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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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Trae
✓ verifiedFreemium
Trae AI-powered IDE for developer collaboration; notable ByteDance-backed dev product.
2.3M visits/mo
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AdminForth
✓ verifiedFree
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
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
- ✦AI Agents
- ✦Tool Integration
- ✦Context Awareness
- ✦Smart Autocompletion
- ✦Local Data Storage
- ✦Secure Data Access
- ✦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
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
- →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
- →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
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