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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Retool

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ARetool 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

    Superblocks

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ASuperblocks is an IDE for internal tooling – a programmable set of building blocks for developers to create mission-critical internal operational software. The Superblocks Application Builder to assemble flexible components and connect to databases and APIs. Users can create REST, GraphQL, and gPRC endpoints call them programmatically from code or 3rd party web-hooks while Superblocks handles infrastructure.

    $41

    per month per creator

    Pricing
    RetoolSuperblocks
    Editions & Modules
    Team
    $10
    per month per user
    Business
    $50
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    Starter
    $41
    per month per creator
    Pro
    $70
    per month per creator
    Enterprise
    $141
    per month per creator
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    RetoolSuperblocks
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    RetoolSuperblocks
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Retool and Superblocks
    Feature
    Retool
    6.7
    3 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Superblocks
    -
    Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security6.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Retool and Superblocks
    Feature
    Retool
    -
    Ratings
    Superblocks
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    RetoolSuperblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    RetoolSuperblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    Superblocks is great for building internal tools for your company. We have our finances running on Superblocks, our client services running on it, as well as a lot of internal tooling for our product. You can build full-apps using their API builder, Workflow builder, Scheduled Jobs, and UI builder. All without having to handle your own infrastructure. It's meant to be one extra abstraction layer on top of other developer infrastructure tools like AWS, Vercel, etc.
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    Pros
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    • Easy to use User Interface builder for building internal apps
    • Scheduled Jobs and Workflow builder in multiple languages
    • API builder for support your User Interface for your internal apps
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    Cons
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    • More flexibility on UI component designs
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    Usability
    Retool
    Because even though it is quite intuitive it is not the best tool I have ever seen.
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
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    Return on Investment
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    • We've saved thousands of developer hours that would have otherwise spent on maintaining infrastructure
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