Glide Alternatives: Softr, Bubble, AppSheet and 8 More Compared

Glide (glideapps.com) has no single replacement, because people leave it for different reasons. If the GlideOS credit meter or its monthly-only billing is the problem, Softr is the nearest swap: portals and internal tools on spreadsheet-style data, billed per workspace on monthly or annual terms. If the app has to sit in the Apple App Store or Google Play, look at Bubble, Adalo or FlutterFlow, because neither Glide product publishes there. If you want code you can carry away, Lovable and FlutterFlow hand it over, and Bolt.new syncs its code to GitHub. Teams that live in Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 can weigh AppSheet or Power Apps. None of the eleven options below is a drop-in swap. Each one changes the bill and the build.

What pushes Glide customers to shop around

The first trigger is the split. Glide sells GlideOS, the AI agent product new sign-ups are steered to, and Glide Classic, the original no-code builder that is still sold. They run on separate accounts and plans, and Glide says it has no tool to move Classic apps into GlideOS, as our Glide review explains. A Classic customer curious about GlideOS is therefore facing a rebuild either way. That is exactly when rivals get a look. GlideOS also bills monthly only, and Glide says annual plans are coming soon.^[1]

The meters are the second trigger. GlideOS spends credits on building, on AI inside your apps, on workflow steps and on integration calls; once the monthly credits are gone, new AI requests stop until they reset or you buy extra. Glide Classic meters users and updates instead. Glide Classic Business costs $199 per month billed yearly or $249 per month billed monthly with 30 users, plus $5 per additional user per month on yearly billing or $6 on monthly.^[2] Past the monthly allowance, a team with unlimited updates switched on pays 2¢ per update. The full breakdown sits in our Glide pricing guide.

Distribution is the third. Glide Classic apps are web apps that install to a home screen, and Glide's help says publishing directly to Apple's or Google's store is not supported; no store publishing is documented for GlideOS either. Refund terms add friction, since GlideOS's Terms (July 2026) say fees and credits are non-refundable except where the law requires. Glide Classic, by contrast, offers a full refund within 14 days of the first payment.

Review sites add a softer push. Trustpilot complaints mention support, account access and billing, and at least one concerns a different Glide, the real-estate software firm at glide.com. Read that as a map of what goes wrong, not a measure of how often. G2 keeps separate listings for Glide Classic and GlideOS, and most of its reviews are about Glide Classic.

Softr, the closest fit for sheet-backed portals

Softr builds client portals, internal tools, CRMs and dashboards on your data, which is Glide's home turf. Its AI Co-Builder assembles Softr's own blocks and database rather than writing code. Billing is per workspace, with builders and app users counted separately; app users split into Team users on a builder's email domain and Client users from anywhere. Softr Basic costs $25 per month billed monthly or $19 per month billed annually. Softr Pro runs $119 per month billed monthly or $99 billed annually, and Softr Business $395 or $329 on the same two terms. Softr meters AI credits too, but when they run out only the AI features pause and the no-code editor keeps working.

For a Glide Classic customer, the data story is the draw. Google Sheets and Airtable sync both ways even on Softr's Free plan, and Softr Databases come built in. The catches are real, though. PWA support and push notifications need Softr Business, SSO needs Enterprise, and there is no code export or native store app. Softr refunds only inside the first-payment window, 14 days on monthly plans and 30 on yearly ones. Non-profits and schools can apply for 50% off, while Glide Classic offers no such discount. Treat Glide's own Softr comparison page as a competitor's pitch. Our Glide vs Softr comparison goes plan by plan, and the Softr review covers the rest.

When the app must live in Apple's and Google's stores

Bubble

Bubble prices per app, on separate Web, Mobile and Web & Mobile tabs, and meters workload units plus AI credits. Bubble Web Starter costs $32 per month billed annually or $39 billed monthly; the mobile tabs cost more. Native iOS and Android builds with store publishing need a Mobile or Web & Mobile plan and are still in beta. Bubble Free lets you build and test with no time limit but cannot go live. Its 14-day Starter trial, for a new app started within 10 days of creating it, places a $1 hold on your card and converts to paid Starter unless canceled. Bubble offers no code export and no refunds. Details live in our Bubble review.

Adalo

Adalo is the cleanest contrast with metered pricing: a flat fee with no per-seat or per-action charges, with AI credits as the optional extra. Adalo Builder costs $65 a month or $624 a year, and Adalo Business costs $200 a month or $1,920 a year.^[3] Builder includes 2 published apps with store and web publishing. Adalo says it generates true native iOS and Android builds, though you still need your own Apple Developer and Google Play accounts. Glide says Adalo has fewer integrations. That is a rival's claim, so check it against your own list.

