One More Time VIP x Bold Tech: Building a single source of truth for live event operations with Retool
How Bold Tech helped OMT VIP consolidate fragmented show data, automate ticket tracking, and connect their teams end-to-end.
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B2B EdTech client management template: build a tool that keeps every account healthy and every renewal on track
Managing a portfolio of B2B clients means a lot of moving parts across a lot of accounts. This is a template for building an app that keeps all of it in view, with AI doing the heavy lifting on account intelligence.
Legal and compliance teams: use our free template to build a tool that keeps every contract, obligation, and approval under control
Legal and compliance work is only as solid as the systems behind it. Scattered tools mean missed deadlines, lost approvals, and gaps you can't afford. This is a blueprint for building a more structured way of working, with AI identifying risk throughout.
Learner Success teams app template: build a tool that spots struggling learners before they drop out
Missed milestones, declining engagement, no structured way to intervene… this template can help you build a learner success tool that responds to exactly those problems, with AI identifying risk and recommending action throughout.
A Retool template for Ops teams: build a command center that keeps your day-to-day running smoothly
Scattered tools, slow reactions, no single source of truth - our ‘OpsPanel’ is a blueprint for building the ops command center your team actually needs.
AP teams template: build a payments app in Retool that keeps your cash flow clean and your vendors happy
Blocked payments, missed deadlines, invoice disputes with no clear owner - this is a blueprint for building an accounts payable tool that replaces the chaos with a structured, AI-assisted workflow.
Stop making your CS and CX teams work around bad tools: a Retool template for customer-facing teams
Scattered context, repetitive manual work, no single source of truth - this is a blueprint for building a unified customer operations tool your agents can actually rely on.
Finance directors: download our Retool template and build a command center that provides visibility and control
Scattered approvals, manual reporting, no real-time view of risk - this is a blueprint for building a finance director's tool that tackles all of that, with AI doing the heavy lifting.
QA and compliance teams Retool template: build a review workflow that stops the wrong content going live
Scattered feedback, missed approvals, no audit trail - ‘ReviewDesk’ is a blueprint for building a structured review and approval workflow your team can actually rely on.
L&D and HR teams app template: build a training tracker that shows you what's actually working
Scattered attendance data, no engagement visibility, no clear link to outcomes - our Retool template, ‘LearnPulse’, is a blueprint for building a centralised learning performance tool your L&D team can actually act on.
Build a pipeline tool that keeps your revenue visible in real time: a Retool template for sales and growth teams
Fragmented deals, unreliable forecasts, no real-time visibility - our template, 'RevPilot', is a blueprint for building a centralized revenue pipeline tool that keeps your whole team aligned.
Make informed recruitment decisions: build an app in Retool for HR and talent teams, using our free template
Scattered profiles, no scoring system, no way to compare - 'SkillLayer' is a blueprint for building a structured talent evaluation tool that goes beyond the resume.
Logistics ops template: build a tailored app that smooths your operations
Build a logistics app that keeps your operations visible, connected, and on schedule: download our free Retool template below.
Retool for Enterprise: Deploying your Retool environment on AWS (Bold Tech guide)
In this guide, we walk you through the full process of deploying Retool on AWS, filling in some of the gaps the Retool docs miss, and helping to debug common issues.
Build an eCommerce app that streamlines your operations: download our free template
There are lots of eCommerce apps out there - from Shopify to Wix, they seem to have you covered… at first. The catch: they’re not tailored to your company’s needs, which is where building a custom app that suits your business comes in.
Chegg x Bold Tech Customer Story: Building scalable AI-powered internal tools in Retool
Over two years of working together, Bold Tech has saved Chegg 80 hours per month and transformed their process through thoughtful implementation of AI.
Streamline your media workflows: custom app template in Retool
Media workflows can be messy. Our Retool template shows how a custom internal app can replace scattered tools, streamline metadata, and help teams move faster with less friction.
