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Retool
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI-assisted low-code platform for building governed internal tools and workflows that connect directly to production data.

1.7K saves
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UI Bakery
✓ verifiedFreemium

Low-code platform that generates internal tools, admin panels and dashboards from a prompt, then lets teams edit visually.

321K visits/mo
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Jet Admin
✓ verifiedFreemium

No-code and AI builder for internal tools, admin panels, CRMs and customer portals on top of your existing databases.

44K visits/mo
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Cirql
✓ verifiedPaid

Forward-deployed engineering firm that embeds with industrial teams on retainer to build custom internal tools.

403 visits/mo
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Trae
✓ verifiedFreemium

Trae AI-powered IDE for developer collaboration; notable ByteDance-backed dev product.

2.3M visits/mo
Pricing
Free: $0/mo (up to 5 users, 500 workflow runs/month)
Team: $10/mo per builder + $5/mo per internal user (5,000 workflow runs/month)
Business: $50/mo per builder + $15/mo per internal user (audit logging, unlimited resource environments)

Free trial available

Free: $0/mo per developer
Builder: $20/mo per developer (billed annually)
Team: $35/mo per developer (billed annually)

No public pricing

Standard retainer: $10,000/mo (unlimited requests)

No public pricing

Core features
  • AI prompt-to-app builder for production-ready internal tools
  • MCP server for building apps from external AI coding agents
  • Import of apps built in other platforms via ZIP or GitHub sync
  • Direct, permission-governed connections to production data sources
  • Workflow automation and orchestration across systems
  • Mobile app support alongside web apps
  • Enterprise access controls, SSO and audit logging
  • Self-hosting option for regulated environments
  • Prompt-to-app generation for internal tools and admin panels
  • Visual drag-and-drop editor for post-generation refinement
  • Direct connections to real databases, REST APIs and third-party tools
  • 80+ prebuilt UI components
  • Role-based access control and audit logging on paid tiers
  • Cloud or self-hosted deployment options
  • Drag-and-drop visual app builder
  • Auto-generated admin panels from databases
  • External data sync into a single source of truth
  • Workflow automation with 5,000+ integrations
  • Granular permissions and sharing
  • AI apps and AI agent builder
  • Self-hosted option
  • Embedded forward-deployed engineers
  • On-site workflow mapping and process mining
  • Custom internal tool development
  • Weekly shipping cadence
  • Unlimited requests on a flat retainer
  • Client ownership of delivered code
  • AI Agents
  • Tool Integration
  • Context Awareness
  • Smart Autocompletion
  • Local Data Storage
  • Secure Data Access
Use cases
  • Engineering and ops teams building internal admin tools fast
  • IT centralizing governance over AI-generated business apps
  • Enterprises building embedded portals for external users
  • Teams automating multi-step operational workflows
  • Building employee approval workflows or ops dashboards quickly
  • Generating admin panels with tables, filters and forms for a database
  • Creating CRUD interfaces on top of an existing data source
  • Teams needing self-hosted internal tools for compliance reasons
  • Internal tools for support, ops and sales
  • Custom CRMs and admin panels
  • Customer and partner portals
  • Approval and dashboard apps
  • Automating quoting and data-entry workflows
  • Streamlining RFQ and vendor follow-up
  • Freeing staff from repetitive back-office work
  • Adding engineering capacity without new hires
  • Automating coding tasks with AI agents
  • Integrating external tools for enhanced functionality
  • Improving code accuracy with context-aware suggestions
  • Boosting coding speed with smart autocompletion
  • Building RAG apps without writing code
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