Choice of the appropriate database admin tool depends on your needs and requirements. Below you can find a comparison of core features for Rocketadmin and Retool.

Rocketadmin is preferred way for safe interacting with database, when you need an easy interface for basic editing - create, read, edit, delete rows. But you can't delete table or apply SQL query.

It makes Rocketadmin perfect tool for inexperienced users to easily manage production databases from any device.

Retool requires technical skills, since it's not just a database management tool, but a low-code platform for building dashboards, admin panels, apps etc. It's a perfect balanced tool for experienced and non-experienced users, but it can become complicated if you don't need so many features.

Retool is a good choice for more than simple database management, but dashboard, admin panel or even custom internal tools for multiple purposes.

1. Supported databases:

Rocketadmin: MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle

Retool: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MongoDB, Redis, CosmosDB, CouchDB, RethinkDB, DynamoDB etc.

Wide list of database types is supported by Retool.

On the other hand, Rocketadmin supports only the most popular databases, which should be enough for the majority of users.

2. Installation and configuration:

Rocketadmin: no installation or configuration is needed

Retool: no installation is needed, requires some configuration

Since Retool is a whole platform - it requires some configuration inside the service itself, depending on your needs.

Rocketadmin is a faster way to start work with databases, if you don't need additional functionality.

3. Mobile-friendly UI:

Rocketadmin: yes

Retool: overloaded

Great functionality makes Retool very complicated to operate from mobile devices, its interface appears overloaded.

On other hand, Rocketadmin is pretty clean and easy to make changes on the go.

4. SQL queries:

Rocketadmin: not supported

Retool: supported

Our service is designed for non-experienced users and for database basic maintaining.

Retool provides you a complete list of possibilities, including SQL queries.

5. API support:

Rocketadmin: not supported

Retool: REST API, Open API, Lambda, Firebase etc.

With Retool you can use third-party APIs as resources for your internal app.

Since Rocketadmin is designed to work with databases only, no APIs are supported at the moment.