ToolJet covers the internal-tool builders and the AI builders at once. Cordango deliberately covers neither.
ToolJet is awkward to compare against because it refuses to sit in one category. It markets natural-language creation of full-stack enterprise applications, so it competes with the AI builders. It has a database, integrations, agents and workflows, so it competes with Retool. It self-hosts and carries SOC 2, GDPR and ISO positioning, so it competes with Budibase. Any argument that starts “this category cannot do X” loses to ToolJet.
The comparison that holds is the one about responsibility. ToolJet gives a builder a great deal of reach and expects somebody to hold the result together: the data sources each app points at, the roles each app grants, the instance if you self-host it. Cordango takes that reach away and gives you a company instead, with the records, the rights and the history already decided.
Feature availability and pricing change. Every row is checked against the vendor's own current documentation, linked at the foot of this page.
Default means it is there without anyone setting it up. Available means the vendor supports it, sometimes only on a particular plan. Build or configure means it is possible and it is your work. Not a focus means the product is aimed somewhere else.
| Cordango | ToolJet | |
|---|---|---|
| Building an app by describing it | Defaultthe normal way in, alongside ready-made capabilities | DefaultToolJet markets natural-language creation of full-stack enterprise apps |
| Builder and code-level control | Not a focuspurpose-built screens from a shared vocabulary. No canvas, no formula language. | Defaultdeep control over components, queries and logic |
| Shared company records across every app | Defaultorganizations, people and teams are there before the first app | Build or configurepoint every app at the same source, and keep it that way as apps multiply |
| Organisation-level identity and roles | DefaultMicrosoft and Google sign-in on every plan, SAML and SCIM higher up | AvailableSSO and role management. Check which tier carries what. |
| Authorisation inside the app | Defaultenforced below the application, per entity, per field and per command | Build or configureconfigured per app by whoever builds it |
| Audit across every app | Defaultfield-level history produced by the runtime, nothing to model | Availableaudit capability on the enterprise tiers |
| Connecting outside systems | AvailableREST and MCP over your own data. A narrower connector set than ToolJet has. | Defaulta wide integration range, and a database of its own |
| Self-hosting and on-premises | Not a focusCordango is a managed service. If you have to own the infrastructure, ToolJet wins this row outright. | Defaultself-hosting is a first-class option |
| Managed hosting | Defaultbackups, updates and patching are ours | Defaulta managed cloud is offered alongside self-hosting |
| Somebody has to run the platform | Defaultnobody at your company does | Build or configureif you self-host, the instance and its upgrades are yours |
| German or EU data residency | DefaultGerman data centres on every plan, sub-processors published | Availableself-host wherever you like. Ask about regions on their cloud. |
| External assurance today | None yetwe hold no ISO 27001, SOC 2 or C5 certification and have commissioned no external penetration test. We say so on the DPA page rather than in a footnote. | DefaultSOC 2, GDPR and ISO positioning |
| Who has to build it | Defaultyou describe it, or you ask us to build it on the same core | Availablenatural language lowers the bar. The depth still rewards a builder. |
| One contract for the whole platform | Defaultapps are not priced separately. The tenth capability does not add a line item. | Defaultone ToolJet contract, with published plans |
ToolJet is the strongest argument against a lazy version of this whole comparison set. It generates from natural language, it gives a builder real depth, it self-hosts, and it has the assurance paperwork we do not have yet. Any table row that reads “they cannot do this” would be wrong.
What ToolJet does not do, and does not set out to do, is decide what your company is before you build. An app there begins by connecting to data. It is a development platform, and a good one, which means somebody has to keep twelve apps agreeing about what a customer is, and somebody has to own the instance if you run it yourself.
Cordango removes both jobs and charges you for it in flexibility. There is no canvas, no self-hosting, and no route to the kind of bespoke screen a ToolJet builder can produce in an afternoon. What there is instead is a company that already exists, and capabilities that read it.
ToolJet is the better choice when self-hosting is mandatory, when a builder wants real depth over the result, or when you need SOC 2 or ISO evidence on file today.
What we can show you, and what we cannot. Cordango holds no ISO 27001, SOC 2 or C5 certification today, and has not commissioned an external penetration test yet. We would rather you read that here than find it in procurement. Security and permissions at Cordango, and the data processing agreement in full.
Bring a tool you would otherwise build on ToolJet. We will build it in the demo, on a company platform where the records, the rights and the history already exist.