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Vibely vs RetoolBuild the app your customers use
Customer-facing web apps and, on Pro and Business, native mobile apps you own as code, built in Vibely or from Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor through the Vibely MCP server.
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The short answer
Retool is built for internal software at enterprise scale: admin panels and workflows over production databases, about 74 native integrations, self-hosting, granular permissions, SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001. For an internal tool at a large company it is the stronger pick. Vibely is built for products you put in front of customers: a full-stack React app you own as code, a native React Native + Expo app on Pro and Business, and publishing to your own domain. Both run MCP servers; Vibely's 52 tools build and publish apps from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor on every plan.
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- Vibely and Retool
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Vibely
Customer-facing web and mobile apps you own as code
Retool
Internal tools over production data, at enterprise scale
Where Vibely differs from Retool
Built for customer-facing products
Retool's pricing is per builder and per internal user, with external users priced on Business and up. A Vibely app is a public website or a store app: anyone can use it, and you are not billed per visitor.
Build from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
Vibely's MCP server works on every plan: sign in with OAuth and 52 tools build, edit, review and publish your apps from your assistant, and only three of them spend credits. You can also turn a published web app into an MCP server of its own.
Native mobile without white-labelling
Retool Mobile builds native internal apps; publishing under your own brand needs its Enterprise white-label option. Vibely builds React Native + Expo apps on Pro and Business, with TestFlight and Play internal-testing uploads.
The code is yours
Every Vibely project is real React and TypeScript you can export and sync two ways with GitHub on every plan. Retool's Git source control is an Enterprise feature.
Vibely vs Retool — feature comparison
| VibelyStart building free | RetoolVerified | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Customer-facing web and mobile apps you own as code | Internal tools over production data, at enterprise scale |
| How you build | Describe it; the agent writes and edits real React and TypeScript | Drag-and-drop apps with SQL and JavaScript; a new AI app builder that writes React apps (beta since May 2026) |
| Mobile app builder | React Native + Expo in the same workspace as the web app, sharing your Supabase project; Pro and Business | Native iOS and Android apps for your organization; App Store and Google Play publishing through white-label on Enterprise |
| MCP | Vibely MCP server on every plan: 52 tools over OAuth for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code and Codex; only three spend credits | Retool MCP server builds apps and manages your org from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code over OAuth; MCP resources call outside servers. Plan gating not documented |
| Database | Connect your own Supabase project; the agent writes the schema, migrations and row-level security (Pro and Business) | Retool Database (managed Postgres), or connect your own databases and warehouses |
| Data connectors | Nine connectors (Vibely AI, GitHub, Supabase, Stripe, RevenueCat, Notion, Linear, Miro, Figma), plus your own MCP server URL | About 74 native integrations (Postgres, Snowflake, Salesforce, Stripe and more) plus any REST or GraphQL API |
| Code ownership | Full export, real React + TypeScript; code editor on Pro | Git source control with pull requests on Enterprise; exporting code from the new AI builder not documented |
| Hosting | One-click publish to a vibelyagent.com subdomain on every plan; custom domains on Pro and Business | Retool Cloud on AWS, or self-hosted on Kubernetes or Docker; custom domain plan not documented |
| Permissions | Owner, Admin, Editor and Viewer roles from Pro, fine-tunable per role; SSO and SCIM on Business | Fixed groups on Free and Team; custom groups on Business; SAML/OIDC SSO on Enterprise |
| External users | Publish publicly to anyone; workspace-only publishing on Business | Portals and embedded apps on Business: first 50 external users free, then $4–$10 per user/mo |
| Audit logs | Searchable audit logs with CSV export on Business | Download on Business and Enterprise, kept for one year; streaming to Datadog or Splunk on Enterprise |
| Free tier | Yes5 free credits a day plus 5 a month, unlimited projects, web apps, one seat | Yesup to 5 users, 500 workflow runs and 250 AI credits a month |
| Paid pricing | Pro from $25/mo, Business from $50/mo for 100 credits a month, scaling to 800; yearly is two months free; Enterprise by quote | Billed yearly: Team $10 per builder + $5 per internal user/mo; Business $50 + $15; Enterprise custom |
| Support | Community Discord; email support on Pro; priority support on Business | Technical support and a technical advisor listed on Enterprise; other tiers not documented |
| Compliance & data transfers | GDPR Article 28 Data Processing Agreement published at /dpa, applying without signature; no SOC 2 report and no ISO 27001 certificate, and no audit against either is under way | SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022; GDPR DPA with SCCs; no HIPAA BAA on cloud; cloud data stays in us-west-2 unless self-hosted |
Switching to Vibely from Retool
Vibely does not import a codebase built on another platform. You rebuild the app in Vibely by describing what it does.
Step 1
You rebuild the app in Vibely by describing what it does.
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Connect Supabase to a project in a click and the agent takes it from there — tables, row-level security, and data access patterns generated from what your app actually needs. The Supabase integration is on Pro and Business.
Step 3
From the first message the output is real React and TypeScript, and you can connect that Vibely project to a GitHub repository and keep the two in sync from there. GitHub sync works on every plan.
Step 4
One-click publish to a live URL on every plan, with custom domains from Pro. On Pro and Business, Vibely builds React Native + Expo apps alongside the web app, from the same prompt and the same project.
Moving off Retool
Retool apps are built from Retool's own components and resources, so there is no codebase to bring across, and Vibely does not import a project built on another platform in any case. Moving means rebuilding.
The rebuild is usually narrower than the original: keep the internal tools that work in Retool, and rebuild in Vibely the part that real customers will use, such as a portal, a booking flow or a mobile app, by describing what it does.
Connect your own Supabase project for the data, or point the app at your existing API. From the first message the output is real React and TypeScript you can sync to a GitHub repository.
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