NEW 2026.10 RELEASE 45 Commercial SaaS Tools mapped to 71 Self-Hosted & Local AI Alternatives with instant Caddy Auto-SSL Docker configs.
OPEN-SOURCE MIGRATION BENCHMARK License: AGPL-3.0 ★ 33.8k GitHub Stars

Replace Retool with Self-Hosted ToolJet

Extensible open-source low-code platform for building business applications and AI agents Stop paying Business ($50 base + $18/user/mo) ($230/mo for a 10-person team) and run ToolJet on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings
+$2,706 / yr
vs Retool standard plan
Container RAM & vCPU
1536 MB RAM
2.0 vCPU • Migration: Moderate
Recommended Cloud Box
$4.50/mo VPS
Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Retool (Business ($50 base + $18/user/mo)) vs ToolJet on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size Retool Cost ToolJet VPS Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo) $68.00/mo ($816/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$762 / year
5 Seats $140.00/mo ($1,680/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$1,626 / year
10 Seats $230.00/mo ($2,760/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$2,706 / year
25 Seats $500.00/mo ($6,000/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$5,946 / year
50 Seats $950.00/mo ($11,400/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$11,346 / year
100 Seats $1,850.00/mo ($22,200/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$22,146 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: ToolJet (Replaces Retool)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  tooljet:
    image: tooljet/try:latest
    container_name: stack-tooljet
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "TOOLJET_HOST=https://internal.${DOMAIN:-yourdomain.com}"
      - "PG_HOST=postgres"
      - "PG_DB=tooljet_prod"
    volumes:
      - tooljet_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  tooljet_data:
  postgres_data:
Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):
# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for ToolJet
tooljet.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy tooljet:80
}

Why Teams Switch to ToolJet

  • ✓Visual query builder for 50+ data sources
  • ✓Built-in table & form generators
  • ✓JavaScript/Python transformations
GitHub Repository ToolJet/ToolJet
Official Website www.tooljet.com
Docker Image tooljet/try:latest
Database Needed PostgreSQL 16
PRODUCTION BOILERPLATE ZIP

Get All 16 Pre-Built Production Stacks + Encrypted S3 Backups

Includes pre-tuned docker-compose.yml, Caddy Auto-SSL, AES-256 encrypted nightly S3/R2 Postgres backups, and Ubuntu 24.04 UFW/Fail2ban hardening scripts.

Other Open-Source Alternatives to Retool: