Thunderdome B2B SaaS AI Visibility Index
Company size · July 2026

Best ai-app-builders for startups

AI's answer · live, with web access
Contested
80/100 slot score
100% of answers name it
#3 avg. position
+16 ahead of QuantumByte

The full field

Every brand recommended for this question, from 12 answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.

# Brand Slot score Appears in Avg. position
1 Lovable 80 100% #3
2 QuantumByte 64 67% #2
3 Bolt 58 83% #5
4 Replit 49 83% #6
5 Bubble 42 83% #7
6 Softr 35 58% #6
7 Fabricate 35 42% #3
8 v0 31 58% #7

Slot score is position-weighted, 0 to 100: being recommended first counts far more than a trailing mention. "Appears in" is the share of answers naming the brand at all.

How this was measured

ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini each answered this question in two phrasings, several times each, with live web access and citations: the closest API-reachable version of the real assistant experience (no personalization or account memory, which no vendor can provide). Model-memory answers (no web) are measured separately and shown above as a comparison surface. A brand counts once per answer that recommends it. The exact questions:

Part of the AI App Builders ranking. Method details on the methodology page. Rankings reflect measured AI answers, not paid placement.

More ai-app-builders buying questions

Who wins when the question changes:

Startups teams also ask: best CRM for startups · best customer support software for startups · best project management tool for startups · best no-code-builders for startups

Get alerted on big movements

We rerun the index every month. Drop your email and pick what to watch in AI App Builders: the whole category or specific brands. Free, unsubscribe anytime.

Or watch specific brands: