Retool

Avantages

Everything. They're always adding new features, the AI support is great, the integrations are world-class, it's always easy to add new integrations they don't have, and their webinars and material make it easy to stay on the cutting edge. On top of that, their embedded apps make it easy to deploy new features in beta to end users and see how they use them, iterating rapidly before committing to a full build.

Inconvénients

The UI can get a little cumbersome and slow, but that's mostly due to the complexity they're managing.

Avantages

We were using a google sheet with app script to track all our internal metrics, it was cumbersome and at the end not flexible at all.
The separation between, connectors, data and layout is amazing in retool.
I did a complete dashboard with ~10 datasources in 24h

Inconvénients

I would love to have the ability to make paginated API call without JS function which need to be run manually.

Avantages

I think the pricing is a little bit okay for a single user in a month and it also has a free trial
Good for training in person and online and can connect to any data sources with it's API
Also good for documentation of different informations in one source.

Inconvénients

I have to start it several times thinking it's my internet connection that is faulty or having a problem not knowing it's the software that is a bit too slow on its self

Avantages

The variety of components to build out a quick UI make for easy implementation that is modern and user friendly. Connecting to data and writing queries is seamless, and there is a good balance of abstraction but flexibility to write code when needed.

Inconvénients

Manually implementing CRUD operations for each table. Having native actions already enabled on the table based on the source of data would be great and save time building.

Avantages

the ease of filtering the exact data that i need

Inconvénients

sometimes when the rows are more, it take time

Avantages

Retool makes it easy for us to customize testing

Inconvénients

No cons, it is very easy to set up and use

Avantages

Efficiency, speed, and accuracy. We no longer spend countless hours building and rebuilding our internal system.

Inconvénients

I haven't found any yet😊,

Avantages

it integrates with alot of custom fields to our sales process and gives a great detailed overview of the customer's journey.

Inconvénients

I feel like some fields could be more detailed, for ex. what triggers actions to block certain user.

Avantages

Interfaces with salesforce and has a great product management dashboard

Inconvénients

Its pretty slow and the UX isnt the best

Avantages

Love being able to build in Retool without coding knowledge, and seamlessly leverage data from various sources.

Inconvénients

Nothing to mention at this time. All positive so far far.

Avantages

Its ease of use and low barrier to entry but is extensible using python and/or javascript. The scope for integrations is great and the fledgling community forum is a useful place for assistance and inspiration.

Inconvénients

The changes to the licensing model in the last year encourage anti-patterns of large and complicated workflows vs small atomic workflows.
The lack of API signing is a frustration, and the lack of custom credential management makes working around the lack of signing risky.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Retool

Avantages

The fact I build my own admin tools, connecting to so many data sources, from MongoDB, Firebase, FaunaDB as well as Stripe, enabled me to get up and running in record time. This alone is great but with the added workflow automations, apis, and custom javascript you can implement in any step of the process, Retool has become an essential part of my business.

Inconvénients

The mobile app / web app build interfaces are completely separate and could be better intergrated.

Avantages

With Retool I was able to see the changes on our customer's performances quickly. The data are real time and easy to read. I was also able to tell if the fitness equipment they are using are faulty. Hence, it let me pinpoint were the issue is coming from.

Inconvénients

When I use the search box and it loads, sometimes I would need to refresh the data fields as well because the last data for a different customer/client is still there.

Avantages

It's super easy to use, and I can quickly access a customer's device identification, which is a real plus! What's even better is that it doesn't hog up much RAM, and it offers a variety of features to fine-tune user permissions for each customer. It's a win-win!

Inconvénients

Nothing so far! It's convenient and super fun to use!

Avantages

I like how you can easily track member's historical data in correlation to their Max HR by filtering certain categories. You can also sort it - just however you think would be best for you to review one's data. It also queries faster now than before.

Inconvénients

I think it would be great to have a feature that shows who made what changes for everyone's visibility. This can easily manage or address gaps and knowledge opportunity

Avantages

Its ability to streamline and simplify the process of building internal tools for various purposes . Plus, its user-friendly interface makes it accessible to a wide range of users, not just developers.

Inconvénients

Mastering some of its more advanced functionalities could require a bit of a learning curve for users who are new to the platform

Avantages

Retool offers various features to like about, the top features are support for drag and drop components, Web Based Development console, multiple integrations with various third party services are the features we are mostly used in retool.

Inconvénients

Retool has all the features we required to build the internal tools, But when it comes to pricing retool is not an affordable option and it is not flexible with the pricing too.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Retool

Avantages

The tools are really friendly and easy to access.

Inconvénients

All are really good and there is no option so that I can point here to be least liked.

Avantages

We use retool for almost all of our internal workflows. It's amazing how powerful this system is.

Inconvénients

It would be nice to be able to build client-facing functionality.

Avantages

It provides outstanding templates and integration services.

Inconvénients

It is a little slow and sometimes get stuck while working on it.

Avantages

Retool is a dashboard we use to handle customer queries that comes to us from the web contact us form. We are easily able to segregate the date and download it.

Inconvénients

This web tool cannot be syn with our internal product for example Respond to redirect our queries straight to the chatting platform

Avantages

We build a no-code admin portal for our users to enable/disable certain features and provide support for our customers. We are a startup and dynamically need to build something from the ground up. We already have Google firebase firestore as our database just for that reason and building an Admin/support portal for our client has helped us keep the application itself clean with minimum settings and improve our UX while cutting costs by a lot.
We even configured custom events for notifications directly to our customers' mobiles where it was needed with very minimal code.

Inconvénients

Not managing the queries properly become a hurdle for new people onboarded to find the right option or setting in shortest time, which partially was our fault for not making correct tabs.

Avantages

I like their website and intuitive UI the most. It is easy to understand and has many building blocks that help me create the complete UI by dragging and dropping. Moreover, I was able to connect to multiple databases using REST & GraphQL which made my life easier. They support a large number of native integrations like MySQL, Google Sheets, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, AWSLamda, and much more. For custom code, I was easily able to write queries on their tool and save them for future implementation.

Inconvénients

No cons identified so far. It is the best tool if you know little bit of coding, and it helps you develop tools very quickly.

Avantages

The fundamental ability to quickly create apps and help the internal team to operate in a more efficient manner is extremely good.

Inconvénients

The UI and UX is extremely basic. It feels like I'm in a 90s movie manoeuvring through it.

Avantages

Very easy and quick to build and deploy. Lot's of great elements. Constant improvements and new features.

Inconvénients

It's really hard to find something to complain about. Maybe the development for mobile (the old one, not the one in beta for native mobile apps)... I usually build for desktop and then basically have to do everything again in the layout (and its implications) for mobile.