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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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Appaca
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI workspace that builds internal tools, CRMs and AI co-workers from plain-language prompts, with a built-in database and integrations.

873 saves
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IOTA
✓ verifiedPaid

Uzbekistan software studio building custom ERP and CRM systems plus web and AI/ML solutions, pitched as cheaper than SAP or Oracle.

1.8K 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)
Free: $0/mo (100 AI credits, 1 app)

No public 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

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
  • Prompt-based AI app and internal-tool builder
  • Built-in database and file storage
  • Custom AI co-workers/agents
  • Knowledge base for workspace context
  • Scheduling and automation
  • Integrations via API and webhooks
  • Custom ERP and CRM development
  • Web application development
  • AI/ML and LLM integration into business processes
  • On-premise or cloud deployment
  • Golang + HTMX performance stack
  • Server and cloud infrastructure services
  • 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
  • Build a custom CRM shaped to your sales process
  • Create internal dashboards and admin panels
  • Automate finance, HR and ops workflows
  • Stand up approval and intake workflows
  • Digitizing operations with custom ERP
  • Building CRM to improve sales and retention
  • Integrating AI into business workflows
  • Modernizing IT infrastructure
  • 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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