Retool vs. Tanzu Application Catalog

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Tanzu Application Catalog
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
The Tanzu Application Catalog (or Bitnami) provides packaged applications for any platform. The platform delivers and maintains a catalog of 130+ ready-to-run server applications and development environments in partnership with cloud providers including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle, driving over 1.5 million deployments per month. Bitnami was acquired by VMware in 2019.
$0.50
per month
Pricing
RetoolTanzu Application Catalog
Editions & Modules
Team
$10
per month per user
Business
$50
per month per user
Enterprise
Custom Quote
10GB
$0.50
per month
T3A Nano
$3.38
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RetoolTanzu Application Catalog
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
RetoolTanzu Application Catalog
Features
RetoolTanzu Application Catalog
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Retool
6.9
3 Ratings
20% below category average
Tanzu Application Catalog
-
Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Security7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform User Management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Reusability6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Scalability8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Retool
-
Ratings
Tanzu Application Catalog
8.1
5 Ratings
4% above category average
Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Scalability00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.45 Ratings
Platform access control00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Services-enabled integration00 Ratings8.45 Ratings
Development environment creation00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Development environment replication00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings7.35 Ratings
Issue recovery00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
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User Ratings
RetoolTanzu Application Catalog
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(3 ratings)
8.8
(6 ratings)
Usability
7.9
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
RetoolTanzu Application Catalog
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.
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Broadcom
The best way to take advantage of VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) is as in the case I mentioned, that you constantly implement these free software, where any time saved is important in terms of installation, configuration and testing environment, it really is a very useful solution, also if you need a good community and support; however the cloud and VMs solutions is not designed for huge products, these can be slow or remain insufficient if the use of these grows a lot, even though it is an easy-to-use product, you need to have enough knowledge in terms of installation and management of cloud solutions, a beginner can find himself in trouble
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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.
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Broadcom
  • pre-packaged templates they provide.
  • ease of cloud-deployment of your projects.
  • The development community page always has useful information and there is a lot of support.
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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.
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Broadcom
  • Possibility to configure the implementation through mobile devices
  • Sometimes the performance of the VMs is slower than expected
  • A best way to do the upgrades, you have reinstall and reconfigure in this process
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Usability
Retool
Because even though it is quite intuitive it is not the best tool I have ever seen.
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Broadcom
Most of it is intuitive. I think some of the awkwardness is found by new users who are unfamiliar with other software applications.
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Support Rating
Retool
No answers on this topic
Broadcom
They have an expert team, not just a frontline team that has learned the FAQs but a team that knows the product.
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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.
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Broadcom
VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) offers better tools to complete the task faster and more efficiently. The customer support and knowledge base is also well presented and trained
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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.
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Broadcom
  • We save a lot of time implementing the apps, less engineers working on this phase
  • The upgrade process of the apps can be a pain and a waste valuable time
  • The mains options of the VMware Application Catalog (Bitnami) are free so is important for save money in our organization
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