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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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Cirql
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Forward-deployed engineering firm that embeds with industrial teams on retainer to build custom internal tools.
403 visits/mo
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Craftable PRO
✓ verifiedFree trial
Laravel admin-panel and CRUD generator with a Vue3/Tailwind UI, roles, permissions and media library.
332 visits/mo
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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
Pricing
Free: $0/mo per developer
Builder: $20/mo per developer (billed annually)
Team: $35/mo per developer (billed annually)
Standard retainer: $10,000/mo (unlimited requests)
Single: €149/year (1 project)
Unlimited: €399/year (unlimited projects)
Forever: €990 (unlimited projects, updates forever)
Free trial available
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
Core features
- ✦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
- ✦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
- ✦CRUD/module generator with validation
- ✦Vue3 + Tailwind component UI
- ✦Roles and permissions / access control
- ✦Media library
- ✦Localization and multilingual content
- ✦Two-factor authentication
- ✦User management
- ✦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
Use cases
- →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
- →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
- →Building Laravel admin panels
- →Scaffolding CRUD quickly
- →Creating CMS or CRM backends
- →Managing media and translations
- →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
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