Compare Kissflow and Retool on pricing, features, platforms, and ratings — both No-Code tools, Enterprise / Custom (quote-based) vs Freemium / per-user…
At a Glance
Kissflow
Retool
Primary category
No-Code
No-Code
Rating
Not documented
Not documented
Pricing model
Enterprise / Custom (quote-based)
Freemium / per-user subscription with custom Enterprise pricing
Starting price
Custom pricing (reportedly from around $1,500/month for entry enterprise plans)
Free (paid plans from $10/builder/month, billed annually)
Free plan
Not documented
Yes
Free trial
Not documented
Not documented
Platforms
Web
Web
Team collaboration
Not documented
Not documented
AI features
Yes
Yes
Public API
Yes
Yes
Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
Kissflow
Enterprise (Custom) — Custom pricing, reportedly from around $1,500/month Annual agreement
Retool
Free — $0 monthly
Team — $10 per builder per month (annual billing) monthly or annual
Business — $50 per builder per month (annual billing) monthly or annual
Enterprise — Custom annual (negotiated)
Pros & Cons
Kissflow
Pros
Combines no-code business-user tools with developer extensibility on one platform
Broad feature set spanning workflows, apps, case management, and boards
Over 25 AI-assisted automation features included without extra surcharges
Fixed annual pricing agreements avoid per-API or per-AI-call surprise costs
Proven at scale with 10,000-plus customers including major global enterprises
Cons
No published self-serve pricing, requiring a sales conversation for a quote
Entry-level enterprise packages can be costly for very small teams
Implementation and onboarding may require more setup than lightweight tools like Zapier
Dual-headquarters and long company history mean some legacy product complexity
Custom pricing makes it harder to directly compare costs against competitors
Retool
Pros
Dramatically speeds up building internal tools compared to custom front-end development
Wide range of native integrations with databases and APIs
Free tier makes it easy for small teams to start without upfront cost
Backed by strong funding and investor support, suggesting long-term product investment
Expanded product suite (Workflows, Database, Mobile, AI) covers more than just the original app builder
Cons
Per-builder pricing can get expensive as engineering teams and internal-user counts grow
Enterprise features like SSO and audit logging require the custom-priced top tier
Requires some coding knowledge (JavaScript/SQL) for anything beyond basic layouts
As a hosted platform, teams take on dependency risk for business-critical internal tools
Business and Enterprise tier pricing requires talking to sales for exact costs
Citizen-developer app building — Business users build departmental applications without waiting on engineering resources.
Enterprise case management — Teams manage exception handling and investigations through structured case workflows.
Retool
Internal admin panels and dashboards — Engineering teams build admin tools to manage customers, orders, or content without dedicating front-end resources to custom builds.
Operations and support tooling — Operations and customer support teams get purpose-built internal apps for tasks like refund processing or account lookups, connected directly to production databases and APIs.
Workflow automation — Teams use Retool Workflows to automate backend processes, such as data syncing or scheduled reporting, alongside their internal apps.