Glide
Glide turns spreadsheets into AI-powered apps in 2026 with GlideOS plans from free to $125/month Pro, plus a Claude and GPT-4o app generator.
About Glide
What is Glide (2026 update)
Glide is a no-code platform that turns data from Google Sheets, Excel, CSV, or Airtable into working mobile and web applications without writing code. It falls in the coding and development category, aimed at founders, operations teams, and internal-tools builders who want a functional app from existing data rather than a from-scratch software build.
What is new in 2026
Glide has rebuilt its pricing and platform around GlideOS, a credit-based system that replaced its older Explorer/Maker/Business plan names. The centerpiece of the 2026 product is an AI App Generator, sometimes called Glide Agent, that turns a plain-language description into a working app, generating the data schema, screens, user roles, and sample data automatically. It routes requests across multiple models, including GPT-4o, Gemini, and Claude 3.5 Sonnet, to build an internal tool such as an inventory tracker across warehouses in a matter of minutes. Reported testing from May 2026 showed the AI generating 6 screens, 2 tables, 3 user roles, and a manager dashboard in about 4 minutes 20 seconds from a single prompt, with further feature changes typically taking 1 to 3 hours without a developer. Glide also added native AI components for tasks like generating emails, summarizing reviews, and extracting data directly inside an app.
Key features
- AI App Generator that builds an app’s schema, screens, and roles from a text prompt
- Support for Google Sheets, Excel, CSV, and Airtable as live data sources
- Native AI components for email generation, summarization, and data extraction inside apps
- Custom agent building through MCP on higher-tier plans
- Agent mode with light, medium, and heavy settings for how much AI does per action
- Org-level roles, permissions, and SSO on Enterprise
Pricing in 2026
Glide uses a credit-based model called GlideOS, where each plan includes a starting credit allowance plus limits on team members, published apps, and workflows.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 2 team members, 0 published apps, 10 projects, limited credits |
| Basic | $25/month | 2 team members, 2 published apps, 100 starting credits, 1 workflow, agent mode |
| Plus | $50/month | 3 team members, 5 published apps, 250 starting credits, 5 workflows, public apps |
| Pro | $125/month | 5+ team members, unlimited published apps, 250+ credits scaling per member, custom agent via MCP, org roles |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited apps, SSO, choice of LLM provider, 30-day backups, dedicated success manager |
Who should use it
Glide fits small teams and solo founders who already keep their data in a spreadsheet and want a mobile or web app on top of it without hiring a developer. The AI App Generator makes it a good fit for quickly prototyping an internal tool, and the higher tiers with custom agents and SSO make sense for operations teams scaling an internal app across an organization.
Limitations and alternatives
The credit-based pricing model means heavy AI usage can burn through a plan’s allowance faster than a flat-fee tool, and the Free plan does not allow publishing any app, so testing beyond prototyping requires a paid tier. Teams with complex custom logic may still hit the ceiling of what a spreadsheet-backed app builder can do compared to full custom development, and larger organizations that need more than 100 members on a single plan will need to move straight to Enterprise pricing. It is also worth checking how credit consumption scales with AI-heavy features like the app generator and native AI components, since usage-based costs can be less predictable than a flat monthly fee. Alternatives worth comparing include Softr, Adalo, and AppSheet, which offer similar no-code app building from data sources with different pricing and AI feature sets.
Frequently asked questions
What is Glide used for?
Glide turns data from Google Sheets, Excel, CSV, or Airtable into working mobile and web apps without code, and now includes an AI App Generator that builds apps from a text prompt.
How much does Glide cost in 2026?
Glide runs on a credit-based GlideOS pricing model with a Free plan, Basic at $25/month, Plus at $50/month, Pro at $125/month, and custom Enterprise pricing.
Can Glide's Free plan publish apps?
No, the Free plan is limited to 10 projects and 0 published apps; publishing requires at least the Basic plan.
Which AI models power Glide's app generator?
Glide's AI App Generator routes requests across multiple models, including GPT-4o, Gemini, and Claude 3.5 Sonnet, to build an app's schema, screens, and roles from a prompt.
Information last verified: September 2026.
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