Glide

Glide Classic is a visual app builder for teams turning shared data into business software. It combines configurable interfaces, workflows, and AI tools for text, images, and audio. Glide Agent can help create an app from a description, while Glide AI adds transformations to data inside apps.

Key Highlights

• Visual app building around supported data sources
• Glide Agent for prompt-based app creation
• Generated UI components
• AI transformations for text, images, and audio
• Workflows and supported third-party integrations

What Makes It Different

Glide centers the application on data and configurable components. A team can turn a spreadsheet-style process into screens and actions for its users. Its AI features cover both creating an app and working with data after the app exists; Agent and Glide AI are separate features.

Features & Capabilities

Connect or import data, configure the layout, and add actions and workflows. Glide AI columns can summarize, transform, or process information in supported data sources. The visual builder remains useful for editing what the agent creates.

Published apps, users, updates, and storage have plan-specific limits. Business supports sources such as Airtable and Excel sync, along with additional workflow and API options. Older teams may have different access to Agent, so check feature availability in the workspace before planning a migration.

User Ratings and Testimonials

For evaluation, build one representative process and test it with the people who will use it. Check permissions, data sync, and the number of updates the workflow consumes. A visually complete app still needs testing against the real records and actions it will handle.

Pricing & Value

• Free: draft app building with limited resources
• Paid plans: Explorer, Maker, Business, and Enterprise have different app, user, and update allowances
• Business: starts at $199/month billed yearly, with 30 users and 5,000 updates
• Trial: 14-day Business trial

Additional users and updates can add cost.