--- title: Retool Reviews meta\_title: 'Retool Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 361 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Retool works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 361 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-11' parent\_category: name: Rapid Application Development (RAD) url: https://www.g2.com/categories/rapid-application-development-rad --- # Retool Reviews & Product Details Visit Website Securely deploy vibe-coded apps in one governed platform. Build in Retool, import from tools like Claude Code, Replit, or Lovable, or connect via MCP. However your team builds, every app ships safely, with governance built in. People across your organization are already vibe-coding internal tools with no SSO, no RBAC, no audit logs, and no connection to your existing data controls. Retool is where secure vibe coding happens by default. Build from scratch, import an app from another AI builder, or connect an agent via MCP — governance lives in the platform, not in each individual app. The Problem Retool Solves AI made it fast to build software. It didn't make that software safe to run. Business teams are shipping working apps in hours, but those apps typically land with no access controls, no audit trail, and no visibility for IT — until something breaks or a security review stalls the whole thing. Retool closes that gap instead of leaving teams to choose between speed and safety. Key Capabilities - AI-native app builder: Describe what you need in natural language, or drag in a screenshot, PDF, or design file. Get a full, production-ready app, not a prototype. - Import from anywhere: Already building in Lovable, Replit, or straight React? Import the app and pick up Retool's data connections, permissions, and governance automatically. - Build via MCP: Connect any AI coding agent to Retool through MCP. Generate an app from your terminal, deploy it straight onto a governed platform. - Protected by default: Every app inherits RBAC, SSO, secrets management, and audit logging the moment it's created — no matter where it was built. - Deploy on your infrastructure: Cloud, self-hosted, or hybrid. Retool runs wherever your compliance requirements demand. Why Retool's Different Most AI app builders get you to a working prototype. Most governance tools get bolted on after the fact, once IT finds out what's already running. Retool puts the two together: apps are built fast and land production-ready, with security enforced at the platform level instead of chased down app by app. That's what makes secure vibe coding possible at enterprise scale, not just on paper. Who Uses Retool Engineering, IT, and operations teams use Retool to let business teams build without opening a ticket, while IT keeps full visibility into what's running, who has access, and what changed. Companies including Amazon, Stripe, DoorDash, Boeing, Adobe, Brex, Pfizer, and OpenAI run on Retool to build and govern internal applications, including apps generated with AI. Outcome Teams ship vibe-coded apps to production without a separate security review, because the governance was never missing in the first place. Start building for free at https://retool.com/ * * * Product Website Retool Seller [Retool](https://www.g2.com/sellers/retool) Discussions [Retool Community](https://www.g2.com/products/retool/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type All-in-One Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by Retool. ### Free Free [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/retool/pricing) ## Retool Integrations (13) What do users say about integrations? Verified by Retool [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Claude Code ](https://www.g2.com/products/anthropic-claude-code/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Cursor ](https://www.g2.com/products/cursor/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Email API ](https://www.g2.com/products/netcore-private-limited-email-api/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Gemini ](https://www.g2.com/products/ignite-enterprise-software-solutions-inc-gemini/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") GitHub ](https://www.g2.com/products/github/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") MongoDB Atlas ](https://www.g2.com/products/mongodb-atlas/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Notion ](https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") PostgreSQL ](https://www.g2.com/products/postgresql/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Python ](https://www.g2.com/products/python/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Strapi ](https://www.g2.com/products/strapi/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Stripe Payments ](https://www.g2.com/products/stripe-stripe-payments/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") VTEX Commerce Platform ](https://www.g2.com/products/vtex-commerce-platform/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") WhatsApp Business Platform ](https://www.g2.com/products/whatsapp-business-platform/reviews) Show More ![Sam S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sam S.") SS Sam S. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/14/2026 "Fast App Building with Customization Challenges" 4/5 What do you like best about Retool? 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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Retool? 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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Retool 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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Natalie D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Natalie D.") ND Natalie D. Director of Product Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/24/2026 "Empowers Team with User-Friendly Data Access" 4/5 What do you like best about Retool? 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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Retool? I think Retool could be a bit more user-friendly for non-technical folks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Retool 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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise. G2 IconValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![George K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "George K.") GK George K. Automation Consultant Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/10/2025 "A great tool for developers who want to leverage abstraction and built-in front-end components" 4/5 What do you like best about Retool? I really enjoy the variety of components that come inside the app editor. I like the fact that they focus on technical people (i.e. developers) who speak the same language, yet they empower them with the right features they need to build internal tools faster and seamlessly. Most things are customizable and easily managed with coding! Although I like to use niche tools each focused on solving a specific problem, I have been enjoying how Retool combines various elements of a platform development process (e.g. built-in dashboard, file storage, automation workflows and email). Their community forum and support are great, as a result of both contributing members and Retool experts! Moreover, their pricing plans are generous. