Retool Customer Reviews 2026 | Low-Code Development Tools

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Retool

Composite Score

7.6 /10

CX Score

8.0 /10

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What is Retool?

Retool is a low-code platform that offers the ease of visual programming with the power and flexibility of real code. With Retool, you can stop wrestling with UI libraries, hacking together data sources, and figuring out access controls. Retool is the fast way to build your own custom internal tools and apps that move your business forward.

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Awards & Recognition

Retool won the following awards in the Low-Code Development Tools category

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Latest Award, 2026

4 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2025

Retool Ratings

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85 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+96 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Retool?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Backend Coding and Scripting

Application Security

Cross-Platform Deployment

Application Inventory and Dashboard

Audit Trail

End to End Lifecycle Management

GUI Application Designer

Vendor Community and Marketplace

Automated Delivery Pipeline

Collaboration

Plug-and-Play Architecture

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Retool Reviews

Ramgopal V.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Best LCD Platform for Quick Development of Apps

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Retool from other similar products?

The platform serves as our focal point when discussing digital transformation. In addition, we can quickly prototype several apps to see if our company needs them. If a project is properly structured, low code can help it be completed more quickly. I found that using Retool made it easier for me to design applications quickly, especially for mobile devices.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The application lifecycle management of the platform is great, particularly with its CI/CD capabilities. It offers excellent learning pathways and documentation, making learning simple and accessible to everybody. With a few pre-made connections, Retool may be integrated with a wide range of other systems and databases. It is always actively pushing new tools and working through the forum to collaborate with all of the members. It features a sizable community with several forging components where we can quickly acquire answers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Smaller clients should not utilize it since they are not prepared to pay a significant amount to the server. I've had some problems with header injection. I believe that open support cases are not thoroughly resolved by support personnel.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would gladly suggest this program since it allows me to work on many apps with ease and saves me a ton of time. Retool has excellent usability. It keeps up with the rate at which business and technology are changing.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Fernando P.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Great reporting tool!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Retool from other similar products?

The level of customization: you can use javascript to create custom charts. You can join different data sources i.e MySQL with an API call to pull more data. You can define a query library to reuse any query.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The level of customization

What do you dislike most about this product?

It doesn't has a pixel perfect reports option i.e to do a invoice template

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Amazing report tool to display charts, metrics, etc. even to add options like insert/update records from your form

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Intuitive and incredible tool for compact coding

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features

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Retool Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+96 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Retool?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Backend Coding and Scripting The ability to write, modify and configure the source code or scripts of the application.

Application Security Capability to build and enforce security mechanisms to ensure application confidentiality, privacy, integrity and availability.

Cross-Platform Deployment Ability to build applications that are functional and accessible on multiple user devices and platforms (e.g. mobile phones, tablets, websites).

Application Inventory and Dashboard A list of applications built and deployed by the solution. Out-of-the-box and customizable KPIs and metrics measure the system performance, value and usage.

Audit Trail View all previous activity including any recent edits and user access.

End to End Lifecycle Management The solution provides workflows, versioning, recovery and rollback, and other support capabilities to ensure the applications' continuous operations.

GUI Application Designer Drag-and-drop models, widgets, UI and functional components to define an application’s data models, business logic, user interfaces, etc.

Vendor Community and Marketplace A public or private forum or store where developers can buy or share out-of-the-box templates, widgets, plug-ins, application functions, and integrations.

Automated Delivery Pipeline Applications are automatically built, tested and deployed according to the UI and workflow designs, parameters and constraints defined in the designer.

Collaboration Allows multiple users to comment on, mark-up, annotate, or edit artifacts. Provides team sites, workspaces or other landing areas that enhance productivity.

Plug-and-Play Architecture Solution provide out-of-the-box plug-ins and connectors and REST APIs for customized integrations with third-party applications, databases and services.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Retool Reviews

Ramgopal V.

Best LCD Platform for Quick Development of Apps

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Fernando P.

Great reporting tool!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Intuitive and incredible tool for compact coding

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Backend Coding and Scripting

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