Retool vs. Stream Chat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Retool
Score 8.4 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
Stream Chat
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Stream.io offers a chat API for Custom Messaging Apps used to build real-time chat messaging to ship in-app messaging, via Stream.io's chat infrastructure and SDKs.N/A
Pricing
RetoolStream Chat
Editions & Modules
Team
$10
per month per user
Business
$50
per month per user
Enterprise
Custom Quote
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RetoolStream Chat
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
RetoolStream Chat
Considered Both Products
Retool
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. …
Stream Chat
Chose Stream Chat
Why we prefer stream chat over Twilio was as follows:
1. User interface customization: Stream Chat provides wide range of user interface customization feature than twilio.
2. Moderation tools: Stream chat provides a lot of moderation tools to manage chat and content being …
Features
RetoolStream Chat
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Retool
6.8
Ratings
21% below category average
Stream Chat
-
Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Security6.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform User Management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Reusability6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Scalability8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
RetoolStream Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
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8.6
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.7
(0 ratings)
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User Testimonials
RetoolStream Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
If you need to build an admin panel or any other backend system, Retool is the right tool for you.
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Scenarios, where stream chat is best suited, are as follows: 1. social networking apps where users want to interact with each other then it is the best fit to integrate stream chat into the system. 2. in Gaming, Stream Chat is a good choice to make a chat functionality in multiplayer games, where real-time communication plays key role. While Stream Chat is well-suited for many use cases, there are also scenarios where it may be less appropriate. For example: 1. if you are an application where the message volume is low then you can skip the solution and can go for cheaper alternatives. 2. application with less resources can ma skip stream chat.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Helped in scaling the digital needs of the venture. so very good in scalability.
  • stream chat provides real-time messaging capabilities, enabling users to send and receive messages instantly.
  • Stream Chat provides moderation tools that enable developers to manage chat content and user behavior.
  • Stream Chat integrates easily with other platforms and tools, including popular development frameworks, mobile and web applications, and third-party services such as authentication providers and analytics tools.
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Cons
  • 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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  • well when the scalability is concerned, I think there is the room for improvement of course. When the volume of messages and chats go up, stream chat performance can may suffer.
  • Pricing model is bit confusing. It can be make simpler and can be break into small subsets or so. If i am using half of the tools with stream chats than there should be some easy models of payment.
  • Analytics part of stream chat can be more transparent. as a analyst i would love to understand metrics thoroughly.
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Usability
Because even though it is quite intuitive it is not the best tool I have ever seen.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Why we prefer stream chat over Twilio was as follows: 1. User interface customization: Stream Chat provides wide range of user interface customization feature than Twilio. 2. Moderation tools: Stream chat provides a lot of moderation tools to manage chat and content being generate real time on the app. 3. Collaboration features: collaboration feature of stream chat is really good. Very simple collaboration features are provided by Stream Chat
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Return on Investment
  • 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.
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  • Popular functionality demanded by users enhance their perception
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