is benefiting us in a way that each and every user has access and edit access to his / her data

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Shreyam M

September 5, 2023 Source: G2.com
"Retool: Revolutionising Business Software Development with Speed"
What do you like best about Retool?

I just wanted to pass along my gratitude for this amazing tool! It has been an absolute lifesaver for me, as a non-tech user. It's so user-friendly and has helped me create some truly amazing things. Plus, it's been a huge help in resolving issues quickly. Thank you so much for such a valuable resource!

What do you dislike about Retool?

To be honest, I can't think of anything to dislike about it. When something is truly great, there's simply no room for complaints or criticisms. It's just an all-around positive experience that leaves me feeling fulfilled and content.

What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you?

Retool is solving the problem of connecting non-technical individuals with the changes made by developers. This is benefiting us by allowing us to provide better support to our customers. With Retool, we can quickly create things without waiting for DQA, which saves us time and resources. Overall, Retool streamlines our workflow and allows us to be more efficient in our day-to-day operations.

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Spike O

August 30, 2023 Source: G2.com
"Awesome Appsmith Alternative!"
What do you like best about Retool?

Retool makes it easy to develop industry-grade applications without having to develop a React app.

What do you dislike about Retool?

I really wish they expanded their API past just Resources and Environments to access Users, Roles, and Groups.

What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you?

Retool is allowing me to build a scholarship application management system which will save a lot of time that normally would be spent building a React application.

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Teele H

August 29, 2023 Source: G2.com
"The greatest thing since sliced bread"
What do you like best about Retool?

Very fast, very powerful, very complete, cutting-edge technology.

What do you dislike about Retool?

Sometimes the documentation is not as complete as needed, but the support team is very helpful to get you going.

What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you?

Develop a new front end to a new complex data model that is fed from our webbased order and client registration system

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