Build better healthcare tools with Retool: free management tool template
Healthcare companies need tools that strike a balance of relational patient care while maintaining efficiency and data compliance. In this article, we’ll unpack our Retool template for building your own, customizable app to streamline your processes.
Retool for Enterprise: Source Control Best Practices
Retool offers strong tools for managing enterprise deployments, but using Git for source control brings far more structure and safety. In this tutorial we'll show you how best to use Git workflows to prevent overwrites, support collaboration, and make deployments more reliable.
Build better Education tools with Retool: Free LMS template
How can Education companies and start-ups benefit from better internal tools? In this article, we share UI tips and a free template to get started.
Template: Zoho-inspired CRM
Use this template to import a Zoho-style CRM into your Retool, while maintaining the freedom to be creative and mould the CRM to your company's specific needs.
Customer Stories: Vimeo x Bold Tech
Bold Tech is delighted to call Vimeo one of its valued clients. Here's how we've helped them with their internal tools on Retool.
Setting up Global Search and Quick Actions in Retool
In this tutorial, we walk you through how to build a Global Search feature for a CRM application in Retool, with built-in quick actions.
How to trigger a Zapier Webhook from a Retool app
Need to trigger your Zaps from Retool? In this tutorial, we show you how to trigger a Webhook to send your Retool data to a Zapier automation.
Retool custom audit logging app - template
This custom audit log app template allows On-Prem users to query Retool's audit logs with SQL and create bespoke audit trail functionality. Newsletter members can download for free!
Hospitable template - building a property management portal in Retool
Here’s how we built a Hospitable app clone in Retool - newsletter members can download the template for free!
Retool for Enterprises: Accessing audit log data via SQL for on-prem deployments
In this Retool for Enterprises article, we show you how to connect to audit log data for on-prem deployments of Retool, so you can build your own custom audit trail app.
Five years of building boldly with Retool
To celebrate our five year anniversary on Retool we reflect on five years of building on Retool, how much the platform has changed and how far we've come.
Top 6 platforms for building business automation
In this guide, we’ll break down the best automation platforms - who should use them, what they’re great at, and where they fall short. If you’re looking for a no-nonsense guide to the top tools worth considering - this is it.
UI tips: Creating dropdown actions in Retool
In this tutorial we show you a great UI tip in Retool - using table buttons to set up dropdown actions that save space in your apps.
How to build an inventory management system with Retool & Xano
This tutorial will guide you to create a simple inventory management system using Xano API for your backend and Retool for your frontend.
What is Retool?
Retool is a business software builder aimed at helping developers build faster. Devs require decent knowledge of JavaScript and SQL but can build highly custom apps much faster than traditional code.
Integrating ‘Fillout’ forms into your Retool apps
In this tutorial, we connect the Fillout API to Retool to display form responses directly from a Retool app.
Advanced permissions in Retool: The Fundamentals (Retool for Enterprises)
Permissioning for large-scale deployments can be complex, so in this article we break down the fundamentals of how Permissions work in Retool, and share some essential tips.
Building the Steam UI on Retool (with template)
In the final release of our Retool UI inspiration series, we recreated the Steam interface. Newsletter members can download the template for free!
Retool for Enterprises Part 1: The Basics
Retool is a powerful tool for enterprises yet many still struggle to build for scale. In this first article, we’ll cover essentials for enterprises, like how they can use Retool best, pricing plans and self-hosted vs cloud.
Creating Retool in Retool (with template)
In this UI inspiration piece, we created Retool-ception. Retool, built on Retool. Check it out! Newsletter members can download the template too.
How we built YouTube in Retool (with template)
In this UI inspiration template, we have recreated the YouTube UI using Retool! Newsletter members can download the template for free.
Reddit-inspired UI in Retool (with template)
In this UI inspiration template, we have recreated the Reddit UI using Retool! Newsletter members can download the template for free!
Building interactive maps with OpenStreetMap API in Retool
The native Mapbox component in Retool offers powerful capabilities for building interactive maps, giving users the ability to visualize and work with geospatial data.
