Top 20 low-code platforms by AI search visibility (2026)
Low-code application platforms used to build internal tools, business apps, workflows, portals, and automations with limited custom engineering. Ranked by a composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
Refreshed Jun 06, 2026At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Airtable leads the low-code platforms category with a composite score of 21.2, narrowly ahead of Kissflow at 18.8 and Microsoft Power Apps and Salesforce tied at 17.5. The category average visibility sits at just 6.9%, making Airtable's 25% visibility a significant outlier. The gap between the top four and the remaining 16 brands is steep — OutSystems, Creatio, and Glide all score 12.5 composite, and ten of the twenty tracked brands likely sit near zero, indicating highly concentrated AI attention at the top.
The most striking divergence between visibility and citation occurs with Kissflow, which holds 0% visibility yet 62.5% citation — the highest citation rate in the entire dataset. This means Google AI Mode references Kissflow's content as a source without consistently naming it as a brand in responses. The inverse is true for Microsoft Power Apps and Salesforce, both at 25% visibility and 0% citation, meaning AI names them frequently but does not draw on their owned content as sources. Betty Blocks mirrors Kissflow's pattern at a smaller scale: 0% visibility, 12.5% citation.
Google AI Mode is the dominant — and apparently sole — engine driving visibility across all ten ranked brands, with every brand listing it as their top engine. The top cited sources in the category include kissflow.com alongside third-party properties weweb.io, reddit.com, youtube.com, gartner.com, launchpad.io, akveo.com, and superblocks.com. The presence of Reddit and YouTube signals that AI is anchoring on community and video content, while Gartner's inclusion confirms analyst review platforms carry significant weight in how AI constructs low-code category responses.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Airtable 0% → 25% · rank #0 → #1+25pp
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Microsoft Power Apps 0% → 25% · rank #0 → #3+25pp
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Salesforce 0% → 25% · rank #0 → #4+25pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
airtable.com
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25% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Airtable leads with a 25% visibility and 12.5% citation rate, composite score 21.2 — the only brand balancing both metrics above the category averages of 6.9% and 6.2%. |
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| 2 |
kissflow.com
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0% | 62% | Google AI Mode |
Kissflow's 62.5% citation rate — five times any competitor — contrasts sharply with 0% visibility, making it the most-sourced but least-named brand in AI responses. |
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| 3 |
microsoft.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Microsoft Power Apps matches Airtable's 25% visibility but records 0% citation, indicating AI names it frequently while sourcing content elsewhere entirely. |
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| 4 |
salesforce.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Salesforce mirrors Microsoft Power Apps exactly — 25% visibility, 0% citation, composite 17.5 — suggesting brand authority drives mentions without content citation. |
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| 5 |
outsystems.com
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12% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
OutSystems sits at 12.5% visibility and 12.5% citation with composite score 12.5, a balanced but below-average position roughly half Airtable's composite score. |
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| 6 |
creatio.com
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12% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
glideapps.com
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12% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
mendix.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
bubble.io
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
bettyblocks.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
appian.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
servicenow.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
zoho.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
retool.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
quickbase.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
nintex.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
pega.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
unqork.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
joget.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
caspio.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on low-code platforms, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about low-code platforms AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in low-code platforms?
Airtable leads with a composite score of 21.2 and 25% visibility, the highest in the category. Kissflow ranks second at 18.8 composite despite holding 0% visibility.
Which low-code brand is cited most by Google AI Mode?
Kissflow dominates citations at 62.5%, far ahead of all peers. Despite this, it records 0% visibility, meaning AI uses its content as a source without naming it as a recommended brand.
What sources does Google AI Mode anchor on for low-code platform research?
The top cited sources include kissflow.com, weweb.io, reddit.com, youtube.com, and gartner.com, indicating AI draws heavily on community forums, video platforms, and analyst review sites alongside vendor content.
Are there brands with high visibility but no citations in this category?
Yes — Microsoft Power Apps and Salesforce both hold 25% visibility and 0% citation, meaning AI names them in responses but does not reference their owned domains as sources.
How concentrated is AI visibility across the 20 low-code brands?
Highly concentrated — the category average visibility is just 6.9%, yet the top four brands each reach 12.5–25%, suggesting the majority of the 20 tracked brands receive near-zero AI exposure.
Which engines are driving low-code platform AI visibility?
Google AI Mode is listed as the top engine for every ranked brand in the dataset, with no other engine registering as a primary visibility driver in this category.