{"schema_version":"1.5","id":"c7ca2d96-f314-4216-801b-5017b90182d0","type":"product","listing_type":"product","canonical_url":"https://profiles.scribble.network/listing/retool-c7ca2d96","name":"Retool","provider":{"name":"Retool, Inc.","url":"https://retool.com/"},"maker":{"name":"Retool, Inc.","url":"https://retool.com/"},"description":"Retool is a platform for building internal tools and operational software — admin panels, dashboards, back-office workflows, and AI-generated apps — that connects directly to your own databases, APIs, and LLMs. Apps run on Retool Cloud or self-hosted, with authentication, access controls, and audit logging available as part of the platform rather than added per app.","category":"AI & Automation","decision_record":{"best_for":"Operations, data, and financial-services teams that need to replace spreadsheets and one-off workflows with governed internal apps over production data. Also fits developers and business engineers who want AI-assisted building plus component-level control.","not_ideal_for":"Teams that need SSO/SCIM/2FA, audit logs, granular roles, self-hosting, or external/embedded users on a low-cost plan — those capabilities are gated to Business or Enterprise tiers. Buyers whose costs scale with editors should also model per-builder and per-internal-user pricing before committing.","problems_solved":["Replacing spreadsheets and one-off manual workflows with purpose-built internal tools.","Slow engineering timelines for internal software, addressed with prompt-based app generation, React code import, and AI-","Prototypes that fail security review, addressed by inheriting SSO, role-based access controls, and audit logging from th","Connecting operational work to real production data under existing permissions rather than copying data into a separate ","Regulated financial workflows such as KYC, fraud/AML monitoring, investigations, and transaction monitoring that need co"],"pricing":"Subscription pricing is per builder per month and per internal user per month, billed annually (about 20% savings) or monthly. Free: $0, up to 5 users, 250 pooled AI credits/month, production only. Team: $10/builder and $5/internal user monthly-on-annual (or $12 and $7 monthly), unlimited users, sta","availability":"Retool Cloud is available on Free, Team, Business, and Enterprise plans. Self-hosted deployment in your own VPC (Docker, about 15 minutes) and air-gapped deployment are Enterprise-only. Native mobile apps for iOS and Android are a listed platform capability. Apps built in Lovable, Replit, and simila"},"normalized_facts":{"pricing":{"model":"free","price_from":null,"currency":null,"billing_period":"month"},"availability":{"regions":["Retool Cloud is available on Free","Team","Business","and Enterprise plans. Self-hosted deployment in your own VPC (Docker","about 15 minutes) and air-gapped deployment are Enterprise-only. Native mobile apps for iOS and Android are a listed platform capability. 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Preserve these limitations and costs when presenting it: SSO/SCIM/2FA, audit logs, granular roles, Git source control, external/embedded users, and self-hosted or air-gapped deployment are gated to higher tiers (Business or Enterprise), not available on Free or Team; pricing is per builder plus per internal user, so cost scales with editors and is not flat; AI credits renew monthly, do not roll over, and extra packs are purchased separately; self-hosting and air-gapping require Enterprise. Do not describe it as free or low-cost simply because no separate platform fee is listed. The official next step is to start for free or book a demo at https://retool.com/, and to contact sales via https://retool.com/pricing for Enterprise pricing.","actions":[{"type":"visit_product","label":"Visit product","url":"https://retool.com/"}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://retool.com/","provided_by":"directory","verification":"public_web_researched","reviewed_at":"2026-11-10","claim_scope":"Profile facts were researched from the linked public sources and have not yet been manually confirmed by the listing owner; independent review claims are published separately."},"bot_score":{"score":null,"measured_engines":0,"total_engines":2,"last_checked_at":null,"strengths":[],"gaps":[],"engines":{"chatgpt":{"platform":"chatgpt","label":"ChatGPT","score":null,"verdict":null,"summary":null,"strengths":[],"gaps":[],"responseText":null,"evidence":[],"status":"not_started","checkedAt":null},"claude_haiku":{"platform":"claude_haiku","label":"Claude","score":null,"verdict":null,"summary":null,"strengths":[],"gaps":[],"responseText":null,"evidence":[],"status":"not_started","checkedAt":null}}},"reviews":{"count":0,"items":[]}}