Metered vs Retool
Metered confirms 7 of the features we check on its own site; Retool confirms 4.
Metered
Developers who want to add video, voice, live streaming and recording to an app or site with an SDK.
Watch out: Usage-based pricing means costs scale with traffic; plan prices are not in the crawled text.
Retool
Engineering and IT teams building internal tools on top of their own databases and APIs.
Watch out: Free plan lacks SSO, audit logs and granular roles.
| Overview & pricing | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Developer Tools & APIs | Developer Tools & APIs |
| Specialty | Video call SDK | Internal app builder |
| Based in | 🇨🇦 Canada | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Best for | All sizes | All sizes |
| Starting price | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed |
| Free plan | Unconfirmed | ✓Yes |
| Free trial | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed |
| Features confirmed on each vendor’s site | ||
| Free tier for developers · Core features | ◐$30 free credit on signup, not a permanent free tier | ✓Free plan at $0, up to 5 users |
| REST / GraphQL API · Core features | ✓REST API documentation with code samples | ✓Connect to any REST API or GraphQL |
| Official SDKs · Core features | ✓JavaScript SDK and C++ SDK | Unconfirmed |
| CLI · Core features | Unconfirmed | ✓Use MCP server or CLI to build apps |
| Open source · Core features | ◐Only an open source starter sample app is mentioned | Unconfirmed |
| Usage-based billing · Core features | ✓Pay for what you use, no upfront costs | Unconfirmed |
| Public documentation · Core features | ✓Quick start, auth and best practices guides | ✓Docs for MCP, CLI and app import |
| Public API · Platform | ✓Public REST API | Unconfirmed |
| Phone support · Support | ✓Support phone +1 (647) 483-3172 listed | Unconfirmed |
| Email support · Support | ✓support@metered.ca listed | Unconfirmed |
| SSO / SAML · Security & compliance | Unconfirmed | ◐SSO, SCIM, 2FA not included in Free plan |
| Two-factor authentication · Security & compliance | Unconfirmed | ◐2FA not included in Free plan |
| Roles & permissions · Security & compliance | Unconfirmed | ◐Granular roles not included in Free plan |
| Audit log · Security & compliance | Unconfirmed | ◐Audit logs not included in Free plan |
| Integrations | ||
| Listed on its site | Unconfirmed | OpenAI, Google Sheets, PostgreSQL, Firebase, GraphQL, Claude Code, AlloyDB, Amazon Athena, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon DynamoDB, Lovable, Replit, GitHub |
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Every ✓ / ✕ comes from the vendor’s own website (sources on each product page). Unconfirmed means the site doesn’t say — not that the feature is missing.