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by normanvalentine 1421 days ago
Fairly different - for one, Retool isn't the system of record; they're not storing any of your data, more of a back-end agnostic UI layer.

The user is pretty different too, Airtable generally targets business users who may otherwise reach for a spreadsheet, whereas Retool is focused on developers who might otherwise reach for React Admin (or something).