Retool Forms is the fastest way to build a form on top of your database, your data warehouse, or wherever else you want your data. Retool Forms are:

• Native to your data source: Generating a form on top of any SQL datastore (Postgres, MySQL, Snowflake, etc.) in one click.
• Your form, your database: Use your own or we’ll give you a Postgres DB—with a connection string if you want to take it elsewhere.
• Code-first: You can write JavaScript almost anywhere, including libraries like moment and lodash, for custom validations, conditional logic, and data parsing.
• The start of other processes: Build apps and workflows on top of your data to join data sources, send updates through Slack or email, and take action on your results.
• Secure: Forms are public but the data, apps, and workflows you build are permissioned securely with granular access controls. You can also self-host it in your own VPC.

Retool Forms is free and has no arbitrary limits on users, forms, or submissions.

You can create custom URLs for web apps to make them more discoverable and easier to share with end users. With a custom URL set, end users can access apps at {domain}/app/{custom-url} or {domain}/p/{custom-url} if it's a public app.

Retool Storage is a hosted blob store that allows you to upload and interact with your files without needing to configure an object store (e.g., S3, Azure File Storage). There is a 5 GB storage limit per organization, with a 40 MB limit on file size. Your browser may have settings that restrict this limit further.

Working with files has previously been a challenge for users as it required storing base64 strings or using third-party data stores. Retool Storage is a built-in solution that requires no configuration.

There are two ways to interact with Retool Storage:

• The Retool Storage section in the Resources tab for your organization.
• The Retool Storage resource, available in both apps and workflows.

You can programmatically upload, read, and download from Retool Storage.

When you configure a resource on Retool Cloud, you can now choose to route traffic through the eu-central-1 region, based in Frankfurt, Germany, or through the default us-west-2 region, based in Oregon, US. This determines the network round trip time it takes Retool to query your data sources. Selecting a region in close proximity to your resources can improve your application's performance.

You can set a default region for all your resources and override it for individual resources. Learn how to set resource regions in our documentation.