July 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 97 and the #1 spot in 90% 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. The live-web grounded surface is rolling out across the index. Methodology.

Retool owns the category; everyone else competes for scraps.

Retool is the default answer across all three models, appearing in every response and taking the first-pick slot 90% of the time, a gap that makes the rest of the rankings almost academic. Appsmith holds a distant second with 81% mention rate but zero first picks, suggesting models know it exists without trusting it as a lead recommendation. The most notable anomaly is Tooljet, which Claude scores at 54.6 while Gemini gives it only 3.3, a spread that signals real disagreement between models rather than settled consensus.

AI-generated analysis of the July 2026 measurements.

#	Brand	Visibility Score	Mention rate	Avg. position	#1 pick rate	Models
1	Retool	97 ±0.6	100%	1	90%	ChatGPT #1 Claude #1 Gemini #1
2	Appsmith	68 ±3.8	81%	3	0%	ChatGPT #2 Claude #2 Gemini #2
3	Budibase	33 ±5.4	47%	4	0%	ChatGPT #3 Claude #4 Gemini #3
4	Tooljet	27 ±5.1	40%	4	0%	ChatGPT #4 Claude #3 Gemini #12
5	Microsoft Power Apps	23 ±4.3	35%	4	0%	ChatGPT #10 Claude #5 Gemini #4
6	Glide	22 ±3.3	33%	4	3%	ChatGPT #5 Claude #9 Gemini #5
7	Superblocks	19 ±5.5	29%	5	0%	ChatGPT #6 Claude #15 Gemini #6
8	Airtable	15 ±5.3	26%	5	4%	ChatGPT #9 Claude #7 Gemini #7
9	Softr	14 ±4.3	24%	5	1%	ChatGPT #7 Claude #11 Gemini #8
10	Bubble	9 ±1.1	13%	4	1%	ChatGPT #11 Claude #10 Gemini #9
11	OutSystems	8 ±3.1	11%	4	0%	ChatGPT #8 Claude #13 Gemini
12	ServiceNow	7 ±3.3	10%	4	0%	ChatGPT #14 Claude #8 Gemini #13
13	Airplane	7 ±2.1	11%	5	0%	ChatGPT Claude #6 Gemini
14	Metabase	7 ±1.8	11%	5	0%	ChatGPT #13 Claude #12 Gemini #11
15	Forest Admin	6 ±3.5	11%	5	0%	ChatGPT #12 Claude #14 Gemini #10

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: Supabase (5.4), FlutterFlow (5.1), Mendix (5), Refine (4.6), Backstage (3.8). 81 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 3/100: 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-5.3-chat-latest

1 Retool

100

2 Appsmith

62

3 Budibase

24

4 Tooljet

24

5 Glide

24

Claude

claude-sonnet-4-6

1 Retool

96

2 Appsmith

77

3 Tooljet

55

4 Budibase

31

5 Microsoft Power Apps

20

Gemini

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1 Retool

94

2 Appsmith

65

3 Budibase

43

4 Microsoft Power Apps

37

5 Glide

31

The questions we asked

Each model answered every prompt 3 times in July 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
Superblocks

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