Budibase vs. Retool

Even though its a solid tool I think for now it is best suited to create some relatively complex apps but not best suited to build very complex apps where you need to manipulate data during runtime. But they are actively developing the produt and push updates on the regular basis which makes me feel optimistic about their future.

Incentivized

If you need to build an admin panel or any other backend system, Retool is the right tool for you.

Incentivized

• Can connect REST APIs
• Can define User Roles
• Open Source so you can host it yourself if you prefer
• They have a component called reapeater field which is extreamly useful in cases you want to iterate UI component on you table

Incentivized

• 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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• Building UI even though simple, it gets tougher when you want to build a complex one. The way they have implemented data sources in the UI is bit rigid.
• you can not use JS in all the components to manipulate data which makes it less dynamic compared to say AppSmith.

Incentivized

• Loading speed - not sure if this is just us, but in my experience, it's not the fastest loading platform.
• More customization with colors and fonts.

Incentivized

Because even though it is quite intuitive it is not the best tool I have ever seen.

Incentivized

Incentivized

• made building internal tool easy
• saved good number of man hours compared to building tools from scratch

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• 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.

Incentivized