Hubspot-inspired UI in Retool: CRM Template (with template)
We built a Hubspot-inspired CRM UI in Retool with some super useful features. Members can download the template for free!
Retool Basics: Create a CRUD app for your data
This tutorial is an intro to the basics of Retool, including connecting to resources, setting up a basic CRUD app, and deploying your app with permissions.
Plotly AI helper - Generate Plotly charts in Retool in seconds!
We built an AI chatbot to quickly generate Plotly charts inside of Retool according to user prompts. Newsletter members can download the chatbot module TypeScript for free!
Charting in Plotly part III - Interactive charts
In part III of our Plotly guides, we’ll be focusing on creating not only useful charts, but highly interactive ones too. We\'ll also be making our chart functionality into a module.
Charting in Retool with Plotly. Part II: The Sankey Diagram
In Part II, we share a case study of how we used Plotly to build a complex Sankey generator with a super user-friendly interface.
Charting in Retool with Plotly. Part I: Line graphs step-by-step beginners guide
In this first part of the Plotly in Retool series, we’re going back to basics with the line/scatter chart and how to add more useful features like trend lines and annotations.
UI tips for building efficient data dashboards in Retool
In this UI guide, we run through some practical tips and tricks to apply to your data dashboards and admin panels to ensure the best user experience for your team.
Building a custom calculator using JavaScript & Retool
In this tutorial, we will show you how we built a complex Retool Pricing calculator so that you can too.
Build an AI chatbot with custom knowledge base in <1 hour
Looking for a simple AI chatbot to help you quickly search many internal business resources? In less than an hour build an AI chatbot with a custom knowledge base in Retool.
10 tips to increase speed and performance in Retool
In this article, we summarize 10 tips to help you speed up your Retool apps and ensure they stay performant.
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Build an inventory-tracking app on Supabase & Retool [pt. 2]
In part 2 of this tutorial, we use Retool and Supabase to build an inventory tracker in less than an hour.
Build an order management system on Supabase (in <2 hours) [pt.1]
Supabase is a great backend option for business software. In this tutorial, we use Supabase and Retool to build an order-tracking app in just a couple of hours.
Create a CRUD app from Google Sheets in <1 hour with Retool
Looking to level-up your Google Sheets data with a simple app? Using Retool you can build a useful CRUD in less than an hour, to increase functionality and keep your data more secure.
Creating PDFs in Retool (4+ methods)
For many companies looking for Retool apps, PDF end products are essential. Here are 4+ options to generate PDFs within Retool.
Building an AI-assisted customer support chatbot using Intercom and Retool AI
In this tutorial, learn to build an AI-supported customer chatbot app, connected to the Intercom.io API, which helps customer support agents by generating accurate, editable responses fast.
Custom Salesforce Inbound BDR tool template in Retool
Looking for a custom tool to use on top of your Salesforce data? Download the template to use this lead enrichment app in your own Retool environment.
Harvest Alternative: Building our team’s time tracker application in Retool
In this post, we tell you why we at Bold Tech created our own time tracker in Retool to replace Harvest, and a bit about how we built it.
Making an HMAC hashing function with Crypto JS & Retool
In this tutorial we walk through how to make an HMAC hashing function in Retool using Crypto.js.
How to build powerful sales apps in Retool: unleash your Salesforce data with Sequin
This article will guide you through some solutions to common Salesforce issues. It includes a step-by-step process of how to leverage Retool and Sequin to build a tailored app that enriches Salesforce data with ease.
Why should you migrate from Airtable or Google Sheets to a SQL database?
Airtable and Google Sheets are great no-code options for small datasets, but they have their limitations. We identify their main drawbacks and consider why a SQL database might be a better option.
What is Retool Database and what is it good for?
Built on PostgreSQL, Retool Database is a database with the power of SQL but an interface as simple as a spreadsheet. In this post, we discuss its best use cases.
