Low-code platforms: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank low-code platforms by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Low-code application platforms used to build internal tools, business apps, workflows, portals, and automations with limited custom engineering. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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When buyers ask AI engines to recommend low-code platforms, Kissflow comes up most consistently, appearing in answers with 12.5% visibility across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI and earning citations in 100% of relevant responses. Microsoft Power Apps and Creatio round out the top three, though neither matches Kissflow's citation rate across the five engines tracked here.
The sources AI engines pull from most heavily include youtube.com, reddit.com, kissflow.com, weweb.io, and appsmith.com. That mix of a brand's own site alongside community platforms like Reddit and YouTube means AI answers in this category are shaped heavily by user discussions, tutorial content, and organic community activity rather than formal analyst reports or press coverage. Brands with active communities tend to rank higher as a result.
For a buyer using this page, the practical takeaway is to cross-reference AI engine prominence with recent third-party validation. A brand that AI engines cite consistently is one with broad topical coverage and active user communities, but check whether that coverage reflects your specific use case, such as workflow automation versus full application development. Recency matters too, since AI engines weight current reviews and updated content when forming recommendations.
At a glance
What we observed in this category
Kissflow holds the top composite score at 38.8 despite a visibility rate of only 12.5%, well above the category average of 10.0%. Microsoft Power Apps sits second with a composite score of 26.2 but commands the highest raw visibility at 37.5%. That gap between the two leaders matters because Kissflow achieves its rank through a 100% citation rate, while Power Apps earns zero citations despite appearing in more than a third of responses. The difference signals two very distinct forms of AI presence in this category.
The visibility-to-citation divergence is sharp across this dataset. Microsoft Power Apps, Mendix, and OutSystems each hold visibility rates of 25.0% to 37.5% but register 0.0% citation rates, meaning AI names them without linking to them as sources. Creatio and Kissflow follow the opposite pattern, generating citations alongside their mentions. Creatio fell from rank 1 to rank 3 in visibility yet saw its citation delta rise by 25.0 points, reinforcing that named presence and trusted-source status are moving independently in this category.
Google AI Mode is the dominant engine for every brand in the top 10, with no outlier reliance on other engines visible in the data. The top cited sources include youtube.com, reddit.com, kissflow.com, and creatio.com alongside smaller platforms such as weweb.io, appsmith.com, superblocks.com, and kovaion.com. The presence of community and video platforms ahead of most vendor domains indicates AI is anchoring responses on third-party content rather than brand-owned pages for the majority of low-code queries.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Kissflow 0% → 12% · rank #2 → #1+12pp
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Microsoft Power Apps 25% → 38% · rank #3 → #2+12pp
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Mendix 12% → 25% · rank #9 → #4+12pp
Biggest visibility fallers
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Bubble 25% → 0% · rank #4 → #13-25pp
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Creatio 25% → 12% · rank #1 → #3-12pp
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Zoho Creator 12% → 0% · rank #7 → #15-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
kissflow.com
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12% | 100% | Google AI Mode |
Kissflow leads with a composite score of 38.8 and a 100% citation rate, the only brand in the top 10 to achieve full citation despite visibility of just 12.5%. |
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| 2 |
microsoft.com
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38% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Power Apps has the highest visibility at 37.5%, nearly four times the 10.0% category average, but its 0.0% citation rate keeps its composite score at 26.2. |
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| 3 |
creatio.com
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12% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
Creatio dropped two rank positions from first, with visibility falling 12.5 points, yet its citation rate of 37.5% places it second among all brands for source trust. |
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| 4 |
mendix.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Mendix rose five rank positions to fourth, doubling visibility from 12.5% to 25.0%, but holds a 0.0% citation rate identical to OutSystems and its composite score of 17.5. |
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| 5 |
outsystems.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
OutSystems shares an identical composite score of 17.5, visibility of 25.0%, and citation rate of 0.0% with Mendix, making the two brands statistically indistinguishable in AI Mode currently. |
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| 6 |
airtable.com
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12% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
retool.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
appian.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
quickbase.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
glideapps.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
salesforce.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
caspio.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
bubble.io
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
pega.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
zoho.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
servicenow.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
nintex.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
bettyblocks.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
joget.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
unqork.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. More on visibility →
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. More on citation rate →
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. How AI engines pick sources →
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. How AI search ranking works →
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Frequently asked about low-code platforms AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in the low-code platforms category?
Kissflow leads by composite score at 38.8, driven by a 100% citation rate. Microsoft Power Apps leads by raw visibility at 37.5% but holds zero citations.
Which low-code brands are named by AI but not cited as sources?
Microsoft Power Apps, Mendix, and OutSystems all show 0.0% citation rates despite visibility rates of 25.0% to 37.5%, meaning AI references them without linking their domains.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most for low-code platform research?
The top cited sources are youtube.com, reddit.com, kissflow.com, weweb.io, appsmith.com, superblocks.com, creatio.com, and kovaion.com, with community and video platforms appearing before most vendor sites.
Which low-code brand has seen the biggest drop in AI visibility recently?
Bubble fell nine rank positions from 4th to 13th, losing 25.0 percentage points of visibility and dropping to 0.0% in the current period.
Is citation rate aligned with visibility in this category?
No. The data shows a clear divergence: higher visibility does not correlate with higher citation, as Power Apps, Mendix, and OutSystems demonstrate with strong visibility and zero citations.
Which engine dominates AI citations in the low-code platforms category?
Google AI Mode is the top engine for every brand in the top 10 with no exceptions, indicating the entire competitive landscape in this category is currently defined by a single engine.