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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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Google Opal
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Google Labs experiment for building and sharing AI mini-apps from natural-language prompts, no coding required.
2.1M visits/mo
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AdminForth
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Open-source, agent-first admin-panel framework for Vue3/Node.js with auth, plugins and AI features to build back-office panels fast.
2.1K visits/mo
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Pipedream
✓ verifiedFreemium
Low-code integration platform for connecting thousands of APIs into workflows and AI agents, including an MCP tool server.
498K 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)
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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
- ✦Build AI mini-apps from natural-language prompts
- ✦Visual editor for prompt/tool workflows
- ✦Share created apps with others
- ✦No-code AI app prototyping
- ✦CRUD admin panel from a database URL
- ✦Vue3 components and Tailwind theming with dark mode
- ✦Auth plugins: OAuth2/SSO, TOTP/WebAuthn 2FA
- ✦Audit log, S3 upload and CSV import/export plugins
- ✦AI plugins for autocomplete, translation and bulk data
- ✦Custom pages, dashboards and background jobs
- ✦Visual and code-based workflow builder
- ✦Prebuilt AI agent builder and deployment
- ✦Managed authentication across thousands of apps
- ✦MCP server exposing integrations as agent tools
- ✦Scheduled and event-triggered workflows
- ✦Connect SDK for embedding integrations into other products
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
- →Prototyping an AI workflow quickly
- →Sharing a custom AI mini-app
- →Automating a task with chained prompts
- →Developers building internal back-office tools
- →Adding an admin panel to an existing database
- →Creating AI/agent-assisted back-office workflows
- →Self-hosting a customizable admin UI
- →Building AI agents that call external APIs and tools
- →Automating cross-app workflows such as Slack, Gmail, or Sheets notifications
- →Embedding third-party integrations into a SaaS product
- →Prototyping event-driven automations without heavy infrastructure
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