Adalo vs Retool

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Retool is the stronger AI pick in Low-Code & No-Code: it has a visibility score of 29.9 versus 1.8 for Adalo, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Adalo if…

AI answers describe it more positively (100% vs 41% positive)
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat
20% annual subscription savings

Choose Retool if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (29.9 vs 1.8)
You want a lower entry price ($10 vs $65)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need SOC 2 Type II or ISO/IEC 27001:2022 coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Adalo	Retool
Visibility score	1.8%	29.9%
Change vs last week	up+0.1%	down−4%
Rank in Low-Code & No-Code	#35	#4
Share of voice	0.5%	7.8%
Mentions this run	3	46
Positive in AI answers	100%	41%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Adalo +0.10000000000000009pp · Retool −4pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Retool leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

3.1%

34.3%

AI Mode

22.4%

Perplexity

2.2%

33%

AdaloRetool

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

0Adalo ranked higher

2Retool ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Adalo	Retool
What are the best Low-Code & No-Code tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#17	#2
Most affordable low-code platform that is still reliable	Perplexity	#6	#3

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Adalo	Retool
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $65 / mo	Free; paid from $10 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	On-premise deployment via the Adalo Blue enterprise plan	Retool Cloud, self-hosted, or air-gapped
Integrations	5500+	—
Compliance	—	SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Support	Help Docs, Community Forum, Submit a Ticket, Ask the support team	—
Founded	2018	2017
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	San Francisco, CA, United States
Employees	11–50	201–500
Funding	Series A · $10M raised	Series C2 · $141M raised
Best for	Businesses, freelancers, agencies and startup founders who want to build iPhone, Android and web apps without a development team	Enterprises and business teams that want to build internal tools with AI while IT keeps governance, security review and audit trails.