Glide

Video Review

About

Glide converts Google Sheets, Excel, and Airtable spreadsheets into functional business applications. You point it at your data, pick from 40+ pre-built components (charts, forms, maps, image pickers, signature pads), and publish a Progressive Web App that your team can use on any device. The pitch is speed. A project management tracker that might take a freelance developer two weeks and $5,000 becomes a drag-and-drop build in an afternoon. Glide's Workflow Builder automates the backend logic — triggers fire when users submit forms or click buttons, handling email notifications, data updates, and record creation without writing a single function. Glide AI is baked into the platform. You can add AI columns to your data tables that classify text, extract entities, generate summaries, or answer questions about your data. It is not a bolt-on feature — AI runs directly inside your app's data layer, which means AI outputs update in real-time as new rows hit your spreadsheet. The pricing structure rewards small teams and punishes growth. The Free plan gives you 25,000 rows and 500MB storage — enough for a prototype. Explorer at $99/month includes 100 personal users, workflows, and Glide AI. Maker at $149/month unlocks unlimited personal users and 3 published apps. Business at $199/month adds custom domains, Glide API access, 10 editors, and unlimited apps — but charges $5/month per user beyond the 30 included. That per-user pricing is the trap. At 100 users on Business, you pay $199 + ($5 x 70) = $549/month. At 500 users, it is $2,549/month. The tool that was cheaper than hiring a developer suddenly costs more than hiring a developer. The biggest limitation: Glide builds PWAs, not native apps. No App Store. No Google Play. No push notifications on iOS (until Apple improves PWA support). If your users expect to find your app in the App Store, Glide is not the answer. For internal tools, CRMs, inventory trackers, and team dashboards, that limitation is irrelevant. 4.7/5 stars across 795+ G2 reviews. Over 7,500 active experts in the partner program across 140 countries. Integrations with Google Sheets, Airtable, Excel, Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe, and PostgreSQL (Enterprise plan). Glide occupies the same territory as the AI-driven automation tools covered on Skila AI News. For teams building more complex agent workflows, check out Langflow for visual AI pipeline building.

Key Features

• 40+ pre-built components (charts, forms, maps, image pickers, signature pads)
• Workflow Builder for automating business logic on form submissions and button clicks
• Glide AI columns for text classification, entity extraction, and data summarization

Use Cases

• 1Internal business tools: inventory trackers, CRM dashboards, project management boards
• 2Field service apps for technicians with offline data capture and form submission
• 3Client portals pulling data from existing Airtable or Google Sheets databases