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    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

    Tanzu Application Catalog

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe 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
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    Community Pulse
    RetoolTanzu Application Catalog
    Considered Both Products
    Retool
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    RetoolTanzu Application Catalog
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Retool and Tanzu Application Catalog
    Feature
    Retool
    6.7
    3 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Tanzu Application Catalog
    -
    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 Tanzu Application Catalog
    Feature
    Retool
    -
    Ratings
    Tanzu Application Catalog
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    5% 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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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    RetoolTanzu Application Catalog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (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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