What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about open-source internal tools builders — measured weekly across 4 engines, published as open data.
Updated 2026-08-04 · 56 sampled answers · rolling 4-week window · methodology
Rankings are measured from sampled AI answers — never editorial, never paid. Orbator builds AI-visibility tooling; when Orbator itself appears in any category, it is measured by the same rules as everyone else.
Sample: 56 AI answers · Window: Jul 7, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (34 answers)
Across 56 sampled AI answers from 4 engines, Appsmith is recommended most often — appearing in 98.2% of recommendations, followed by ToolJet (92.9%) and Budibase (91.1%).
This is a measurement of share of voice across 4 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Appsmith appsmith.com | 98.2% 95% CI 90.6–99.7% 55 mentions · avg pos 1.5 first pick 63.6% | — | GEMINI 100%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 85.7%PERPLEXITY 100% | Claim |
| 2 | ToolJet tooljet.com | 92.9% 95% CI 83–97.2% 52 mentions · avg pos 3.1 first pick 13.5% | — | GEMINI 100%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 90.5% | Claim |
| 3 | Budibase budibase.com | 91.1% 95% CI 80.7–96.1% 51 mentions · avg pos 3.8 first pick 11.8% | — | GEMINI 100%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 85.7% | Claim |
| 4 | NocoBase nocobase.com Best for: AI recommends NocoBase most when buyers ask “lightweight open-source alternatives to expensive hosted internal tool platforms” (87.5% of those answers) | 48.2% 95% CI 35.7–61% 27 mentions · avg pos 5.9 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 47.6%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 66.7% | Claim |
| 5 | Retool retool.com Best for: AI recommends Retool most when buyers ask “lightweight open-source alternatives to expensive hosted internal tool platforms” (75% of those answers) | 44.6% 95% CI 32.4–57.6% 25 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 12% | — | GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 71.4%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 57.1% | Claim |
| 6 | Refine refine.dev Best for: AI recommends Refine most when buyers ask “open-source internal tool builder for developers vs no-code operators — which options suit each” (62.5% of those answers) | 35.7% 95% CI 24.5–48.8% 20 mentions · avg pos 8.4 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 38.1% | Claim |
| 7 | MySQL mysql.com Best for: AI recommends MySQL most when buyers ask “how do I self-host a drag-and-drop internal tool builder connected to my own database” (100% of those answers) | 32.1% 95% CI 21.4–45.2% 18 mentions · avg pos 7.4 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 38.1%CHATGPT 71.4%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 8 | PostgreSQL postgresql.org Best for: AI recommends PostgreSQL most when buyers ask “how do I self-host a drag-and-drop internal tool builder connected to my own database” (100% of those answers) | 32.1% 95% CI 21.4–45.2% 18 mentions · avg pos 12.1 first pick 11.1% | — | GEMINI 38.1%CHATGPT 85.7%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 9 | Docker docker.com Best for: AI recommends Docker most when buyers ask “how do I self-host a drag-and-drop internal tool builder connected to my own database” (100% of those answers) | 30.4% 95% CI 19.9–43.3% 17 mentions · avg pos 5.5 first pick 11.8% | — | GEMINI 23.8%CHATGPT 57.1%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 10 | NocoDB nocodb.com Best for: AI recommends NocoDB most when buyers ask “open-source internal tools alternatives to popular hosted admin and ops tool builders” (75% of those answers) | 30.4% 95% CI 19.9–43.3% 17 mentions · avg pos 7.8 first pick 11.8% | — | GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 11 | Airtable airtable.com Best for: AI recommends Airtable most when buyers ask “open-source internal tools alternatives to popular hosted admin and ops tool builders” (62.5% of those answers) | 30.4% 95% CI 19.9–43.3% 17 mentions · avg pos 10.9 first pick 11.8% | — | GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 42.9%PERPLEXITY 33.3% | Claim |
| 12 | Windmill windmill.dev Best for: AI recommends Windmill most when buyers ask “lightweight open-source alternatives to expensive hosted internal tool platforms” (75% of those answers) | 28.6% 95% CI 18.4–41.5% 16 mentions · avg pos 7.9 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 57.1%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 13 | MongoDB mongodb.com Best for: AI recommends MongoDB most when buyers ask “how do I self-host a drag-and-drop internal tool builder connected to my own database” (100% of those answers) | 26.8% 95% CI 17–39.6% 15 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 13.3% | — | GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 42.9%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 14 | Kubernetes kubernetes.io Best for: AI recommends Kubernetes most when buyers ask “how do I self-host a drag-and-drop internal tool builder connected to my own database” (100% of those answers) | 26.8% 95% CI 17–39.6% 15 mentions · avg pos 7.9 first pick 6.7% | — | GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 57.1%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 23.8% | Claim |
