Automate Basics

Glide vs Softr vs Bubble

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.

Compared on
Glide

Free plan · from $25/mo

Softr

Free plan · from $19/mo

Bubble

Free plan · from $29/mo

What it isBuilds internal business apps from spreadsheets, prompts or filesAI app builder for internal tools and portals, with databases and workflowsNo-code builder for web and native mobile apps, with AI prompting
Free planLimited credits, 2 team members, 10 projects, 0 published apps, 0 enabled workflowsFree forever; 5 app users in total (team and client combined)Development version only (no live app), 1 app editor, 50K workload units/month, 6 hours of server logs
Cheapest paid plan$25/mo (Basic)Glide pricing$19/mo billed annually (Basic)Softr pricing$29/mo billed annually (Starter (Web))Bubble pricing
What it covers100 credits, 2 team members, 2 published apps, 1 enabled workflow; annual plans are 'coming soon'.5 team users and 5 client users, with no extra-user add-ons.175K workload units/month, live website and custom domain; the Web & Mobile Starter plan is $59/month billed annually.
Free trialNone stated7-day trial of Business-plan features on sign-up, no card needed; adding a card extends it to 14 daysFree trial offered on Starter (length not stated on the pricing page)
PlatformsWebWebWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot stated8K plugins
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Turning an operations spreadsheet into an internal app
  • Building inventory, field sales or work order tools for a team
  • Replacing a patchwork of ad-hoc spreadsheets with one shared app
  • Building a client portal where customers log in to see their own information
  • Creating an internal tool, team intranet or knowledge base
  • Setting up a simple CRM or inventory tracker for a small business
  • Building a customer portal or marketplace app without code
  • Launching a web app and a matching mobile app from one project
  • Building a first version of a product to test a business idea
Watch out for
  • Free plan cannot publish apps or enable workflows
  • Annual billing is not yet offered ('coming soon')
  • GlideOS is separate from Glide Classic: it needs its own subscription, cannot share data with Classic apps and has no migration tool
  • Free plan: 5 app users in total
  • Basic caps app users at 5 team and 5 client users, with no add-ons
  • Extra app users are only available on Pro and Business and are billed monthly
  • Free plan is for development only: no live app or custom domain
  • Workload units are capped per plan; extra workload is bought as an add-on
  • The Free plan has 1 app editor; Growth allows 2 and Team 5
Made byGlideSoftrBubble Group, Inc.

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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