Dify vs Retool
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12
Dify and Retool both sit on the edges of AI assistants' recommendations, with overall scores of 7 and 8 out of 100 and mentions in 10 and 11 of 69 answers, respectively. Dify stands out for self-hosted, open-source builds, named in all 3 of 3 answers on that question, and shows up for chatbot products and cheap builders too. Retool leans toward internal tools, named in 3 of 3 answers there, and 3 of 4 for top builders in 2026. Head-to-head, Retool edges ahead in 5 questions, Dify in 3, with 12 ties.
Head to head
| metric | Dify | Retool |
|---|---|---|
| score | 6 | 7 |
| questions won | 5 | 9 |
By assistant
Dify
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 11 | 25% of answers | #14.2 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 3 | 5% of answers | #4.0 |
Retool
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
| Claude | 13 | 35% of answers | #16.1 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 7 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
Where they differ
Only Dify gets named for
- What's the best open-source AI app builder I can self-host?
- What's the best AI app builder for building an AI chatbot product?
Only Retool gets named for
- Which AI builder is best for internal tools and dashboards?
- What are the best alternatives to FlutterFlow?
- What's the best AI app builder for a solo founder?
- Which AI app builder makes the most production-ready apps?
- What are the best alternatives to Lovable?
- Which AI app builders produce code I can own and export?
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