Almost every day I get asked the difference between Forest Admin and Retool. Whether it's potential customers, investors, or people in my network. In

Forest Admin vs Retool

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2023-03-24 09:30:03

Almost every day I get asked the difference between Forest Admin and Retool. Whether it's potential customers, investors, or people in my network.

In this blog post, I will attempt to explain how Forest Admin and Retool are two tools with completely different missions and a coherent yet distinct approach.

Retool's mission is to revolutionize the way software is built, with a focus on internal tools as a starting point. Concretely, they offer a low-code frontend builder to assist developers in creating tools from the ground up.

On the other hand, Forest Admin's mission is to become the admin panel of choice for any online business. We aim to be the central hub for business operations, similar to how Salesforce is the go-to platform for CRM or Zendesk for support.

Additionally, Retool offers a range of pre-built integrations, such as Stripe, Google Sheets, and PostgreSQL, among others. It also provides developers with the ability to connect to custom API endpoints, allowing them to implement the backend code for their tools.