| 15 | Directus directus.io Best for: AI recommends Directus most when buyers ask “open-source internal tools alternatives to popular hosted admin and ops tool builders” (50% of those answers) | 25% 95% CI 15.5–37.7% 14 mentions · avg pos 10.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 47.6%CHATGPT 42.9%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 16 | Baserow baserow.io Best for: AI recommends Baserow most when buyers ask “lightweight open-source alternatives to expensive hosted internal tool platforms” (50% of those answers) | 19.6% 95% CI 11.3–31.8% 11 mentions · avg pos 6.7 first pick 9.1% | — | GEMINI 23.8%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 17 | ILLA | 12.5% 95% CI 6.2–23.6% 7 mentions · avg pos 5.2 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 23.8%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 18 | AdminJS Best for: AI recommends AdminJS most when buyers ask “what open-source tool should I use to build a custom admin panel for my SaaS without writing much code” (50% of those answers) | 12.5% 95% CI 6.2–23.6% 7 mentions · avg pos 5.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 19 | Softr softr.io Best for: AI recommends Softr most when buyers ask “open-source internal tool builder for developers vs no-code operators — which options suit each” (75% of those answers) | 12.5% 95% CI 6.2–23.6% 7 mentions · avg pos 12.6 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 20 | Node.js nodejs.org Best for: AI recommends Node.js most when buyers ask “what open-source tool should I use to build a custom admin panel for my SaaS without writing much code” (50% of those answers) | 10.7% 95% CI 5–21.5% 6 mentions · avg pos 4.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 21 | Zapier AI zapier.com Best for: AI recommends Zapier AI most when buyers ask “open-source internal tool builder for developers vs no-code operators — which options suit each” (75% of those answers) | 10.7% 95% CI 5–21.5% 6 mentions · avg pos 14.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 22 | n8n n8n.io Best for: AI recommends n8n most when buyers ask “open-source internal tools alternatives to popular hosted admin and ops tool builders” (50% of those answers) | 10.7% 95% CI 5–21.5% 6 mentions · avg pos 23.3 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 42.9%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 23 | Supabase supabase.com | 8.9% 95% CI 3.9–19.3% 5 mentions · avg pos 11.2 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 42.9% | Claim |
| 24 | Glide glide.app Best for: AI recommends Glide most when buyers ask “open-source internal tool builder for developers vs no-code operators — which options suit each” (62.5% of those answers) | 8.9% 95% CI 3.9–19.3% 5 mentions · avg pos 13.6 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 25 | Dev.to dev.to Best for: AI recommends Dev.to most when buyers ask “best self-hosted low-code tool for building admin panels and internal dashboards” (37.5% of those answers) | 8.9% 95% CI 3.9–19.3% 5 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 23.8% | Claim |
| 26 | Reflex reflex.dev Best for: AI recommends Reflex most when buyers ask “open-source internal tool builder for developers vs no-code operators — which options suit each” (37.5% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 7.7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 27 | AdminLTE adminlte.io | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 12 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 28 | Zoho zoho.com Best for: AI recommends Zoho most when buyers ask “open-source internal tool builder for developers vs no-code operators — which options suit each” (50% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 19.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 29 | Zoho Creator Best for: AI recommends Zoho Creator most when buyers ask “open-source internal tool builder for developers vs no-code operators — which options suit each” (50% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 19.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 30 | Django djangoproject.com | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 20.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 31 | Django Admin | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 20.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 32 | React Admin marmelab.com | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 33 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 42.9%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 33 | Keycloak keycloak.org | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 51.3 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 57.1% | Claim |
| 34 | WeWeb weweb.io Best for: AI recommends WeWeb most when buyers ask “how do I self-host a drag-and-drop internal tool builder connected to my own database” (50% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 35 | Zendo zite.com Best for: AI recommends Zendo most when buyers ask “best open-source internal tools builder I can self-host to replace expensive low-code platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 36 | Plane plane.so Best for: AI recommends Plane most when buyers ask “open-source internal tools alternatives to popular hosted admin and ops tool builders” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 37 | Lowdefy | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 5.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 38 | Virtualmin Best for: AI recommends Virtualmin most when buyers ask “open-source internal tools alternatives to popular hosted admin and ops tool builders” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 39 | UI Bakery | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 42.9% | Claim |