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Retool? It can get quite pricey if you want to deploy an app to the public that is focused on external users. It is best for building internal tools. Even if I built an internal app, I would have liked to have the ability to share a public URL instead of inviting my colleagues to sign up and join. At the same time, I find that sometimes the app editor is lagging and could respond faster. Last but not least, I tried adding their Mapbox component, but I didn't have the option to customize it fully. I will need to develop one myself in React and then add it to my Retool app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you? It targets developers who want to build internal tools, dashboards and admin panels inside low-code platforms. The develop enjoys having the drag-and-drop feature. Otherwise as a developer I would have to either custom code it myself from scratch or use npm packages trying to architect various components together myself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Isaac M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Isaac M.") IM Isaac M. VP Engineering Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/1/2025 "Great tool to build internal tools UI" 4/5 What do you like best about Retool? I like that Retool strikes a great balance between low-code simplicity and flexibility — it lets you build quickly without code when needed, but still gives you the control to create better UIs when it matters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Retool? The pricing model is hard to make it work when your user base is big. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you? Our backend developers used to face a barrier when it came to contributing to our internal tools — they lacked the frontend expertise. With Retool, that’s no longer a limitation. They can now build and contribute to the tools they’ve always wanted, without needing to become frontend specialists. On top of that, we no longer need a dedicated team managing patching and frontend dependencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Vedant T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vedant T.") VT Vedant T. SDE Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/13/2024 "Retool and recommendation" 4/5 What do you like best about Retool? Its ability to handle the complex data patterns and displaying it in very efficient manner. It provides easy to use UI to start with creative dashboards. Integration with Rest API, Google spreadsheets etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Retool? As it has lots of features sometime it is difficult to have the idea of all features immediately. For example i didn't knew that i can write python code in the workflow and run it using a different input feature as workflow and display it in the ui for user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you? As retool is efficient to build the interactive dashboards it helps in displaying the complex table data and api response in proper and well created UI. It all handles the data and user to customize the errors and data restrictions can be set by user. Upto what extent data should be displayed. Different functions can be written to handle google sheets and run python code for understanding the user requirements. For me it resolved the problem of complex data to display easily and in dynamic way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Anthony M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Anthony M.") AM Anthony M. Head of Product Marketing and Advertising Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/17/2025 "Useful for Internal Tools" 4/5 What do you like best about Retool? Easy to access Rest APIs and BigQuery quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Retool? The UI is a bit bland compared to some competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you? I needed to connect data from BigQuery to Postgres data sources. The tool is helpful for this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AJ Andrew J. Founder / CEO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/23/2024 "Powerful, flexible and reasonably easy to use" 4/5 What do you like best about Retool? It has provided me the functionality I needed to create a small photo asset management database to assist with web site product sales without a huge price tag of database software. I've found it very flexible and powerful with a large number of integrations and options needed. The forums are very helpful and the documention is also good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Retool? It is sometimes difficult to get the code and scripting correct for what I am needing, but this is likely more due to my lack of knowledge than the platform. Some parts of the UI (mainly arround the modal and home areas) I have found a little confusing and could possibly be made simpler. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you? Photo asset management - tag and description management mainly. This is to prepare the images for sale in a Shopify storefront. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Consumer Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Consumer Services") UC Verified User in Consumer Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/30/2025 "It's been good, it works for the work I'm doing." 4/5 What do you like best about Retool? For creating mvp visualizations it is very good. It works great with integrations to different applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Retool? If you could have a guide for documentation for new users or maybe have a wizard to guide, for that you can contact Atom ;) . