Retool: What It Is, Pricing & Alternatives

Overview

Retool is a low-code platform aimed at developers who build internal tools such as admin panels, dashboards and operations consoles on top of existing databases and APIs. Builders drag pre-built components onto a canvas and wire them to SQL queries, REST or GraphQL endpoints and JavaScript, and the platform also offers workflows, agents and a hosted database.

Retool prices builders and end users separately. Team costs US$10 per builder and US$5 per internal user per month billed annually; Business costs US$50 per builder and US$15 per internal user, with external users free up to 50 and then metered from US$8 down to US$4 per user per month^[12]. A free plan supports up to five users with 500 workflow runs and 5 GB of database storage a month, but excludes external users, audit logs, Git source control and SSO^[12].

Self-hosting in a customer’s own VPC, including air-gapped deployment, is available only on Enterprise^[12]. Retool is less suited to non-technical builders than form-based tools, and governance features such as granular roles and audit logs require paid tiers^[12].

What Retool does

Drag-and-drop components connected to SQL and APIs
JavaScript for custom logic
Workflows and AI agents
Hosted Retool database
Self-hosting on Enterprise
Free plan for up to five users

Retool pricing

Free (up to 5 users). Team US$10 per builder and US$5 per internal user per month (annual; US$12/US$7 monthly). Business US$50 per builder and US$15 per internal user (annual; US$65/US$18 monthly), external users metered above 50. Enterprise custom, including self-hosting.