Bubble vs Glide

Bubble

• Founders building a full web app or marketplace without writing code
• Builders who want visual control over logic and data, not only prompts
• Projects that need web, iOS and Android apps on one shared backend

Glide

• Operations teams whose processes currently live in spreadsheets
• Internal tools such as inventory, work order and vendor management apps
• Teams that want several apps sharing one set of live data

Bubble

• The Free plan covers development only; a live website, custom domain or app-store release needs a paid plan.
• Plans are bought per project, and the 14-day Starter trial takes a $1 card pre-authorization.
• Each plan has a monthly workload allowance; going over means buying a workload tier or paying overages.
• Free and Starter do not support collaborators; Growth allows 2 app editors and Team 5.

Glide

• Free plan credits do not renew, and apps cannot be published without a paid plan.
• GlideOS needs its own subscription and cannot be reached through Glide Classic, which has separate plans.
• Monthly credits reset each billing cycle; extra credits are sold on paid plans only and last 12 months.
• Basic covers 2 team members and Plus 3; public apps need Plus, and single sign-on needs Enterprise.

Bubble

AI app generation

Describe an idea and Bubble AI proposes a feature list, then generates a working app with a database and workflows that you go on to customize.

AI Agent in the editor

An in-editor assistant that knows the app's pages, workflows, data types and privacy rules, and can add elements, change workflows or explain why something fails.

Visual editor

Design the interface, define custom events and workflows, and manage data visually. Web and mobile apps are built in the same editor.

Native mobile apps

Native iOS and Android apps run on React Native and share the web app's database and workflows. Paid plans include 5 to 20 build submissions a month.

Plugins and API Connector

Bubble-made plugins cover services such as Stripe, Slack, Airtable and Zapier, and the API Connector, included on the Free plan, links to other services.

Version control

Starter has basic version control. Growth adds premium version control with 10 custom branches, and Team raises that to 25 and adds sub apps.

Glide

Spreadsheet-to-app building

Upload a spreadsheet or file and GlideOS reads its structure, data and logic, then proposes the screens and workflows for an app built on it.

Chat-based editing

Changes are requested in chat. You can highlight a page, a component or a piece of text and prompt for a change to that element alone.

Shared project data

Apps in a project read and write the same live tables, which can come from Google Sheets, uploaded Excel or CSV files, or tables GlideOS creates.

Workflows

Automated routines run on a schedule, from a webhook or on demand, using the same data as the apps. Basic allows 1 enabled workflow and Plus 5.

Integrations

The integrations directory lists more than 1,000 services, including Gmail, Slack, Airtable and Salesforce. Premium integrations need the Pro plan.

Bring your own agent

On Pro, an MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other clients build and deploy apps on Glide, which supplies hosting, data and permissions.

Bubble

• Free$0

  Development version only: 1 app editor, 50K workload units a month, 6 hours of server logs, the API connector and on-device mobile testing.

• StarterFrom $29

  per month, billed annually; from $32 billed monthly

  Web only $29, mobile only $42, web and mobile $59 on annual billing. Live app, custom domain, recurring workflows and 175K workload units a month.

• GrowthFrom $119

  per month, billed annually; from $134 billed monthly

  Web only $119, mobile only $169, web and mobile $209 on annual billing. 2 app editors, 10 custom branches and 250K workload units a month.

• TeamFrom $349

  per month, billed annually; from $399 billed monthly

  Web only $349, mobile only $449, web and mobile $549 on annual billing. 5 app editors, 25 custom branches, sub apps and 500K workload units.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom workload units, a choice of hosting location, a customizable server, a dedicated support team and payment by invoice or ACH.

Glide

• Free$0

  A limited, non-renewing credit allowance, 2 team members and 10 projects. No published apps and no enabled workflows.

• Basic$25

  per month

  100 credits a month, 2 team members, 2 published apps, 1 enabled workflow and a choice of agent mode.

• PlusFrom $50

  per month

  250 credits a month at the entry tier, with tiers up to 10,000. 3 team members, 5 published apps, 20 projects, 5 workflows and public apps.

• ProFrom $125

  per month

  500 credits and 5 members at the entry tier, with 50 credits per added member. Unlimited published apps and workflows, premium integrations and MCP.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom team size, single sign-on, enterprise integrations, a choice of LLM provider, 30-day data backups and a dedicated success manager.

Bubble

• Annual discount

  Save up to 20% with annual billing

  The pricing page advertises up to 20% off annually. In Bubble's manual, web-only Starter is $29 a month paid annually against $32 monthly, and web-only Team is $349 against $399.

• Education

  Student and classroom discounts

  Bubble says it offers discounts to students on all plans and group discounts for educational institutions. The amount is not listed; requests go through a contact form.

• Nonprofit

  Nonprofit discount on all plans

  Nonprofit organizations get a discount on all plans, according to the pricing page. The amount is not listed; requests go through a contact form.

Glide

No public discounts listed.