Budibase vs. Retool Comparison


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About At Budibase, we offer the best development experience with an obsessive focus on application design. Budibase enables everybody to design like professionals. Create apps that work perfectly across mobile, tablet, and desktop. And update the theme of your app with 2 clicks. Build powerful, custom forms for any scenario including multi-step forms, public forms, surveys, and more. Change your user interface based on app conditions. Ensure certain groups of people can only access certain screens. With our open source platform, application data never has to leave your infrastructure. Deploy via Kubernetes, Docker, Digital Ocean. Or choose the Budibase Cloud and let Budibase manage everything for you. Host with Budibase and let us manage everything for you - easiest and quickest way.		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.
		Why Retool is Better than Budibase Retool is better than Budibase for companies seeking a mature, unified platform that can support internal apps, workflow automation, mobile experiences, external applications, databases, and AI agents at scale. Budibase is a capable open-source platform for internal tools and workflows, but Retool provides a broader development environment and a more extensive ecosystem for connecting, deploying, managing, and governing applications. It is especially compelling for larger teams that want one standardized internal software platform. See more
Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported		Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Developers searching for an open-source low-code platform		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 Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported		Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported		API Offers API Supported
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Pricing $30 per month Free Version Supported Free Trial Not Supported		Pricing $10 per user per month Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 4.0 / 5 features 4.0 / 5 design 4.0 / 5 support 2.0 / 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 Free as it is as it was open source. Deliver with ability to host on your own with Docker, Kubernetes or on Digital Ocean cloud. Automation capability for each row created. Cons Support and documentation need to improve as this might help user on develop their no-code web app.		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 Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported		Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported
Company Information Budibase budibase.com		Company Information Retool Founded: 2017 United States retool.com
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Categories App Makers Supported No-Code Development Supported Online Form Builders Supported Workflow Management Supported		Categories Agentic AI Supported AI Agent Builders Supported AI Agents Supported AI App Generators Supported AI Automation Supported AI Code Generators Supported AI Coding Agents Supported AI Coding Assistants Supported AI Development Supported AI IDEs Supported AI Mobile App Builders Supported App Design Supported App Makers Supported Application Development Supported Database Supported Database Clients Supported Drag and Drop App Builders Supported IDE Supported Low-Code Development Supported Mobile App Development Supported MongoDB GUI Clients Supported No-Code Development Supported PostgreSQL GUI Clients Supported Rapid Application Development (RAD) Supported Vibe Coding Supported Web App Development Supported Workflow Management Supported
		No-Code Development Features AI-Assisted Development Not Supported Business Process Automation Supported Collaborative Development Supported Data Aggregation and Publishing Supported Deployment Management Supported Drag & Drop Supported Integrations Management Supported Iteration Management Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Requirements Management Supported Templates Supported Visual Modeling Supported Web / Mobile App Development Supported Workflow Management Supported Show More Features App Design Features Change Management Supported Collaboration Supported Design Templates Supported Drag & Drop Supported Feature Library Supported Prototyping Supported Testing Management Supported Visual Interface Supported Low-Code Development Features AI-Assisted Development Not Supported Business Process Automation Supported Collaborative Development Supported Data Aggregation and Publishing Supported Deployment Management Supported Drag & Drop Supported Integrations Management Supported Iteration Management Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Requirements Management Supported Templates Supported Visual Modeling Supported Web / Mobile App Development Supported Workflow Management Supported
Integrations Active Directory Supported Amazon DynamoDB Supported Amazon S3 Supported Apache CouchDB Supported Docker Supported Elasticsearch Supported Google Sheets Supported Kubernetes Supported MongoDB Supported MySQL Supported Oracle Database Supported PostgreSQL Supported SQL Server Supported Airtable Supported Claude Code Not Supported Denodo Not Supported Indent Not Supported Vertica Not Supported Zapier Supported journy.io Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 24 Integrations		Integrations Active Directory Supported Amazon DynamoDB Supported Amazon S3 Supported Apache CouchDB Supported Docker Supported Elasticsearch Supported Google Sheets Supported Kubernetes Supported MongoDB Supported MySQL Supported Oracle Database Supported PostgreSQL Supported SQL Server Supported Airtable Not Supported Claude Code Supported Denodo Supported Indent Supported Vertica Supported Zapier Not Supported journy.io Supported Show More Integrations View All 46 Integrations
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