Best for
Best for developers and teams that want to build native apps visually while keeping full ownership of the Flutter source code.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI App Builders Comparison
FlutterFlow vs. Retool
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for engineering and operations teams building internal tools on top of existing databases and APIs.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | FlutterFlow | Retool |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan; paid from $39 / month Billed per month; annual billing is about 25% cheaper. Higher tiers add per-seat pricing. | lower value Free; paid plans from $10 / builder / month Annual billing: Team $10 per builder and $5 per internal user per month, Business $50 per builder and $15 per internal user. On monthly billing that becomes $12 / $7 and $65 / $18. Enterprise on request. |
| Free trial | Free plan (AI Gen limited to 5 lifetime requests) | Free plan for up to 5 users |
| Commercial use | Yes | Not stated |
| Output | Native iOS and Android apps and responsive web apps, with downloadable Flutter and Dart source code | Internal web and mobile apps, workflows and AI agents |
| API | Not stated | Yes, the Retool API manages the organisation, its users and Spaces |
| Hosting | Not stated | Retool cloud or self-hosted |
| What it generates | Native iOS and Android apps plus responsive web apps, built from one project; screens and flows can be generated from a prompt with AI Gen | Internal tools: web and mobile apps, scheduled and event-driven workflows, and AI agents; an AI app builder starts an app from a prompt next to the classic drag-and-drop editor |
| Stack and frameworks | Visual builder on top of Flutter; generates Flutter and Dart code you can download, with no vendor lock-in | Drag-and-drop component library with JavaScript in queries, bindings and transformers; custom components are written in React and TypeScript and published to the organisation's component library |
| Auth and database | Built-in Firebase and Supabase integrations for database and user authentication, plus REST and GraphQL API connections | Connects to any database, API or LLM provider, with a hosted Retool Database included; permissions and audit logging from the Business tier, SSO and SCIM on Enterprise |
| Hosting and deploy | One-click deploy to the Apple App Store, Google Play and the web, with custom domain support | Retool cloud or self-hosted; the free, Team and Business tiers can both be self-hosted, Enterprise adds unlimited end users and white-labelling |
| Payments | In-app payment integration available across all plans | No built-in billing or checkout; a payment provider is connected as an API resource like any other |
| Access to the code | Full Flutter and Dart source code can be downloaded, or synced to GitHub on Growth and higher | Apps live in Retool rather than as an exportable codebase; JavaScript and custom React components extend them, and Git-backed source control is an Enterprise feature |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise |
| Support | more entries Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum | Community forum |
| Onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | more entries Firebase, Cloud Firestore, Firebase Storage, Supabase, GitHub, Google Cloud, Google Maps, Google Analytics, Braintree, AdMob, Mux | OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price FlutterFlow Free plan; paid from $39 / month Retool Free; paid plans from $10 / builder / month
- Free trial FlutterFlow Free plan (AI Gen limited to 5 lifetime requests) Retool Free plan for up to 5 users
- Deployment FlutterFlow Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Retool Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise
- Company size FlutterFlow Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Retool Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Support FlutterFlow Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum Retool Community forum
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
FlutterFlow
Strengths
- Exports the full Flutter and Dart source code, so there is no vendor lock-in
- Builds native iOS, Android and web apps from a single project
- Built-in Firebase and Supabase integrations for data and authentication
Limitations
- AI Gen requests are capped per plan (5 lifetime on the free plan, up to 500 per month on Business)
- Real-time collaboration and GitHub sync require the Growth plan or higher
Retool
Strengths
- Connects to any database, API or LLM provider instead of starting from its own data
- Self-hosting is available on every tier, the free one included
- Extensible with JavaScript everywhere and custom React and TypeScript components
Limitations
- Priced per builder and per internal user, so cost tracks headcount rather than apps
- Apps are not an exportable codebase, so leaving the platform means rebuilding
- Git source control, SSO and SCIM are Enterprise-only
Plans
Pricing
FlutterFlow
- Free $0
- Basic $39 / month
- Growth $80 / month
- Business $150 / month
Retool
- Free $0 Up to 5 users, unlimited apps, 500 workflow runs a month, 5 GB database and 5 GB file storage, 250 AI credits a month.
- Team $10 Per builder per month on annual billing ($12 monthly); internal users $5 ($7 monthly). 5,000 workflow runs a month, staging environment, release versions.
- Business $50 Per builder per month on annual billing ($65 monthly); internal users $15 ($18 monthly). Adds audit logging, rich permissions, portals and external user access.
- Enterprise Custom Quoted by the vendor. Adds SSO and SCIM, Git source control, unlimited end users and white-labelling.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
FlutterFlow
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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Retool
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
FlutterFlow https://www.flutterflow.io · checked against the official source on 2026-09-06
Retool https://retool.com · no check date recorded yet
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.