Comparison | Refine vs React-Admin vs AdminBro vs Retool
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- ✅ 1st-class, built-in, and ready to use with no added configuration or code
- 🟡 Supported, but as an unofficial 3rd party or community library/contribution
- 🔶 Supported and documented, but requires extra user-code to implement
- 🛑 Not officially supported or documented.
| Features | Refine | React-Admin (Website) | AdminBro(Website) | Retool(Website) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Github Repo / Stars |  |  |  | - |
| Bundle Size | - | |||
| Pricing | Open Source | Open Source / Enterprise Edition | Open Source | Pricing |
| Platform Requirements | React | React | Node.js - React | Cloud / Self-hosted |
| Supported UI Frameworks | Ant Design, Material UI, Tailwind, anything...🚀 | Material-UI | Own UIs | Own UIs |
| Headless | Yes🚀 | No | No | No |
| Access Control | RBAC, LDAP, ACL, ABAC, etc.🚀 | RBAC | RBAC | RBAC |
| SSR Support | Yes 🚀 Next.js & Remix | No | No | No |
| Live/Realtime | Yes with two mode auto and manual 🚀 | Yes - just Immediately(Enterprise Edition) | No | No |
| Audit Log | ✅ | ✅ Enterprise Edition | No | Yes |
| State Management | React Query | React Query | Redux | - |
| Routing | React Router, React Location, Next.js Router or Any Routing Library 🚀 | React Router | React Router | - |
| Devtools | Yes - React Query Devtool | Yes - React Query Devtool | No | No |
| Command Palette* | ✅ | 🛑 | 🛑 | 🛑 |
| Own Advanced Tutorial Examples | Yes - 50+ Examples 🚀 | Yes - Few Examples | No | No |
| Architecture | Hooks Based 🚀 | Component Based | Hooks Based | - |
| Dynamic Multi-level Menus | Yes 🚀🚀 | No | No | - |
| Project Creator CLI | ✅ (Superplate) | 🛑 | 🛑 | 🛑 |
| Auth Provider | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Data Provider | ✅ | ✅ | 🔶 | ✅ |
| i18n | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| Router Provider | ✅ | 🛑 | 🛑 | - |
| Notification Provider | ✅ | 🛑 | 🛑 | - |
| GraphQL Support | ✅ | 🔶 | 🟡 | ✅ |
| Customization | ✅ | 🔶 | 🔶 | 🛑 |
| Basic Form | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Editable Table | ✅ | ✅ Enterprise Edition | 🛑 | ✅ |
| Tree Select | ✅ | ✅ Enterprise Edition | 🛑 | 🛑 |
| Markdown | ✅ | ✅ Enterprise Edition | 🛑 | ✅ |
| Calendar | ✅ | ✅ Enterprise Edition | 🛑 | ✅ |
| Caching | ✅ | ✅ | 🛑 | 🛑 |
| API Caching | ✅ | 🛑 | 🛑 | 🛑 |
| Multi Level Menu | ✅ | ✅ Enterprise Edition | 🟡 | ✅ |
| Typescript | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| Modal Form | ✅ | ✅ Enterprise Edition | 🛑 | ✅ |
| Drawer Form | ✅ | 🔶 | 🛑 | 🛑 |
| Step Form | ✅ | ✅ Enterprise Edition | 🛑 | 🛑 |
| Theming | ✅ | ✅ | 🔶 | ✅ |
| CSV Import/Export | ✅ | 🟡 | 🟡 | ✅ |