Coding

Glide

Turn spreadsheets into apps with AI, no code required

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★4.5ratingPricing · Freemium from $49/moRising
The FalcoScan Intel PanelGlide · Coding
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Elevated
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

Coding AI has a narrow moat on average, from the moat scores of its rated products. What protects Coding AI tools, and the widest moats

The Brief

What Glide does

Glide creates beautiful mobile and web apps from Google Sheets and Excel in minutes. AI features generate app layouts, logic, and data transformations from natural language. Used by over 100,000 teams to build internal tools and customer-facing apps.

How Glide compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Glide does. Among the 5 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Webflow at $14 a month and the median is $20. Glide starts at $49 a month, above that median. 2 of the 5 offer an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Glide. Glide offers a web app and a mobile app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app and none offers a mobile app. Glide was founded in 2020; the alternatives were founded between 2012 and 2023, 3 of them earlier. Glide is based in San Francisco, United States; 1 of the 3 alternatives with a known headquarters is in the United States too, and the others in Germany and Sweden.

Market position · Coding

How Glide compares in Coding

Glide has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 501 live Coding tools on FalcoScan. Across Coding, the average opportunity score is 60.4 and the average saturation score 44.4. FalcoScan rates Glide's own market position as contested. 154 of the 501 operating Coding tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 16 shutdowns in the category.

Glide compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
GlideFounded 2020 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium$49/moYesNoWeb, MobileRising
BubbleFounded 2012ModerateCrowdedFreemium$29/moYesYesWebStable
SoftgenFounded 2023HighCrowdedFreemium$20/moYesNoWebHot
SoftrFounded 2019 · Berlin, GermanyModerateContestedFreemium$19/moYesYesWebStable
LovableFounded 2023 · Stockholm, SwedenHighCrowdedFreemium$25/moYesNoWebHot
WebflowFounded 2013 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateCrowdedFreemium$14/moYesNoWebRising

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Coding.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Glide exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
App GenerationLogic Generation
Industry Verticals
EnterpriseStartups
Tagged

Glide shows up when builders search for these

no-codespreadsheetmobile-appGoogle-Sheetsvisual
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Questions

Glide: common questions

Is Glide free?

Glide has a free tier, with paid plans from $49 a month.

What are the best alternatives to Glide?

The closest alternatives to Glide that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Bubble, Softgen, Softr, Lovable, and Webflow.

Is Glide still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Glide as operating at glideapps.com.

Where is Glide based?

Glide is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Glide have an API?

FalcoScan's records show no public API for Glide.

Who is Glide for?

Glide is built for entrepreneurs and non technical.

How do I sign in to Glide?

Sign in on Glide's own website, glideapps.com. FalcoScan reviews Glide but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Glide directly.

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