Our verdict
Glide — 7.4/10. The fastest way to turn a spreadsheet into a real internal tool — as long as you stay inside its lane. Best for: internal tools, dashboards and data-driven business apps.
Glide at a glance
| Best for | Internal tools, dashboards and data-driven business apps |
| Price from | $25/mo |
| Generates | Data-driven PWA from tables |
| Code ownership | None — platform-locked, no code export |
| Deploy | 1-click to glide.page or a custom domain; installs as a PWA |
Pros & cons from our testing
What impressed us
- Spreadsheet or Glide Table to a working app in minutes
- Genuinely strong for internal tools, dashboards and client portals
- Polished, mobile-responsive PWAs with no manual CSS
- 2026 AI creator scaffolds an app from a prompt or uploaded data
What frustrated us
- No code export — you are locked to the Glide platform
- PWA-only: no Apple App Store or Google Play route
- Usage-based pricing (updates, users, rows) climbs fast at scale
- Cannot express complex logic like nested conditionals
Glide pricing
| Plan | Price | Notes from our testing |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Build & prototype; ~25k rows; drafts only, can't truly publish |
| Maker | $25/mo | Billed yearly; solo makers; update & row overages apply |
| Business | $199/mo | Billed yearly; teams, ~30 users, Glide API; usage scales |
Full hands-on review
We reviewed Glide hands-on against the same real-world brief — read the full breakdown, including where it falls short: Glide review →