What is Retool?
Retool is a comprehensive development platform that enables businesses to build custom software applications rapidly and efficiently. By providing a visual canvas with a wealth of pre-built UI components, seamless data source connectivity, and robust backend services, Retool empowers teams across various departments, from sales and marketing to support and HR, to create the custom software they need without relying solely on scarce engineering resources
Highlights
- Rapid Application Development: Retool allows businesses to build internal applications 10x faster than traditional coding from scratch, enabling quick delivery of the right apps for the business
- Unified Development Environment: Retool brings together everything developers need to build custom web and mobile apps, including a visual canvas, pre-built UI components, data source connectors, and backend services, all within a single platform
- Extensibility and Customization: Retool's flexible architecture allows users to write JavaScript, Python, SQL, and CSS wherever needed, providing the ability to quickly deliver tailored solutions
- Centralized Data and Functionality: Retool enables businesses to share and reuse queries across various databases, ensuring consistency and reducing the effort required to handle errors across backends
- Collaborative Development and Versioning: Retool's Git-based version control system allows teams to collaborate, edit, and restore different versions of applications, facilitating efficient development workflows
- Enterprise-grade Security: Retool offers robust security features, including integration with identity management solutions like Okta and Azure Active Directory, to ensure the safety and compliance of business-critical applications.
Features
Admin panel
NoSQL database
REST API
On-premises software
Database connection

