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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

    WaveMaker

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AWaveMaker is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) from the company of the same name in Mountain View, California.

    $500

    per user/month

    Pricing
    RetoolWaveMaker
    Editions & Modules
    Team
    $10
    per month per user
    Business
    $50
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    WaveMaker Online
    $500
    per user/month
    WaveMaker Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Developer based pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    RetoolWaveMaker
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Features
    RetoolWaveMaker
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Retool and WaveMaker
    Feature
    Retool
    6.7
    3 Ratings
    23% below category average
    WaveMaker
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces5.02 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Platform Security6.62 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Platform User Management8.02 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Reusability6.02 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Platform Scalability7.93 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    RetoolWaveMaker
    Small Businesses
    Zoho Creator
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Zoho Creator
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    AppSheet
    Score8.2 out of 10
    AppSheet
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle APEX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Oracle APEX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    RetoolWaveMaker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    RetoolWaveMaker
    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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    WaveMaker Inc
    WaveMaker is a great platform for enterprise and SME's because it can save a lot on resources and time. The price is very low compared to the other competitors of WaveMaker and the best thing about WaveMaker is its no lock-in policy, you can always download the code and work on other IDEs. Overall an amazing platform.
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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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    WaveMaker Inc
    • WaveMaker has helped us create internal applications in very short amount of time at a very low cost.
    • The interface is really clean and it is easy to understand, you need not be an expert coder to work on WaveMaker.
    • You can download your developed application and deploy it on any server you wish. There is no lock in whatsoever.
    • The support team is super supportive and they are genuinely interested in solving your problems.
    • WaveMaker helps you develop web and hybrid applications simultaneously, so you will be saving a lot of time and effort.
    • WaveMaker is constantly upgrading and the team makes sure that they inform the users about the upgrades.
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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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    WaveMaker Inc
    • I believe that for this case, is important the technical support, which solves you or give workarounds that work for your issues. It answers in 24 hours, in labour days.
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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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    WaveMaker Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Retool
    No answers on this topic
    WaveMaker Inc
    There were instances where we had specific requests and the support team was really helpful because they were really concerned about getting me a solution.
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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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    WaveMaker Inc
    WaveMaker is much cheaper and performs better.
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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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    WaveMaker Inc
    • WaveMaker has helped us reduce the number of developers working on the application development.
    • It has helped us save a lot of time.
    Incentivized
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