First-everThe 2027 State of DOAP Survey is open.Take the survey

Low-code internal tools over your own databases and APIs.

Collecting interest
The DOAP Score

How well Retool supports the role

AI-generated estimate72/100 · Optimizing13 points to Leading
  1. Protect78
  2. Change79
  3. Observe58
  4. Govern79
  5. Documentation57
  6. Data63
  7. Integrate76
  8. Support81
  9. Agents72
  10. Security81

The synopsis

AI-generated draft
  • ProtectOptimizing78

    Retool supports backup and restore well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • ChangeOptimizing79

    Retool supports code management, staging and rollback well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • ObserveScaling58

    Solid native support for schema monitoring and change visibility; the practice is repeatable on Retool.

  • GovernOptimizing79

    Retool supports users, authentication and access control well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • DocumentationScaling57

    Solid native support for documentation in the platform and across teams; the practice is repeatable on Retool.

  • DataScaling63

    Solid native support for data cleansing, hygiene and integrity; the practice is repeatable on Retool.

  • IntegrateOptimizing76

    Retool supports integrations and how they are secured well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • SupportOptimizing81

    Retool supports support from the platform and to end users well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • AgentsOptimizing72

    Retool supports using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • SecurityOptimizing81

    Retool supports access, secrets, audit and compliance well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

An estimate until the survey closes; then the number from everyone who answered for Retool, labeled survey-generated, published with its report.

Steering committee and working groups

Three bodies, seats open.

The people who run Retool’s corner of the Alliance. A steering committee of three decides; the certification working group writes the exam; the ops working group keeps the community.

  • Platform Steering Committee3 per platform

    Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.

    Seats open
  • Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform

    The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.

    Seats open
  • Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped

    Content and moderation within the platform’s community.

    Seats open
Express interest in a seatThe join form asks where you would serve.

Supported by its practitioners. Retool has not joined as a participating platform member.

Launching 2027

Join for Retool.

Every name on the join form counts toward Retool’s twenty, and toward a seat on its steering committee.

  1. Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join

    Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.

  2. Q1 2027Survey’s open

    The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.

  3. Summer 2027The Alliance forms

    Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.

  4. AfterCertification opens

    The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.