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Retool Pricing: Plans & Features 2026
Unlike typical cloud hosts, Retool offers a free tier for 5 users, with paid plans scaling from $12/user/mo to $65/user/mo across 3 main tiers.
Retool plans and pricing
High· Verified July 2, 2026
Free
FreeBest for: Developers & early exploration
- ✓Unlimited web & mobile apps
- ✓500 workflow runs/month
- ✓5GB database capacity
- ✓5GB file storage
- ✓Up to 20 hours/month of Agents
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MOST POPULARTeam
$12/user/momonthlyor$120/yrsave 17%
Best for: Growing, collaborative teams
- ✓Unlimited AI prompting credits (limited time)
- ✓5,000 workflow runs/month
- ✓Staging and production environments
- ✓Environment-specific configurations and secrets
- ✓App release versions
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Business
$65/user/momonthlyor$600/yrsave 23%
Best for: Teams needing more control
- ✓Audit logging
- ✓Rich permission controls
- ✓Portals and embedded apps
- ✓Unlimited resource environments
- ✓Unlimited modules
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Enterprise
Contact SalesBest for: Scale + compliance
- ✓SSO (Single Sign-On)
- ✓Custom contract and procurement
- ✓Premium SLAs
- ✓Self-hosted deployment options
- ✓External user pricing configuration
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Retool pricing: the quick answer
Retool costs $12 to $65 per builder seat monthly as of July 2, 2026, across 4 plans, with a free tier for up to 5 users. Team is $12/user/mo ($10 annual), with a cheaper $7/mo rate for internal users who do not build or edit. Business is $65/user/mo ($50 annual, $18 for internal users), and Enterprise is custom. The builder rate is the headline, but AI credits reset monthly with no rollover, and Agent hours past the free allotment bill by the hour, so metered usage moves the real number.
Use the interactive Retool pricing calculator to estimate your exact monthly cost at your team size, with annual-billing savings and the hidden costs counted in.
Free tier
Yes
Billing model
Per Seat
Cheapest paid
$12/user/mo
Annual discount
Save ~23%
At $12/mo to start, Retool sits 9% above the $11/mo median across 20 cloud hosting tools we track.
What Retool really costs
What sits on top of the plan fee
Retool bills by seat role and meters usage on workflows, AI credits, and Agent hours. The builder rate is the headline, but the cheaper internal seats, external-user tiers, and metered AI are what shape the real bill.
Builder vs internal seat split
Anyone who edits an app or workflow in a billing cycle becomes a full builder automatically, at $10/user/mo on Team or $50 on Business annual. View-only internal users are cheaper, $5 on Team and $15 on Business. Misjudge who edits and the seat count quietly reprices upward.
External user tiers on Business
External users are free up to 50, then $8/mo each for 51 to 250, $6 for 251 to 500, and $4 above 500, all annual. An app serving 200 outside users is about $1,200/mo in external seats on top of your builder seats.
Agent hours billed hourly
Only about 20 agent-hours a month are free; past that, Agents bill hourly at a model-dependent rate and execution pauses when the free hours run out. A team leaning on automated agents can add a metered cost that has nothing to do with seat count.
AI credits and workflow caps
AI credits renew monthly and do not roll over; overflow means buying credit packs, on paid plans only. Workflow runs cap at 500 on Free and 5,000 on Team and Business, so an automation-heavy build can hit the ceiling and need Enterprise for headroom.
Pricing Expert Take
Independent analysis · Retool
Verified Pricing Data
Value Analysis
$12/mo9% above median
Category median: $11/moBased on 20 products in this category
Retool positions itself as a premium low-code platform, with its Team plan starting at $12/user/mo and the Business plan jumping sharply to $65/user/mo. While the entry-level Team tier sits below the category median of $16.49/mo, the Business tier is a massive premium that is hard to justify for smaller teams. For developers building internal tools, the Free plan offers generous database and workflow limits, but scaling to paid tiers gets expensive quickly.
Hidden Costs
- Overage charges for workflow runs exceeding the 500/month limit on Free or 5,000/month limit on Team.
- Overage charges for AI Agent usage exceeding the 20 hours/month allotment on the Free tier.
- High per-seat costs for occasional end-users who only need basic access to built apps.
Red Flags
Retool recently restricted its self-hosted deployment options, pushing self-hosting exclusively to the high-ticket Enterprise tier. Users also report that the sales team anchors enterprise contracts with high five-digit base fees before negotiating.
"Retool silently removes self-hosted plans. Docs/pricing page now says 'Enterprise only'."
"That 5 digit base + per seat pricing is kinda the norm once you hit Enterprise"
Based on analysis of recent Reddit and G2 discussions.
Green Wins
The Team plan at $12/user/mo offers best platform for internal tools.
- Best platform for internal tools
- Connects to any database or API
- Fast to build admin panels
User Voices
"I originally explored deeper integration with retool, but I couldn't justify the price point"
"Retool charges $12/ month per unique end user that needs a log-in."
"I'm thinking to build the UI with retool instead of hiring full stack."
Verdict
Solo developers and early startups should stick to the Free tier or the $12/user/mo Team plan to build internal frontends quickly. Avoid the Business plan unless audit logs and custom branding are absolute requirements. If you want to host your own backend databases and infrastructure without high per-seat licensing fees, consider building on DigitalOcean at $4/mo instead.
ComparEdge EditorialUpdated: July 2, 2026
Retool price history
Expert verified·Updated July 2, 2026
Price & Data Intelligence SyncLast verified: July 2, 2026 · CE-CLOUD-2026W23-DF71BD · ✓ Pricing updated May 30, 2026
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