Dyad vs Retool
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14
Dyad and Retool both stay on the quiet side of AI assistant answers, but Retool edges ahead. Retool lands an overall score of 8 out of 100 versus Dyad's 5, and shows up in 11 of 69 answers compared to Dyad's 5 of 69. Head to head, Retool is named more often on 7 questions, Dyad on 3, with 10 ties. Retool's strongest showing is being named in 3 of 3 answers for internal tools and dashboards questions, while Dyad's best spot is 3 of 3 answers for self-hostable, open-source app builder questions. Neither is named in every answer.
Head to head
| metric | Dyad | Retool |
|---|---|---|
| score | 5 | 8 |
| questions won | 3 | 7 |
By assistant
Dyad
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 3 | 5% of answers | #4.0 |
| Claude | 3 | 5% of answers | #7.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 9 | 15% of answers | #5.0 |
Retool
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
| Claude | 12 | 30% of answers | #11.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 9 | 15% of answers | #5.7 |
Where they differ
Only Dyad gets named for
- What's the best open-source AI app builder I can self-host?
- What's the best AI app builder that works with Supabase?
- What are the best free or cheap AI app builders?
Only Retool gets named for
- Which AI builder is best for internal tools and dashboards?
- What are the top AI app builders in 2026?
- Which AI app builder is best for prototyping an idea over a weekend?
- Which AI app builder makes the most production-ready apps?
- What are the best AI app builders?
- What's the best AI app builder for a solo founder?
- What's the best AI tool to build a full web app from a prompt?
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full AI app builders leaderboard