The difference is Retool still basically trusts whoever (or whatever) is building the app, we don't. The agent writing the code never sees a credential and each tool gets its own Postgres role. Even if it generates something dumb it physically can't touch data outside its scope.
TBH I was a retool power user for years, but I feel like they completely missed the vibe code train.
It's so much more annoying to go drag boxes around and type out little JS snippits in every chart as opposed to just telling claude to make the chart.
Have you looked at their latest product? You describe your app in a text box and the AI builds it, with all the enterprise goodies like RBAC baked in.
The difference is Retool still basically trusts whoever (or whatever) is building the app, we don't. The agent writing the code never sees a credential and each tool gets its own Postgres role. Even if it generates something dumb it physically can't touch data outside its scope.
It's funded by YC!
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/retool
So is retool. :)