Our take
Pick Appsmith if ops / eng teams who will stay on Cloud Free $0 (5 users, 5 workspaces, 3 Git repos, no card) while they bind a first Table to a query, then land on Business at $15/user/month when they need unlimited Git and custom roles — or start the 15-day Business trial on a self-hosted license key. Pick Retool if ops / internal-tools teams who will stay on Free at $0 per builder (and $0 internal users) while
Best for
Appsmith An admin desk you start at $0 / 5 cloud users
Retool Internal tables you ship at $0
Free plan
Appsmith $0 · up to 5 users. 5 workspaces. Git version control with 3 repos. Google SSO. 3 standard roles. Public apps. Community support
Retool $0 · / month per builder. $0 / month per internal user. Unlimited web / mobile apps and workflows on the copy we fetched
Lowest paid
Appsmith Enterprise $2
Retool External users $8
Next step up
Appsmith Business $15/user/mo
Retool Business $50
Runs where
Appsmith Local; you host it
Retool Local or hosted
Watch out
Appsmith Free is 5 cloud users and 3 Git repos
Retool $10 / $50 are the yearly-toggle tiles
Last checked
Appsmith 2026-10-22 · appsmith.com/pricing
Retool 2026-10-23 · retool.com/pricing
ops / eng teams who will stay on Cloud Free $0 (5 users, 5 workspaces, 3 Git repos, no card) while they bind a first Table to a query, then land on Business at $15/user/month when they need unlimited Git and custom roles — or start the 15-day Business trial on a self-hosted license key.
Read the Appsmith pageops / internal-tools teams who will stay on Free at $0 per builder (and $0 internal users) while they open a first Table, then buy Team at $10 / month per builder (yearly toggle; $5 / month per internal user) or Business at $50 / month per builder ($15 internal) when they need permissions and more runs.
Read the Retool page
