September 2026 snapshot · 72 AI answers Locked up

No-Code & Internal Tool Builders: AI Visibility Ranking

Low-code/no-code platforms for building internal apps, admin panels, and dashboards. Right now, Retool is the brand AI assistants recommend most, with a Visibility Score of 94 and the #1 spot in 86% of answers. Head-to-head: Retool vs Appsmith →

These rankings are measured from what the three models know from training, not a live web search. When the models DO search the web, see which sources they cite. Methodology.

Retool dominates; Appsmith gets remembered but never chosen.

Retool is the near-unanimous first pick across all three models, named first 86% of the time and mentioned in 97% of answers, there is no real contest at the top. The more telling finding is Appsmith: it shows up in 83% of answers yet gets the first-pick nod only 1% of the time, meaning the models consistently consider it but pass it over. Everything below those two, including ToolJet and Power Apps, is getting partial mentions without any meaningful preference signal.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

#	Brand	Visibility Score	Trend (3 mo)	Mention rate	Avg. position	#1 pick rate	Models
1	Retool	94 ±2.7	flat	97%	1.3	86%	ChatGPT #1 Claude #1 Gemini #1
2	Appsmith	72 ±3.7	▲ 6	83%	2.4	1%	ChatGPT #2 Claude #2 Gemini #2
3	Budibase	39 ±6	flat	57%	4.1	0%	ChatGPT #4 Claude #4 Gemini #3
4	ToolJet	32 ±4.6	flat	47%	4.2	0%	ChatGPT #3 Claude #3 Gemini #14
5	Microsoft Power Apps	27 ±4.3	flat	40%	4.2	0%	ChatGPT #5 Claude #5 Gemini #5
6	Glide	20 ±3.4	flat	32%	4.8	3%	ChatGPT #7 Claude #8 Gemini #6
7	Airtable	16 ±4.5	flat	25%	4.5	7%	ChatGPT #6 Claude #6 Gemini #12
8	Superblocks	16 ±5	flat	24%	4.4	0%	ChatGPT #12 Claude #13 Gemini #4
9	Softr	14 ±3.3	flat	26%	5.9	1%	ChatGPT #10 Claude #12 Gemini #7
10	OutSystems	12 ±2.9	flat	21%	5.5	0%	ChatGPT #8 Claude #9 Gemini #13
11	Metabase	11 ±2.9	flat	15%	3.9	0%	ChatGPT #11 Claude #10 Gemini #10
12	Bubble	10 ±1.9	flat	15%	4.3	1%	ChatGPT #13 Claude #7 Gemini #11
13	Mendix	10 ±2.9	▲ 4	19%	6.0	0%	ChatGPT #9 Claude #11 Gemini #15
14	Streamlit	5 ±3.6	flat	8%	4.8	0%	ChatGPT #14 Claude #14 Gemini #9
15	Refine	5 ±2.7	flat	10%	6.1	0%	ChatGPT Claude #15 Gemini #8

The ± under each score is the reliability band: how much the number would move if we re-ran the identical measurement. It is tight because each prompt is sampled multiple times. It is not the same as how much the ranking depends on which prompts we ask — a separate, wider figure shown on hover.

Just below the cutoff: Airplane (4.7), AppSheet (3.3), UI Bakery (3.2), Apache Superset (3.2), Notion (2.9). 73 brands were scored in this category; the leaderboard shows the top 15.

Visibility Score: position-weighted presence across all measured answers, 0 to 100. A score of 100 means the brand was the first recommendation in every answer. Every point in a trend line is a live monthly measurement; there is no modeled or backfilled history. Full methodology.

Openness 6/100: the share of this category's recommendation weight not held by the leader.

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Do the models agree?

Per-model Visibility Scores for the top 10. A long gray bar means the three assistants disagree about the brand. Hover a row for exact values.

ChatGPT Claude Gemini

Where they land in the answer

When a brand is mentioned, where does it appear? Box shows the middle 50% of positions, the thick line is the median, whiskers are the extremes. Hover a row for the detail.

What each model recommends first

ChatGPT

gpt-5.4

1 Retool

97

2 Appsmith

68

3 ToolJet

41

4 Budibase

39

5 Microsoft Power Apps

32

Claude

claude-sonnet-4-6

1 Retool

94

2 Appsmith

77

3 ToolJet

53

4 Budibase

35

5 Microsoft Power Apps

20

Gemini

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1 Retool

91

2 Appsmith

70

3 Budibase

44

4 Superblocks

33

5 Microsoft Power Apps

30

The questions we asked

Each model answered every prompt 3 times in September 2026. Prompts are brand-neutral so no vendor gets seeded into the question.

Best overall
What's the best platform for building internal tools? See who wins it →
Use-case fit
We need to build admin panels and dashboards on top of our Postgres database. What should we use? See who wins it →
Top tools in 2026
What are the top low-code and no-code platforms for internal apps in 2026? See who wins it →
Startup & small team
Which internal tool builder should a startup engineering team use? See who wins it →
Enterprise pick
Which internal tool platform should a large enterprise standardize on, considering security, compliance, and scale? See who wins it →
Feature-led ask
I want to build internal apps that connect to our APIs and databases. What do you recommend? See who wins it →
If you could pick one
If you could only pick one internal tool platform, which one and why? See who wins it →
Budget & alternatives
What are the best no-code app builders for business teams? See who wins it →

Who wins for what

AI buying questions are long tail: real buyers ask for their size, industry, budget, and situation, not just "what's the best no-code & internal tool builders". Each column is one of those qualified questions, scored the same way as the main ranking but measured on the lived surface: real assistant answers with live web access. The slot score is position-weighted: being recommended first counts far more than a trailing mention.

The first column is the overall (unsegmented) pick; the rest are segmented questions — a full row is breadth, a single dot is a niche a brand owns. Overall = the headline model ranking; segment dots = the live, web-grounded surface.

	OVERALL	Company size				Industry					Price posture
	Unsegmented	Enterprise	Mid-market	Small business	Startups	Agencies	Ecommerce	Healthcare	Nonprofits	Real estate	Best value	Budget	Free
Retool
Adalo
Bubble
WeWeb
Glide
Softr
Tapcart
VertiComply
OutSystems
Zite
Blaze.tech
Appbrew
Shopney
Caspio
Knack
Appsmith
Budibase
ToolJet
Microsoft Power Apps
Airtable

owns it owns, contested leads an open slot top 3 absent

Best for	Winner	Slot score	Status
Company size
Enterprise	WeWeb	51	Open
Mid-market	Bubble	76	Owned
Small business	Softr	87	Contested
Startups	Bubble	94	Contested
Industry
Agencies	WeWeb	73	Open
Ecommerce	Tapcart	72	Contested
Healthcare	VertiComply	72	Contested
Nonprofits	Adalo	76	Contested
Real estate	Adalo	93	Contested
Price posture
Best value	Adalo	96	Contested
Budget	Glide	83	Contested
Free	Adalo	81	Contested