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you? Create mvps for AI work. It communicates well with different environments and works well for me for that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Marketing and Advertising](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Marketing and Advertising") AM Verified User in Marketing and Advertising Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/27/2025 "Retool is a great tool to write your low-code/no-code app." 4/5 What do you like best about Retool? Retool has a lot of handy features that you can use instead of writing them from scratch. Saving us hours of work in a few drag-and-drop and low-code adjustments. We use it every day, and it's super easy to use and implement compared to alternatives like Tableau. The integration was super fast, and we stopped paying for other third-party tools for our platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Retool? I think their backlog has a lot of feature requests and they are slow on deploying them. Their AI coder could be better. Customer support could be more handy and fast. Their built-in features could be much more customizable, it makes us use a lot of custom nodes, which are fine but very hard to handle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you? Delivering easy to use platform to our customers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Felipe P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Felipe P.") FP Felipe P. Senior Data Scientist Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/23/2024 "Retool is an excelent tool to create flexible dashboards" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Retool? I like the flexibility of the platform, as it allows you to fetch data from a wide variety of sources and manipulate the results on the fly using JS. I also like the flexibility of the graphs that one can build, as retool exposes the pyplot API that gives you further flexibility when it comes to the kinds of graphs you can make. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Retool? I personally think that Retool should add support for more data sources that are still missing, or give the ability to add custom sources by setting up calls via a client (such as a JS or Python client) with the appropriate drivers. This is an actual bottleneck to using the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Retool solving and how is that benefiting you? The problem that Retool solves for me is being able to put together dashboards that empower our stakeholders to make data driven decisions. It is a platform where development is fast and deployment of changes is trivial, making iteration really easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ## Questions about Retool? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Retool ](https://www.g2.com/products/retool/discussions/new) GU Guest User • Last activity almost 3 years ago What is Retool used for? 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-retool-used-for) ![Veltson B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Veltson B.") VB Veltson Bastien • Last activity almost 4 years ago How do I populate a table as I'm running a query? 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-i-populate-a-table-as-i-m-running-a-query) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/retool/discuss) ## Pricing Options Pricing provided by Retool. ### Free Free ### Business $50.00 ### Enterprise Contact Us [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/retool/pricing) Retool Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_aab77c0248895bef22781874141e5a39/outsystems.png "Product Avatar Image") OutSystems 4.5/5(1,801) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/outsystems-vs-retool) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_c46705e9deb5dace00e9205954bb4fc1/superblocks.png "Product Avatar Image") Superblocks 4.7/5(190) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/retool-vs-superblocks) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_a0c0df848f7bec900334406179f9beaf/bubble.png "Product Avatar Image") Bubble 4.4/5(166) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/bubble-vs-retool) ##### ##### Retool Features Application Design UI Code Extending Programming Code Extending Customized Branding Data Control Data Migration Data Synchronization Data Security Publishing Application Deployment Platform Compatability Lifecycle Management Functionality Ease of Use Customization Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/retool/features) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Superblocks](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Superblocks") Superblocks 4.7/5(190) ](https://www.g2.com/products/superblocks/reviews) [ ![OutSystems](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "OutSystems") OutSystems 4.5/5(1,801) ](https://www.g2.com/products/outsystems/reviews) [ ![DronaHQ](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "DronaHQ") DronaHQ 4.4/5(39) ](https://www.g2.com/products/dronahq/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/retool/competitors/alternatives) ##### Categories on G2 [AI App Builder](https://www.g2.com/categories/ai-app-builder)[Low-Code Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/low-code-development-platforms)[Application Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-development-platforms) [AI App Builder](https://www.g2.com/categories/ai-app-builder)[Low-Code Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/low-code-development-platforms)[Application Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-development-platforms)[Drag and Drop App Builder](https://www.g2.com/categories/drag-and-drop-app-builder)[Digital Process Automation (DPA)](https://www.g2.com/categories/digital-process-automation-dpa) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);) ##### Explore More [Which .NET IDE tools have the strongest user adoption rates with minimal team training requirements?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-net-ide-tools-have-the-strongest-user-adoption-rates-with-minimal-team-training-requirements)[Is Veeam Data Platform worth it as an IT resilience orchestration platform for an enterprise team that needs combined backup, DR orchestration, and ransomware recovery, or does Zerto cover the same failover automation with less overhead?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-veeam-data-platform-worth-it-as-an-it-resilience-orchestration-platform-for-an-enterprise-team-that-needs-combined-backup-dr-orchestration-and-ransomware-recovery-or-does-zerto-cover-the-same-failover-automation-with-less-overhead)[User-friendly digital signage software solutions](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-most-user-friendly-digital-signage-software-solutions) [Best IAM software for enterprise security](https://www.g2.com/discussions/can-you-recommend-the-best-identity-and-access-management-software-for-enterprise-security)[What's the best fleet tracking service for logistics company](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-s-the-best-fleet-tracking-service-for-logistics-company)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/retool/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)