Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Retool
Retool clearly comes out ahead of Windmill on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Retool's paid plans start at $10/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Windmill Labs, Inc. | Retool, Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentDesign | DevelopmentDesignEducation & EdTechAI & Machine Learning |
| Categories | no-code | databaseno-code |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | windmill | retool |
|---|---|---|
| Audit Logs | ||
| 5,000 Workflow Runs/Month | ||
| Commercial Licence | ||
| 500 Workflow Runs/Month | ||
| Community Support On Discord | ||
| 5Gb Of Data Storage | ||
| Dedicated Slack Or Discord Channel | ||
| Access To External User Pricing | ||
| Design Partners For Roadmap | ||
| Additional Agent Hours Available | ||
| Distributed Dependency Cache Backed By S3 | ||
| App Release Versions | ||
| Easy Deployment On Fargate / Docker / Kubernetes | ||
| Audit Logging | ||
| Max 10 Users With Sso | ||
| Custom Branding | ||
| Saml Support Including Groups Synchronization | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| Self-Host In Minutes | ||
| Everything In Business | ||
| Sla & Priority Support 24/7 | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Uncapped Sso | ||
| Everything In Team | ||
| Unlimited Executions | ||
| Independent Workspaces | ||
| Platform Apis And Workflow Triggers | ||
| Portals And Embedded Apps | ||
| Rich Permission Controls | ||
| Saml / Openid Connect Sso |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Retool comes out ahead overall, though Windmill can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Windmill and Retool offer a free tier.
Retool scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Windmill is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
