Tool profile
Glide: cost, fit and limits
Glide is a no-code app platform from Glide that builds business apps for desktop and phone from spreadsheets and databases, with an AI agent and an MCP connection for outside assistants such as Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT.
What to know first
Glide sells Free, Basic at $25 a month, Plus at $50, Pro at $125 and a custom Enterprise tier. Plans are metered in credits that start at 100 on Basic and scale in tiers up to 10,000 on Plus. The pages describe apps built from Excel or Google Sheets data and do not feature app-store publishing, so Glide is best read as a data-app builder with a mobile view.
Glide at a glance
| Maker | typeguard, Inc. (Glide), United States |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes |
| Entry price | $25 per month (Basic) |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best AI Mobile App Builders in 2026, rank 2 of 11 |
| Website | glideapps.com |
Who Glide is best for
Spreadsheet-driven teams
The agent builds a working app from an uploaded spreadsheet, and SheetSense reads sheets, formulas and lookups, so a team with years of data in Excel can skip the modeling step.
Teams using Claude, Gemini or ChatGPT
An MCP connection lets those assistants build into the same apps, and Pro lists MCP support for your own agent, which fits teams that already work in one of those assistants.
Companies with one data source and several apps
Plus allows five published apps and Pro unlimited, with Airtable, Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot and Shopify named as connectors, so one data source can feed several internal apps.
Glide plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 per month | Limited credits, two team members, 10 projects, integrations, unlimited guests and AI features for building apps; no published apps or enabled workflows. |
| Basic | $25 per month | Starts at 100 credits, two team members, unlimited guests, two published apps, one enabled workflow and 10 projects. |
| Plus | $50 per month | Starts at 250 credits (tiers up to 10,000), three team members, five published apps, five enabled workflows and 20 projects. |
| Pro | $125 per month | Starts at 500 credits for five members, unlimited published apps and workflows, 100 projects, MCP support and org-level roles. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom team size, single sign-on, enterprise integrations, choice of LLM provider and 30-day data backups. |
Checked October 2026.
What Glide does
- App from a spreadsheet
- The agent builds a working app from an uploaded spreadsheet for desktop and phone. SheetSense reads sheets, formulas and lookups to find what matters in the data before the app is drafted.
- Ask Glide
- Ask Glide answers business questions from live data, so the same data source serves both the app interface and a question-and-answer layer for people who do not want to open a table.
- MCP connection
- Claude, Gemini or ChatGPT can build into the same apps over MCP. The pages opened do not list which actions the connection allows, so check the scope before linking an assistant account.
- Data connectors
- Excel and Google Sheets are the data sources, and Airtable, Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot and Shopify are named among the connectors, with Google Drive also listed.
How Glide handles your data
Glide's privacy policy says prompts, instructions and conversations can be used to train its AI models, but not the data values or personal data in your application data sources. Users can opt out only where their account type allows it. Data is kept while the account is open or as needed, and the services are hosted and operated in the United States on U.S. servers. The footer shows SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR and CCPA badges linking to a security center.
Where Glide falls short in practice
- Free cannot publish. Free lists no published apps and no enabled workflows, and Basic allows two apps and one workflow, so automation-heavy teams reach Plus or Pro quickly.
- Credit-based limits. Plus and Pro list tiered credit amounts, and the page gives no record or row limit for any plan, so the cost of a large data source cannot be checked from the pricing page.
- Opt-out depends on account. Training on prompts can be switched off only where the account type allows it, according to the policy, so a company with strict prompt confidentiality has to ask before building.
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Glide: common questions
Can Glide publish apps to the App Store?
The pages opened describe published apps and workflows per plan, but they do not describe App Store or Google Play listing. Treat Glide as a builder of data-driven apps for desktop and phone and ask the vendor in writing before planning a store release.
How do Glide credits work?
Plans are metered in credits: Basic starts at 100, Plus at 250 with tiers up to 10,000, and Pro at 500 for five members. The pricing page does not say what a single build or question costs in credits, so budgeting happens by plan tier.
Does Glide train its AI on my data?
The policy says it does not use the data values or personal data in your application data sources to train its AI models. It does use prompts, instructions and conversations, and users can opt out only where their account type allows it.
Can Claude or ChatGPT build a Glide app?
Yes through MCP. Glide says external agents such as Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT can connect and build into the same apps, and the Pro plan lists MCP support for your own agent. The pages opened do not list which actions the connection allows.
What data sources does Glide connect to?
Excel and Google Sheets are named as data sources, and Airtable, Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot and Shopify appear among connectors. Google Drive is also named. The pages opened give no row or record limits for any plan, so test with your real sheet size.