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	✅	🟡	🟡	✅