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AppMaster.io vs. Retool

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AppMaster.io
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
AppMaster.io is a no-code platform designed to help businesses create production-level applications with code generation: backend, web, and native mobile apps. What types of apps are supported? Server applications (backend), web applications (admin panels and client portals - frontend), mobile applications (native for IOS and Android) What technology is used to create the…N/A
Retool
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Retool is a UI software component library presenting a fast way to build custom internal tools, from the company of the same name in San Francisco, California.
$10
per month per user
Pricing
AppMaster.ioRetool
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Team
$10
per month per user
Business
$50
per month per user
Enterprise
Custom Quote
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppMaster.ioRetool
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
AppMaster.ioRetool
Considered Both Products
AppMaster.io
Chose AppMaster.io
Wide functionality allows you to implement complex projects. The server back-end is very easy to communicate with applications. And there are a lot of additional integration modules with external services.
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Anna Romanova
Chief Product Officer
Chose AppMaster.io
These alternatives have some of the things we need - like API endpoints and/or offline deployment, but for us, AppMaster.io turned out to be a single pill for all our pains. We've built 2 apps and 3 dashboards all connected to the same database and over 23 business scenarios …
Chose AppMaster.io
The main strength of AppMaster.io in comparison to Bubble is its more vivid and logical data models and business logic design. Thus, AppMaster helps better understanding the overall logic as well as specific details of the projects being developed.
Retool
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Retool
We selected Retool because it offers the best balance of usability and power compared to alternatives like Appsmith, ToolJet, and OutSystems. It allows us to build much faster, with broad integrations and strong enterprise features like permissions and environment management. …
Features
AppMaster.ioRetool
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
AppMaster.io
8.3
Ratings
1% below category average
Retool
8.2
Ratings
3% below category average
Visual Modeling9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces9.10 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Platform Security9.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Platform User Management7.30 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Reusability7.30 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Platform Scalability8.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AppMaster.ioRetool
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppMaster.ioRetool
Likelihood to Recommend
You can create a full-fledged mobile application that other people will use
Nikita Nosolenko | TrustRadius Reviewer
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If you need to build an admin panel or any other backend system, Retool is the right tool for you.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
  • Visualization of business process logic development
  • Visualization of data objects and their interrelationships design
  • Overall friendly and logically well structured interface
EB
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  • Ease of use - someone with small amount of experience can use it.
  • Adaptability - you can build a lot of things with it.
  • Reliability - works quite well.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cons
  • Would love to see more design flexibility.
  • Would love to see more templates and presets.
AR
Anna Romanova
Chief Product Officer
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  • Some Retool apps can become slow to load or refresh.
  • When multiple team members work on the same app, changes can overwrite each other or break functionality.
  • The UI/UX is pretty basic.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Usability
No answers on this topic
Because even though it is quite intuitive it is not the best tool I have ever seen.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Support Rating
Very quick replies, very thorough answers, they help with even the smallest cases and always are there when you have even the most stupid questions.
AR
Anna Romanova
Chief Product Officer
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No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
These alternatives have some of the things we need - like API endpoints and/or offline deployment, but for us, AppMaster.io turned out to be a single pill for all our pains. We've built 2 apps and 3 dashboards all connected to the same database and over 23 business scenarios with the business process editor. And we did not have to use any other tool.
AR
Anna Romanova
Chief Product Officer
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We selected Retool because it offers the best balance of usability and power compared to alternatives like Appsmith, ToolJet, and OutSystems. It allows us to build much faster, with broad integrations and strong enterprise features like permissions and environment management. Competing tools were either too limited, required more engineering effort. Overall, retool support has been decent too.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
  • Possibility to develop the product in-house.
Andrey Andreev | TrustRadius Reviewer
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  • Good ROI to give our teams the data they need.
  • Some dashboards can be slow so it can take more time/ bandwidth.
  • As apps grow more complex, troubleshooting logic or query dependencies can be time-consuming.
Verified User
Anonymous
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