FlutterFlow

FlutterFlow sits closer to developer tooling. FlutterFlow Basic costs $39 a month, or $29 a month billed yearly. FlutterFlow Pro costs $80 a month, or $60 a month billed yearly. Code download, one-click store deployment, custom domains and push notifications all start on Basic, and students and educators at colleges can apply for a free year. Glide says FlutterFlow apps only connect to Firebase and Supabase; weigh that against FlutterFlow's own docs before deciding.

AI builders that bill in their own currency

These four compete with GlideOS on building from a prompt, and each meters work in a different unit. A GlideOS credit, a Lovable credit, a Replit dollar credit, a Base44 message credit and a Bolt.new token never convert into one another. So compare plan prices on the same billing term, then run a small pilot on the work you actually do. The grid below shows what each product counts and how it bills.

Lovable

Lovable bills per workspace, not per seat. Lovable Pro with 100 credits costs $25 per month billed monthly or $21 per month billed annually, and the annual total is $250 a year, ten times the monthly price. The Free plan allows 5 build credits a day, up to 30 a month. Lovable writes React and TypeScript code you can sync to Git. GlideOS publishes no code download and lists viewing code and project files on Enterprise only. Glide says Lovable's daily message limits stall momentum. More in our Lovable review.

Replit

Replit bills per account. Replit Core costs $20 per month billed monthly or $18 per month billed annually and includes $20 of monthly credits; Replit Pro with $100 of credits runs $100 per month billed monthly or $90 billed annually. Replit's credits are dollar amounts, which reads plainly but still says nothing about GlideOS credits. Glide says Replit defaults to public projects on its Free plan. That claim is Glide's, not Replit's. See our Replit review.

Base44

Base44 bills per workspace in message credits for building and integration credits for the built-in services your apps use, and credits do not roll over. Base44 Free gives 25 message credits a month, at most 5 a day. Base44 Starter costs $16 per month billed annually or $20 billed monthly, and Base44 Builder $40 or $50 on the same terms. That free allowance is published, while GlideOS Free credits carry no number. Our Base44 review covers what the credits buy.

Bolt.new

Bolt.new counts tokens. Bolt.new Free includes 1M tokens a month with a 300K daily limit. Bolt.new Pro with 10M tokens costs $25 per month billed monthly or $18 per month billed yearly, and Bolt.new Teams costs $30 per member per month billed monthly or $27 billed annually. Paid tokens roll over for up to two months while you stay subscribed. Glide says Bolt.new burns through token budgets on re-prompting. Our Bolt.new review has the full picture.

Google, Microsoft and developer-first options

AppSheet

Google AppSheet suits teams already inside Google Workspace. It charges for each user, each month: Starter $5, Core $10 and Enterprise Plus $20, billed monthly or annually depending on the plan.^[4] AppSheet's pricing page says Core is included in most paid Google Workspace plans. You can build and test free with up to 10 users. Licenses must cover signed-in and guest users alike, guests usually counted per device, while AppSheet Publisher Pro runs public apps without sign-in for $50 per month per app. GlideOS works the other way: guests take no seat and are unlimited on paid plans, though admins can invite only 10 new guests every 30 days (3 per member on Pro and Enterprise).

Power Apps

Microsoft Power Apps is the Microsoft 365 counterpart. Power Apps Premium costs $20.00 for each user per month, paid yearly, or $12.00 with a 2,000-license minimum through sales. A free Developer Plan covers building and testing, but production use needs Premium or pay-as-you-go. Glide says Power Apps leans on Power Fx formulas and extra licenses for external sharing. Check that before you trust it.

Retool

Retool targets developers building internal tools. Retool Free covers up to 5 users; Retool Team costs $10 per builder plus $5 per internal user per month billed annually, and Retool Business $50 plus $15 on the same basis. External users need Business or Enterprise. Native iOS and Android apps are on every plan, though offline mode and push need Business and white-label store apps need Enterprise; SSO sits on Enterprise, and nonprofits can apply for 25 free seats. Glide says Retool demands programming experience.

The bottom line

Pick the alternative by the reason you are leaving. Credit bills and monthly-only billing point to Softr or a flat-fee tool like Adalo; store apps point to Bubble, Adalo or FlutterFlow; code ownership points to Lovable or FlutterFlow; an existing Google or Microsoft stack points to AppSheet or Power Apps. If the newer product is the real complaint, Glide Classic is still sold, with yearly billing and a 14-day refund. Whatever you choose, plan a rebuild. Nothing migrates for free.