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Retool
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI-assisted low-code platform for building governed internal tools and workflows that connect directly to production data.
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Build0
✓ verifiedFreemium
YC-backed AI no-code builder that turns plain-English descriptions into secure internal apps connected to your existing stack.
830 visits/mo
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Cirql
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Forward-deployed engineering firm that embeds with industrial teams on retainer to build custom internal tools.
403 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
No public pricing
Standard retainer: $10,000/mo (unlimited requests)
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
- ✦AI builds internal apps from a description
- ✦Integrations with Slack, Notion and databases
- ✦Roles, permissions and access control
- ✦Versioning and audit logs
- ✦Instant deploy and team sharing
- ✦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
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
- →Build internal tools without engineers
- →Create ops, sales and product dashboards
- →Unify siloed data into one tool
- →Let non-developers ship workflows quickly
- →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
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