Forigi vs Retool
Retool’s pitch is “build anywhere, ship in Retool.” Ours is the same sentence without the second clause: build anywhere, ship as-is. Both are honest strategies — which one fits depends on whether you want a governance layer or a platform standardization.
Retool governs AI-built apps by bringing them into Retool — its runtime, its resource model, its pricing. Forigi governs them where they are: the Claude-built bundle deploys unchanged, and SSO, policy, audit, and the kill switch attach at the platform layer.
| Forigi | Retool | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Governance + deployment layer for AI-built apps | Internal-tools development platform (builder, workflows, agents) with governance |
| AI-built apps (Claude Code etc.) | Deployed as-is — the native path | Imported into Retool, inheriting its permissions and resource model |
| Migration required | None — bundle in, governed app out | Yes — apps live in Retool’s runtime after import |
| Builder workflow | Stay in Claude Code; deploy and update over MCP | Retool editor (visual + code); external apps managed in Retool after import |
| Microsoft-shop depth | Entra ID SSO on every app; SharePoint/OneDrive read as the signed-in viewer | SSO via SAML/OIDC; Microsoft services as configured connectors |
| Audit & revocation | Full audit stream; one-click kill switch on every app | Audit logs and permission controls on enterprise plans |
| Runtime constraints | Static bundles: no credentials, no cross-origin, no server code — enforced by CSP | Full-featured platform runtime; safety via permissions rather than structural constraint |
| Pricing model | Pilot: complimentary; GA pricing published before launch | Per-user tiers; enterprise pricing via sales |
| Maturity | Private beta (2026), small pilot cohort | A decade of enterprise deployments; Amazon, Pfizer, Adobe among customers |
You want one platform where engineers build, run, and govern internal software end to end — and you’re prepared to standardize on it. Retool’s builder, workflow engine, and ecosystem are genuinely excellent, and its maturity is a fact we don’t argue with.
The apps already exist — or will next week — because your employees build them in Claude Code, and what you need is governance without a replatforming project. Especially if you’re a Microsoft shop and “reads run as the signed-in viewer” is the sentence your security team has been waiting to hear.
Doesn't Retool also govern apps built in Claude Code?
Retool announced governance for externally built apps in June 2026 — apps from Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable, and Replit can be imported into Retool, where they inherit Retool's permissions and audit trails. The operative word is imported: the app moves into Retool's platform and resource model. Forigi deploys the same bundle as-is, with governance applied at the platform layer rather than through migration.
What does 'no migration' actually mean?
The HTML/JS app your builder made in Claude Code is the app that runs in production. No conversion to another component model, no rebuilding queries as platform resources, no drift between what was built and what ships. Redeploys come from the same Claude Code conversation over MCP.
When is Retool genuinely the better choice?
When you have engineers who want a full internal-tools development platform — visual builder, workflows, agents, mobile — and the budget and appetite for a platform standardization effort. Retool is a mature, excellent product with a decade of enterprise deployments. If you want a builder platform, buy Retool. If you want your Claude-built apps governed without adopting a builder platform, that's Forigi.
How do the two handle Microsoft 365 data?
Retool treats Microsoft services as connectors among many, typically via service credentials configured as resources. Forigi is Microsoft-native: Entra ID SSO gates every app, and SharePoint/OneDrive reads execute as the signed-in viewer under existing M365 permissions — no service-account access to tenant files.
Microsoft shop weighing the incumbent instead? Read Forigi vs Power Apps.
Governance without the migration project.
See a Claude-built app deployed, governed, audited, and killed — in thirty minutes, on a real tenant.