About Retool Workflows
Overview
Retool Workflows is a visual workflow automation platform built for developers. It connects to databases, APIs, and services, letting teams write logic in code, queries, or AI and deploy production-ready automations from a single governed platform. Enterprises trust Workflows to run production automations at scale.
Retool was founded in 2017 by David Hsu and is headquartered in San Francisco. The platform is built around the goal of helping companies develop better software faster, with customers including Plaid, Brex, DoorDash, and Envoy.
Key Benefits
- Trigger automations on cron schedules, API calls, or webhooks, with every execution logged and auditable
- Query data through dozens of built-in connectors, including REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs
- Write custom logic in code with support for any IDE library, or use filtering, branching, and looping patterns
- Deploy in one click with durable execution that ensures runs complete every time
- Build with AI assistance or ship generative AI blocks connected to OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, and Amazon Bedrock
- Keep workflows secure with audit logs, RBAC, secrets management, and Git-based source control
How It Works
Users start by choosing a trigger from cron schedule, API call, or webhook. They then connect to any data source through built-in connectors, including VPC tunneling and custom authentication. Next they define the process logic in code or with built-in patterns, and deploy in one click to ship in seconds.
Use Cases
- Engineering teams schedule and run jobs and cron tasks serverlessly with no cron maintenance
- Developers replace ad hoc scripts with production-ready Python or JavaScript automations
- Data teams turn any script or workflow into a reusable, version-controlled API
- Operations teams set rule-based alerts on data changes and route them to Slack, email, or custom endpoints
- Data engineers move data from any API to a warehouse and centralize third-party sources for ETL
- Teams use generative AI blocks to summarize text, describe images, and generate chat responses
Why Choose This Product
Workflows is governed by default, pairing production automation with secure-by-default features such as audit logs, RBAC, secrets management, and Git-based source control. For compliance-sensitive organizations, it supports self-hosting within your own VPC so data stays in your network.
Key Features
Flexible triggers
Automations trigger on cron schedules, API calls, or webhooks, with every execution logged and auditable.
Built-in connectors
Query data through dozens of connectors for databases, third-party services, and REST, GraphQL, or gRPC APIs, including VPC tunneling and custom authentication.
Code-based logic
Write custom logic in Python or JavaScript with support for any IDE library, or use built-in filtering, branching, and looping patterns.
One-click deployment
Deploy automations in seconds with durable execution that ensures alerts, notifications, and processes run to completion.
AI assistance
Generate a production-ready automation from a prompt, or use AI to write, edit, and debug code directly on the canvas.
Generative AI blocks
Summarize text, describe images, or generate chat responses with native connections to OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, and Amazon Bedrock.
Granular debugging
Inspect logs at the block level and step through historical run data to pinpoint failures quickly.
Secure by default
Audit logs, RBAC, secrets management, Git-based source control, and multiple environments provide security from day one.
Custom error handling
Get notified for pauses, failures, or exceptions and set custom retry policies with contingency paths at each step.
Deployment flexibility
Self-host within your own VPC, keep data in your network, and meet compliance requirements with durable execution support.
Retool Workflows Pricing
View full pricing →- Unlimited web & mobile apps
- 500 workflow runs per month
- 5GB of database capacity
- 5GB of file storage
- Up to 5 users
- 250 AI credits per month
- 5,000 workflow runs per month
- Staging resource environment
- App release versions
- More than 5 users
- 1,000 AI credits per month
- Audit logging
- Rich permission controls
- Portals and embedded apps
- Unlimited resource environments
- Custom branding
- 3,000 AI credits per month
- SAML/OpenID Connect SSO and SCIM provisioning
- Source control (Git)
- Error monitoring and usage analytics
- BYOK for AI and Secrets Manager integrations
- Full platform APIs with write access and Terraform
- Unlimited end users and granular custom roles
| Feature | Free Free/mo | Team $10/mo | Business $50/mo | Enterprise Custom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited web & mobile apps | ||||
| 500 workflow runs per month | ||||
| 5GB of database capacity | ||||
| 5GB of file storage | ||||
| Up to 5 users | ||||
| 250 AI credits per month | ||||
| 5,000 workflow runs per month | ||||
| Staging resource environment | ||||
| App release versions | ||||
| More than 5 users | ||||
| 1,000 AI credits per month | ||||
| Audit logging | ||||
| Rich permission controls | ||||
| Portals and embedded apps | ||||
| Unlimited resource environments | ||||
| Custom branding | ||||
| 3,000 AI credits per month | ||||
| SAML/OpenID Connect SSO and SCIM provisioning | ||||
| Source control (Git) | ||||
| Error monitoring and usage analytics | ||||
| BYOK for AI and Secrets Manager integrations | ||||
| Full platform APIs with write access and Terraform | ||||
| Unlimited end users and granular custom roles |
Pricing extracted from the product website and may change. Check the source for current details.