External apps concepts

Explanations about the key topics of Retool Embed and Retool Portals.

Embedded apps

Retool Embed is a way to authenticate users–internal or external to your company–into embedded Retool apps within your existing web applications. Retool's API lets you generate a secure, one-time use URL that you can embed anywhere to open a Retool application. When generating the URL, you can pass in additional context about the user–like membership status, account ID, location–and use it in your Retool apps to query data and control app behavior.

Portals

Retool Portals lets you whitelabel the Retool experience so that your end users–be it customers, vendors, or partners–don't know they're using Retool. This means Retool manages everything from user email invitations, to signup, permissions, the app experience, and more. You can also upload your logo and customize the look and feel of Retool to match your company brand.