| 40 | UI Bakery On-Premise uibakery.io Best for: AI recommends UI Bakery On-Premise most when buyers ask “best open-source internal tools builder I can self-host to replace expensive low-code platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 41 | Kottster | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 2.5 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 28.6% | Claim |
| 42 | Stackby stackby.com Best for: AI recommends Stackby most when buyers ask “best open-source internal tools builder I can self-host to replace expensive low-code platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 43 | Webmin | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 44 | ILLA Builder illacloud.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 4.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5% | Claim |
| 45 | Grafana grafana.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 46 | Jira | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 47 | OpenProject openproject.org | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 48 | Taiga taiga.io | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 49 | Metabase metabase.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5% | Claim |
| 50 | Saltcorn saltcorn.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 51 | Redash redash.io | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5% | Claim |
| 52 | Next.js nextjs.org | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 32 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 53 | Lowcoder | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 54 | Superblocks superblocks.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 55 | BookStack bookstackapp.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 56 | Motor Admin getmotoradmin.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 57 | Asana asana.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 58 | Froxlor | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 59 | HestiaCP | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 60 | ISPConfig | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 61 | Mattermost mattermost.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 62 | Prometheus prometheus.io | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 63 | PostHog posthog.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 64 | phpMyAdmin phpmyadmin.net | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 65 | OIDC | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 38 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 66 | Strapi strapi.io | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 42 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 67 | Grafana Loki | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 57 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 68 | Blaze blaze.tech Best for: AI recommends Blaze most when buyers ask “open-source internal tool builder for developers vs no-code operators — which options suit each” (50% of those answers) | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 69 | CloudPanel cloudpanel.io Best for: AI recommends CloudPanel most when buyers ask “open-source internal tools alternatives to popular hosted admin and ops tool builders” (37.5% of those answers) | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 70 | DreamHost dreamhost.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 71 | Emergent emergent.sh | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 72 | Forest Admin forestadmin.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 73 | HackerNoon hackernoon.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 74 | Noloco noloco.io | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 75 | Openblocks | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 76 | Redmine redmine.org | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 77 | Sequenzy sequenzy.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 78 | Sourcetool | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 79 | Super Productivity super-productivity.com Best for: AI recommends Super Productivity most when buyers ask “open-source internal tools alternatives to popular hosted admin and ops tool builders” (37.5% of those answers) | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 80 | ViaSocket viasocket.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 81 | Vybe vybe.build Best for: AI recommends Vybe most when buyers ask “best open-source internal tools builder I can self-host to replace expensive low-code platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 82 | Webstudio webstudio.is | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 56 sampled answers, so each row also shows its 95% CI — the Wilson score interval around that share. When two products' intervals overlap, the gap between them isn't statistically meaningful at this sample size. First pick is the share of a product's recommending answers where it was named first, which separates “always mentioned” from “usually the top recommendation”. Full methodology.
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