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Glide — No-code business software and mobile app builder powered by your company data

Glide creates powerful web and mobile applications for inventory, field inspections, and team operations using spreadsheets and SQL.

About Glide

Glide turns business data into powerful, custom software without code. Trusted by over 100,000 companies including Costco and Whirlpool, Glide connects to Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, or BigQuery to generate mobile and desktop apps with barcode scanners, GPS locations, and custom approval workflows.

Key features

  • Instant Mobile & Desktop Apps — Automatically creates modern UI screens from your spreadsheet columns.
  • Barcode Scanning & Device GPS — Use phone cameras to scan inventory SKUs and record geolocation tags.
  • Glide AI Data Processing — Extract data from receipt photos, summarize notes, and auto-categorize tickets.

Pricing

Pricing model: Freemium.

  • Free Plan — $0 — Up to 3 apps, Glide branding, Community support, Basic data sources
  • Maker Plan — $49 / month — Unlimited personal apps, Custom domain, Glide AI, 5,000 updates/mo
  • Team Plan — $99 / month — Unlimited team members, Custom roles, 25,000 updates/mo, BigQuery sync

Pros

  • Takes under 5 minutes to generate a working mobile inventory app from an Excel file
  • Built-in camera barcode scanning and GPS tracking make field work simple
  • Glide AI can parse messy invoice photos into structured database rows

Cons

  • Runs as a Progressive Web App (PWA) rather than a native app store binary
  • Custom layout flexibility is constrained to Glide opinionated component blocks

Platforms

Web, iOS PWA, Android PWA

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