Ability to try all features for free
No
Editing only
No
No
No
Monthly price
From $25/month per app
From $10/month per end-user
From $500/month per developer
From $1,425/month per developer
From $100/unlimited end-users
Ease of use
Not so easy
Rather easy
Not so easy
Not so easy
Rather easy
Responsive design
Yes, fully
Only mobile & desktop
Yes, fully
Yes, fully
Yes, fully
App branding
From $25/month
Only with custom CSS
N/A
N/A
Business plan and onwards
Email support
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
No
Integrations
APIs, plugins
APIs, databases
APIs, databases, Java services
APIs, databases
APIs, databases

Starts from $25/month per app

Free plan available

For no-code/low-code makers

Pros:
  • Allows for designing, developing, and hosting MVPs and full-fledged web apps with mobile-friendly design.

  • An intuitive interface with a drag-n-drop editor.

  • A variety of free and paid templates created by Bubble designers.

  • About 1,000 plugins to connect to external services.

Cons:
  • Limited functionality available according to a free plan.

  • A separate plan is needed to build each new app.

  • May not be easy to onboard due to its interface complexity.

Starts from $10/month per end-user

Free plan available

For developers and citizen developers

Pros:
  • A convenient drag-n-drop editor.

  • A feature-rich component library (tables, text inputs, etc.) for building internal tools faster.

  • Reusable blocks of code for manipulating data, as well as the ability to customize the code manually.

  • Allows for connecting to any databases and nearly any API.

  • Ready-made templates that can be used in one click.

  • Ability to deploy Retool on-premises if needed.

  • A number of apps you can build is unlimited.

Cons:
  • Within a free plan, only editing is possible. No ability to use an app outside of the Retool editor’s interface.

  • Price is set per end-user (viewer/editor), so it increases dramatically with the growth of the number of your app end-users.

Starts from $500/month per developer

For low-code makers

Pros:
  • A drag-n-drop editor allowing for building enterprise-grade apps with responsive design.

  • An unlimited number of apps you can create within any plan.

  • Predefined widgets, predesigned themes, and app templates.

  • 1-click app deployment allowing you to automatically build, configure, package, and deploy an app to any public cloud provider.

  • Vulnerability protection and Top 10 OWASP web application security compliance.

  • Data connection, API, source code repository integration. 

Cons:
  • No free plan available, only a free trial.

  • Rather expensive.

Starts from $1,425/month per developer (app complexity matters as well)

For citizen developers and no-coders

Pros:
  • A drag-n-drop UI builder allowing for creating enterprise apps.

  • Ability to combine your UI with any JS framework like Angular or Vue.js.

  • Visual data modeling.

  • Allows for integrating your app with third-party services (Twitter, Slack, etc.) and connecting to legacy systems (Salesforce, Oracle, etc.).

  • An information security level confirmed by ISO 27001 certification.

  • A price is based on the application complexity, not a number of users.

Cons:
  • No free plan, only a free trial available.

  • Really expensive compared to its competitors.

Pricing is not available to the public

For low-code makers and citizen developers

Pros:
  • A drag-n-drop visual builder for creating an ecosystem of applications.

  • Real-time integration with third-party systems & visual workflow orchestration.

  • Allows for visualizing the structure of a business app with a relation diagram tool.

  • Automatic apps optimization for mobile.

  • Developer Sandbox for managing the changes within your apps before rolling them out.

  • Enterprise-grade security ensured (SOC 1/SOC2, HIPAA, EU-US Privacy Shield and DFARS compliant).

Cons:
  • No free plan available, only a free trial.

  • A number of apps you can create within paid plans is big (starts from 50) but still limited.

  • Custom branding is not available according to the cheapest plan.

Starts from $8,25/month per developer

Free plan available

For no-code and low-code makers

Pros:
  • Over 2,000 built-in components available in pre-built UI Kits for Material Design, iOS, Windows, Wireframing, and more.

  • Ability to add existing graphic assets to your prototype.

  • Allows for using mouse & touch gestures to create interactive web and mobile prototypes faster thanks to its linking system.

  • Integrated review and feedback to iterate prototypes faster.

  • An installable desktop client to get a native performance boost.

  • Android and iOS preview apps are available for downloading

Cons:
  • Only for app prototyping: no ability to create a full-fledged MVP/web app with responsive design.

  • Ability to create only 1 project for free.

Starts from $100/month, unlimited end-user

For developers and citizen developers

Pros:
  • Support for both web as well as mobile apps. Users can generate public links to share apps with anyone.

  • Ability to code and create reusable UI components and functions.

  • Developers can easily extend functionality with JavaScript and import JS libraries.

  • User access permissions and role based permissions to securely share apps with end users of various roles.

  • Support to write SQL queries in a no-code way.

  • Support for complex logical branching, business rules and validations.

  • Usage based pricing that supports unlimited end users along with Free forever developer plan.

  • Self-hosting of platform supported.

  • ISO 27001 and SOC-II certified, including GDPR compliant.

Cons:
  • Free plan does not have end-user mode.

  • Currently not HIPAA compliant but users can deploy their apps on-premises to meet security compliance.

  • Whitelabelling of apps only available in business plan or higher.

  • Only supports cloud deployment in standard and business plans.

  • The platform is not open source.

  • Custom domain is not available in all plans.

Starts from $12/month per developer

Free plan available

For no-code and low-code makers

Pros:
  • An intuitive drag-n-drop editor.

  • A range of ready-made templates that can be customized.

  • A report builder available though only within paid plans.

  • Free database management.

Cons:
  • Within a Basic paid plan, you get 1 standalone app that cannot be customized, and is limited for 1 user.

  • Within the Basic plan, each additional app costs $20.

  • App customization is available only within the most expensive plan.

Starts from $10/month per app

For low-code makers and citizen developers

Pros:
  • A convenient drag-n-drop editor.

  • A range of pre-built templates to choose from.

  • Ability to roll out continuous improvements.

  • Allows for building applications with responsive design.

  • Power Automate with a point-and-click flow designer to build your business logic.

  • Built-in Common Data Service to securely store data used by your business apps.

  • Ability to integrate your app with more than 200 connected sources.

Cons:
  • No opportunity to download the code of a ready app. 

  • Not available for free, only a free trial is offered.