Adalo vs. Retool Comparison


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About Turn Your Startup Idea Into Reality Without Coding! Gone are the days of searching for the perfect developer to bring your ideas to life. Automatically add interactions and database configuration without any code... or if you’ve already got your API, Adalo can integrate with that. Gone are the days of searching for the perfect developer to bring your ideas to life. Automatically add interactions and database configuration without any code... or if you’ve already got your API, Adalo can integrate with that. The best makers iterate the fastest. Now you can afford to. After hiring designers and developers, most entrepreneurs don’t have any money left to iterate on their products, so they cross their fingers and hope. With Adalo, you’re in complete control to add, adjust, or even build a new app. Our company is named after Ada Lovelace, widely considered to be the world’s first computer programmer.		About Retool is the AI-native enterprise app development platform where teams build and ship production-ready apps — at AI speed, with enterprise governance built in. Describe what you need and get a working app, import React-based apps from Lovable, Replit, or Claude Code, or connect your AI agent via MCP. However your team builds, every app lands in Retool with RBAC, SSO, audit logging, and your existing permissions already in place. Retool connects to databases, APIs, LLMs, and external tools out of the box. Teams can build AI agents, dashboards, workflows, and full-stack apps — with a visual editor for speed and direct code access for precision. Trusted by over 10,000 organizations including Amazon, Stripe, DoorDash, and OpenAI to get AI-built apps safely to production.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook		Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Developers needing a no-code platform to build web and mobile apps		Audience Data teams, engineers, and operations teams at startups and enterprises looking to rapidly build secure, AI-powered internal tools that integrate with their existing systems
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online		Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API		API Offers API
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Pricing No information available. Free Version Free Trial		Pricing $10 per user per month Free Version Free Trial
Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.0 / 5 ease 4.0 / 5 features 3.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 3.0 / 5 Read all reviews		Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews
Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros From a no code perspective, they are pretty true to what they state. The interface is good and their "magic text" feature is actually very good as it relates to incorporating complex logic into your app. They have a good marketplace of sample apps to get started and modify. Cons They sometimes lack features that aren't logical for a mobile app. For example, with their native dialog message sharing feature (sending text messages) they send a link to the file but not the actual image file. They also support certain IAP, but they don't have subscriptions completed yet which seems like a miss. Their support and communication with their community seems to be pretty slow or lacking, I've seen a lot of complaints from their community that they aren't listening on product changes requested.		Pros from Real Users Pros For our internal workflows and tooling, we now use retool for everything. It is super easy and quick to get our critical operations workflows built. Excellent support from their team too!
Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person		Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person
Company Information Apto Labs Apto Labs www.adalo.com		Company Information Retool Founded: 2017 United States retool.com
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Categories Mobile App Development No-Code Development Web App Development		Categories Agentic AI AI Agent Builders AI Agents AI App Generators AI Automation AI Code Generators AI Coding Agents AI Coding Assistants AI Development AI IDEs AI Mobile App Builders App Design App Makers Application Development Database Database Clients Drag and Drop App Builders IDE Low-Code Development Mobile App Development MongoDB GUI Clients No-Code Development PostgreSQL GUI Clients Rapid Application Development (RAD) Vibe Coding Web App Development Workflow Management
		No-Code Development Features AI-Assisted Development Business Process Automation Collaborative Development Data Aggregation and Publishing Deployment Management Drag & Drop Integrations Management Iteration Management Performance Monitoring Requirements Management Templates Visual Modeling Web / Mobile App Development Workflow Management Show More Features App Design Features Change Management Collaboration Design Templates Drag & Drop Feature Library Prototyping Testing Management Visual Interface Low-Code Development Features AI-Assisted Development Business Process Automation Collaborative Development Data Aggregation and Publishing Deployment Management Drag & Drop Integrations Management Iteration Management Performance Monitoring Requirements Management Templates Visual Modeling Web / Mobile App Development Workflow Management
Integrations AccessOwl Nocode HQ Stackreaction ToDesktop Xano CoAlias Cursor Firebase Google Cloud BigQuery Mailtrap Oracle Database PostgreSQL Progressier Redis SQL Server Snowflake Tailor Zoho Directory journy.io n8n Show More Integrations View All 18 Integrations		Integrations AccessOwl Nocode HQ Stackreaction ToDesktop Xano CoAlias Cursor Firebase Google Cloud BigQuery Mailtrap Oracle Database PostgreSQL Progressier Redis SQL Server Snowflake Tailor Zoho Directory journy.io n8n Show More Integrations View All 46 Integrations
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