Glide

Glide reads the structure of the file you upload, including sheet tabs, column types, formulas, and the relationships between tables. It uses that reading to decide what kind of app to build rather than starting from a blank canvas. Teams that already build apps with AI usually notice the difference on the first pass, because the generated screens match their actual columns.

You choose how hard the agent works: light, medium, or heavy. Light mode suits small tweaks and short sessions, and heavy mode is for building a full app with several connected screens. The choice changes how many credits a task consumes, so it works as a spending dial as much as a quality setting.

The Pro plan and above connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot to Glide through an MCP server. Those tools build into the same apps, data, and permissions as Glide's own agent. If your team already lives in one of those assistants, you don't have to switch editors to ship an internal tool.

Change a record once and every app reading that data reflects it. That sounds basic until you've maintained three copies of the same customer list. Glide runs the apps on the company's own data rather than exporting snapshots, which keeps reports and field views from drifting apart.

You decide who sees what at the level of a role and, on higher plans, a single row. Employees, managers, customers, and partners can each get a view with only the information that concerns them. Project-level roles and publishing approval arrive on the enterprise plan, which is the version that passes a security review.

Workflows run automated routines when a record changes, a form lands, or a schedule fires. The integration directory covers more than 1,000 services, including the usual spreadsheets, CRMs, and messaging tools. Basic plans cap you at one enabled workflow, so check the limit before you design a chain of them.

A published app opens in a browser and installs on phones, with layouts that adapt to the screen. Basic limits you to personal and team apps, while Plus unlocks public apps. That distinction matters if customers or partners need access, not just colleagues.

Ask Glide answers questions about the business using the live records behind your apps. You can ask which deliveries are due this week and get an answer drawn from the actual schedule, then take action from the same place. It's the feature that makes the app feel less like a database form and more like a colleague who read the files.