Retool
Build internal apps, workflows, and AI-enabled business tools on a data-connected development platform.
About Retool
Retool is a development platform for building, deploying, and managing internal software connected to databases, APIs, and LLMs. Teams can create web and mobile apps, automate jobs with workflows, and add AI-powered actions or agents without assembling a separate stack for every operational tool. It supports prompt-based building as well as importing compatible React, HTML, and JavaScript applications, while Node.js and Supabase backends are supported for imports. Imported apps inherit Retool permission and governance controls. The product fits teams that need dashboards, support consoles, inventory tools, approval flows, or other data-heavy business software. Adoption still requires attention to architecture and usage limits: imported ZIP files must be 50 MB or smaller, Next.js imports are best effort, and Vue, Angular, Svelte, Ember, mobile apps, unsupported backends, local file access, custom authentication, and native device bridges are not supported by the documented import workflow. Pricing separates builders from internal users, and workflow runs, storage, AI credits, agent hours, environments, governance, and external-user capabilities vary by plan.
Best for
Best use cases
A support operation needs one console that reads customer data and triggers approved actions in connected systems.
An operations group replaces spreadsheet handoffs with scheduled workflows, approval screens, and controlled releases.
A development team imports a compatible React application and deploys it with shared permissions and governance.
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The free tier lowers evaluation cost, but its five-user cap and monthly usage allowances suit exploration more than broad rollout.
Separate builder and internal-user rates can fit teams with many viewers, though active editors increase the monthly bill.
Retool combines apps, workflows, and AI tooling in one platform, while import compatibility is narrower than a general application host.
Features
Build internal business apps
Create data-connected dashboards, admin panels, support consoles, and operational tools for employees.
Automate operational workflows
Run scheduled or event-driven jobs that connect business systems and reduce repetitive manual steps.
Develop AI-enabled tools
Add AI actions or agents that can use connected resources, including tools exposed by remote MCP servers.
Pros
- A permanent $0 plan supports evaluation with up to five users and defined workflow, storage, Agent, and AI allowances.
- Apps, workflows, AI actions, and connected resources share one platform, reducing the number of systems needed for internal tooling.
- Paid plans add release controls, environments, permissions, audit logs, SSO, source control, and support as governance needs grow.
Cons
- Team and Business bill builders separately from internal users, so the final cost depends on how many people edit versus only use apps.
- The import workflow rejects several common stacks, including Vue, Angular, Svelte, Ember, mobile apps, and unsupported backends.
- Monthly workflow runs, AI credits, Agent hours, storage, and user counts vary by tier and can constrain sustained production use.
Pricing Plans
Free
- Unlimited web and mobile apps
- 500 workflow runs per month
- 5 GB database capacity and 5 GB file storage
- Up to 5 users
- Up to 20 Agent hours and 250 AI credits per month
Team
- Everything in Free
- 5,000 workflow runs per month
- Staging resource environment
- App release versions
- More than 5 users
- 1,000 AI credits per month, including the listed bonus
Business
- Everything in Team
- Audit logging and rich permission controls
- Portals and embedded apps
- Unlimited resource environments and modules
- Custom branding and access to external-user pricing
- 3,000 AI credits per month, including the listed bonus
Enterprise
- Everything in Business
- SAML or OpenID Connect SSO
- Source control, error monitoring, and observability
- Full white-labeling and independent workspaces
- Platform APIs and workflow triggers
- Volume discounts and dedicated support
* Pricing information is for reference only. Please refer to the latest announcement on Retool's official website.