---
title: "How Retool uses Retool (and the Neon API) to manage 300K+ Postgres databases"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-retool-uses-retool-and-the-neon-api-to-manage-300k-postgres-databases-svpzcot6n
source_url: https://neon.com/blog/how-retool-uses-retool-and-the-neon-api-to-manage-300k-postgres-databases
type: article
source: "Neon"
published: 2026-07-09T06:57:38.542Z
updated: 2026-07-09T07:00:27.144Z
tags: ["backend", "postgresql", "serverless", "retool"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# How Retool uses Retool (and the Neon API) to manage 300K+ Postgres databases

**[Neon](https://daily.dev/sources/neontech)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Retool partnered with Neon to power RetoolDB, their managed database offering built on serverless Postgres. Using the Neon API, Retool automates all database management tasks — including provisioning, pool management, and monitoring — through an internal tool built with Retool itself. Neon's scale-to-zero feature eliminates costs for idle databases, enabling Retool to manage over 300,000 Postgres database projects with just a single engineer. Each end user gets a dedicated Neon project with an isolated Postgres URL, simplifying fleet management and customer mapping.

## Full article

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Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#serverless](https://daily.dev/tags/serverless), [#retool](https://daily.dev/tags/retool)

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