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Active Admin vs. Retool

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Active Admin
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Active Admin is a framework for creating administration style interfaces. It abstracts common business application patterns to make it simpler for developers to implement beautiful and elegant interfaces with very little effort. Active Admin is free and open source under an MIT license.
$0
Retool
Score 8.5 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
Active AdminRetool
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
Active AdminRetool
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Active AdminRetool
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Active Admin
-
Ratings
Retool
6.9
3 Ratings
20% below category average
Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Platform Security00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
Platform User Management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Reusability00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Platform Scalability00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
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User Ratings
Active AdminRetool
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Active AdminRetool
Likelihood to Recommend
Open Source
No answers on this topic
Retool
Works well in: Connecting directly to databases and APIs holding candidate data. Allows teams to easily drill into records from different data sources. Quick to build dashboards. It wouldn't work well without a team to actually get it set up. There is limited design/ branding, making it look very basic. Your team requires training because data can be overwritten easily. Having some knowledge with your whole team is super important, and if you work with contractors or non-tech people, this can be a huge issue.
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Pros
Open Source
No answers on this topic
Retool
  • 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.
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Cons
Open Source
No answers on this topic
Retool
  • 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.
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Usability
Open Source
No answers on this topic
Retool
Because even though it is quite intuitive it is not the best tool I have ever seen.
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Alternatives Considered
Open Source
No answers on this topic
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. Competing tools were either too limited, required more engineering effort. Overall, retool support has been decent too.
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Return on Investment
Open Source
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Retool
  • Major impact - ability to build a backend system is huge.
  • Major impact - used every day by multiple people.
  • Major impact - ability to be used by less technical teammates.
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