What is Glide?
Glide is a no-code app-building platform that generates mobile-friendly apps from a data source - originally Google Sheets/Excel, now more commonly Glide's own built-in data tables - using a visual editor for layout, actions and logic instead of code. The company now sells this as GlideOS, a credit-based subscription product.
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Sources checked 27 September 2026: official website, documentation, pricing.
Key capabilities
- Data-driven apps: Build from spreadsheets or Glide's own data tables.
- Visual builder: Layouts, actions and conditional logic without code.
- Publishing: Deploy as a web app or installable PWA without app-store submission.
Confirm current credit/data limits on your pricing tier fit your expected data volume and update frequency, and check whether your use case needs Glide's own tables (for scale) rather than a live spreadsheet connection.
Shortlist Glide for internal business tools and lightweight customer-facing apps that map closely to tabular data, rather than for a complex multi-user product with custom backend logic.
Glide is strongest for quickly turning existing data into a usable app; validate data volume and update-frequency needs against GlideOS's credit-based pricing before scaling past an internal pilot.
Technical details
- Access
- See vendor
- Source model
- Other license
- Founded
- 2018
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, USA
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Starting price
- 25 USD · verify current price ↗
- API
- Available
- Website
- www.glideapps.com ↗
Official resources
What to verify for your environment
Start from the users, systems and operating responsibilities the tool needs to support.
- Confirm current features, licensing and support terms with the publisher.
- Validate deployment, data location, access control, backup and recovery requirements.
- Test integrations, export paths and a representative operational workflow before committing.
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