Best Retool alternative to build powerful apps
Experience faster developer onboarding, AI-powered app dev, better UI customisation, unlimited data environments, and scalable pricing with DronaHQ.
From startups to Fortune 500s, the world’s leading teams rely on DronaHQ to build custom apps.
We’ve implemented DronaHQ platform to streamline the creation of internal apps to reduce the time spent and significantly boost productivity, freeing up valuable engineering hours.
Why teams outgrow Retool
DronaHQ benefits over Retool
Developers switch from Retool for its comprehensive features, superior developer experience, and flexibility. Build apps seamlessly for both web and mobile, with 24/7 support to ramp up developers and ensure scalability.
Ship cross-platform custom apps
Surpass mobile app limitations on Retool. Build custom apps natively for web and mobile in one go with DronaHQ’s cross-platform app builder.
Unlimited user plans
Outgrow Retool’s user based plans, scale custom apps with usage-developer based pricing plans on DronaHQ.
24/7 engineering support
Accelerate developer ramp up and app cycle times with 24/7 community, chat and dedicated on-demand engineering support.
Power packed business plans
Get advanced app features like custom SSO, themes, custom controls, unlimited environments right from business plan onwards.
Clevertap saves 50% on subscription fees with DronaHQ's dynamic licensing
Clevertap swiftly transitioned over 70 essential internal tools from Retool to DronaHQ within 30 days, saving over 50% in subscription costs thanks to dynamic licensing models, and achieving better ROI for custom application development.
Ship web and mobile apps at once
Create internal tools, admin panels, dashboards, customer portals, AI-powered apps, public forms, and mobile applications effortlessly.
DronaHQ Business vs Retool Enterprise
Retool’s software is challenging to scale for growing teams looking to build their internal tooling on low code, with high costs, limited app builder functionalities, and basic dev support.
With DronaHQ, users get development features like custom SSO, dynamic environments, custom app domain and branding right from the business plan itself.
Web & Mobile o/p
Action flow builder
Powerful UI controls
Dynamic themes
Engineering calls
Vision AI
Platform APIs
Multiple SSO
Custom SSO
Git sync
Multiple instances on self-hosted
Data environments
Builder capabilities
Add-ons
White labeled apps
Pricing
“After evaluating various platforms, DronaHQ stood out for its comprehensive data integration and superior visualization capabilities, making it the clear choice for our team.” – Nick Vandehey, Production Engineering Manager, Aperia Tech
Retool alternative DronaHQ
What makes DronaHQ a better custom app builder?
Superior end-user experience
24 x 7 engineering support
Unlimited users plan available
Advanced features from Business plan itself
Dinesh Kumar | VP Engineering
Switching to DronaHQ finally gave us the flexibility for teams to manage configurations independently, freeing developers for innovation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Retool’s business plan starts at $50 per standard user and $15 per end-user monthly, which adds up as teams grow. DronaHQ offers a more affordable business plan from $25 per user monthly, plus offers flexible usage-based and developer-based options.
DronaHQ is SOC 2 compliant, with flexible pricing plans tailored for enterprises like usage-based and developer-based options. We offer prompt feature rollouts, on-demand engineering support, and free engineering hours to accelerate onboarding.
DronaHQ allows users to build apps that work seamlessly on both the web and mobile without separately building designs, saving time and effort. Retool requires building separate app designs for each, doubling the work and increasing development time.
DronaHQ provides 24/7 dedicated engineering support to all customers, regardless of plan. Retool limits such support to enterprise customers only, making DronaHQ a more reliable choice for consistent, accessible support.