Retool
Build internal tools and admin panels 10x faster
Retool is the fastest way to build internal tools, admin panels, and dashboards. It connects to any database or API and provides drag-and-drop components with custom JavaScript for complex logic.
Editor rating is our overall editorial judgment of the tool, out of 5. It is not a test score and not a user-review average. Ratings have not been re-scored since the tool was listed here. The reasons are in Best for and Pros & cons below.
No coding needed. You can try it in the browser.
Best for
Pros & cons
✓ Pros
✗ What this won't do
Use cases
Building customer support dashboards
Creating data admin panels
Order management interfaces
Ops team workflow tools
Load sample data
Sign in to Retool, open Retool Database and upload a CSV file, such as the tutorial's sample_customers.csv. Click Create table.
Create an app
Go to Apps and click Create new, then App. Open the Code tab and add a resource query that reads your table.
Show it in a table
Right-click the canvas, click Add component and choose Table. The table shows the rows your query returns.
Keep the table fresh
When you add a query that saves changes, give it a Success event handler that refreshes table1. Otherwise the table keeps showing the old data.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Retool (current) | No-Code | 4.5 | Free (5 users) / from $10/user/mo |
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