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Retool vs Umso

An in-depth head to head comparison

In this article, read a side-by-side comparison between two no-code tools: Retool and Umso. We'll compare pricing, the benefits, the drawbacks, give examples of what you can and can't build, as well as our overall recommendation.

What is Retool?

Build internal tools, remarkably fast
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What is Umso?

The fastest way for startups to go live. Design and publish a beautiful website in no time. (Formerly Landen.co)
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Pricing

Retool pricing

  • Free plan with editor mode only and up to 5 modules
  • $10/month - $50/month per user enables user mode (people can use your app without the ability to edit your set up), version history, more modules, and more advanced features

Umso pricing

  • Free basic plan for 1 site with an Umso domain
  • $29/month - $99/month for custom domains and no branding, additional published sites, custom code, stripe checkout, and additional features

Benefits

Retool benefits

  • Build internal apps connected to your company's data
  • Supports data from just about every database and data source
  • Lots of templates and components
  • Display, filter, and edit your company's data directly from retool
  • Allows businesses to create custom dashboards without developer resources

Umso benefits

  • Simple to use
  • Great for one page websites
  • Lots of templates, so your site looks great with little effort

Drawbacks

Retool drawbacks

  • Somewhat high learning curve

Umso drawbacks

  • Design isn't fully customizable

What you can build

Retool use-cases

  • Internal dashboards
  • Internal apps for your business such as a refund management system, data visualization, inventory management, content scheduler, promo code manager and more

Umso use-cases

  • Simple, beautiful websites without full control over design
  • Landing pages

What you can't build

What you can't build with Retool

  • Customer-facing apps (Retool apps are meant to be used internally)

What you can't build with Umso

  • A simple website with full control over design (check out Carrd)
  • Websites with a CMS that dynamically creates pages (check out Webflow)
  • Multi-page websites (check out Webflow or Squarespace)
  • Web apps with complex logic (check out Glide or Bubble)

Overall Recommendation

Retool recommendation

Retool is a fantastic tool for building internal apps at your business.

Where Retool really shines is allowing non-technical people to build apps that interact with a live database without needing to use developers.

Retool is the best tool for this use-case.

Umso recommendation

Umso is great for building a good-looking site quickly, even if you have no design sense. It's perfect for creating a landing page or simple website for your business.

Another great options for this use-case is Carrd, but Carrd has a higher learning curve and requires more design talent to make your site look good.

Tools like Webflow and Squarespace can also be used, but I wouldn't recommend them for very simple sites in most cases.

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Unlock premium step-by-step tutorials building real apps and websites
Easy to follow tutorials broken down into lessons between 2 to 20 minutes
Get access to the community to share what you're building, ask questions, and get support if you're stuck
Friendly Tip!
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