No-code database platforms: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank no-code database 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. No-code database platforms used to build internal systems, client portals, lightweight apps, and workflows on structured data without heavy 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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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Baserow leads the category with a composite score of 27.5, narrowly ahead of Airtable at 26.2, but the two brands achieve that position through opposite routes. Airtable has the highest visibility at 37.5 percent, far above the category average of 5.0 percent, yet records zero citation. Baserow sits at only 12.5 percent visibility but achieves a 62.5 percent citation rate. That gap matters because it shows the top two brands occupy fundamentally different positions in how Google AI Mode processes and uses their content.
The divergence between named visibility and citation trust is a defining pattern across this category. Softr holds rank 3 with zero visibility but 62.5 percent citation, matching Baserow on that metric. Glide at rank 4 shows 25.0 percent visibility and zero citation, mirroring Airtable. Knack and SmartSuite also hold non-zero citation with zero visibility. This split suggests Google AI Mode surfaces brands in responses without necessarily linking to them, and cites others without prominently naming them in generated text.
Google AI Mode is the top engine for every single brand in this dataset, indicating the category's AI visibility is concentrated in one channel. The top cited sources include youtube.com, baserow.io, softr.io, and reddit.com alongside less prominent platforms like blaze.tech, stackby.com, adalo.com, and nocobase.com. The presence of community and video sources alongside brand domains suggests the AI is drawing on comparative and tutorial content rather than anchoring exclusively on official product pages.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Airtable 12% → 38% · rank #4 → #2+25pp
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Rows 0% → 12% · rank #15 → #6+12pp
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AppSheet 0% → 12% · rank #20 → #7+12pp
Biggest visibility fallers
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Softr 12% → 0% · rank #2 → #3-12pp
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NocoDB 12% → 0% · rank #5 → #9-12pp
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Stacker 12% → 0% · rank #6 → #10-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
baserow.io
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12% | 62% | Google AI Mode |
Baserow leads on composite score at 27.5, driven by a 62.5 percent citation rate that is the joint highest in the category, despite visibility of just 12.5 percent. |
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| 2 |
airtable.com
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38% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Airtable has the highest visibility in the category at 37.5 percent, seven times the 5.0 percent average, yet its zero citation rate keeps its composite score just below Baserow. |
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| 3 |
softr.io
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0% | 62% | Google AI Mode |
Softr achieves a 62.5 percent citation rate matching Baserow, but its visibility dropped to zero from 12.5 percent previously, making it the sharpest citation-without-visibility case in the top five. |
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| 4 |
glideapps.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Glide holds 25.0 percent visibility, five times the category average, but records zero citation, placing it in the same named-but-not-trusted pattern as Airtable. |
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| 5 |
knack.com
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0% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
Knack holds rank 5 with zero visibility but a 37.5 percent citation rate, indicating it is referenced in AI-generated answers without being prominently surfaced in category listings. |
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| 6 |
rows.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
appsheet.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
smartsuite.com
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
nocodb.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
stackerhq.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
directus.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
coda.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
notion.so
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
quickbase.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
kintone.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
zoho.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
seatable.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
claris.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
budibase.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
retool.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 no-code database 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 no-code database platforms AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in the no-code database platforms category?
Baserow leads on composite score at 27.5, followed closely by Airtable at 26.2. Airtable holds the highest raw visibility at 37.5 percent while Baserow leads on citations at 62.5 percent.
Which brand has the highest citation rate in this category?
Baserow and Softr are joint highest with 62.5 percent citation each, both well above the category average citation rate of 9.4 percent.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most for no-code database platform research?
The top cited sources are youtube.com, baserow.io, blaze.tech, softr.io, and reddit.com, alongside stackby.com, adalo.com, and nocobase.com.
Are there brands with high visibility but zero citations in this category?
Yes. Airtable at 37.5 percent visibility and Glide at 25.0 percent visibility both record zero citation, suggesting Google AI Mode mentions them without using their content as a direct source.
Which brands saw the biggest AI visibility gains recently?
AppSheet rose 13 places from rank 20 to rank 7, and Rows rose 9 places from rank 15 to rank 6, both gaining 12.5 percentage points in visibility from a base of zero.
Which brands lost AI visibility and how significant was the drop?
Softr, NocoDB, and Stacker each lost 12.5 percentage points in visibility, falling to zero, with NocoDB dropping from rank 5 to rank 9 and Stacker from rank 6 to rank 10.