Best for
Best for teams that want to turn spreadsheets and databases into internal tools and customer apps without writing code.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI App Builders Comparison
Glide vs. OutSystems
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for enterprise IT teams that want AI-generated applications inside a governed low-code platform with its own architecture guard rails.
- Enterprise
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Glide | OutSystems |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan; paid from $25 / month Billed per month; Plus is $50, Pro $125 and Enterprise custom priced. Each plan carries a monthly credit allowance, from 100 credits on Basic to 500 on Pro. | Free Personal Edition; OutSystems Developer Cloud quoted by the vendor ODC is metered on three things: application complexity in Application Objects, which is the sum of screens, database tables and API methods, with a typical medium app around 150 AOs; the number of internal and external end users; and advanced add-ons. A base subscription starts with one medium production application and 100 internal users. |
| Free trial | Free plan (1 project, limited credits) | Free Personal Edition, no credit card required, for up to 100 internal users |
| Commercial use | Yes | Not stated |
| Output | No-code business apps for web and mobile, built on your existing data | Full-stack enterprise web and mobile applications with data model, server-side logic and UI screens |
| API | Not stated | Yes, API-first with CI/CD APIs and APIs for uploading external libraries |
| Hosting | Not stated | OutSystems Cloud on AWS; self-hosting is available as an advanced add-on |
| What it generates | Business apps such as CRMs, inventory, dashboards and internal tools on web and mobile; can be generated from data, a file or a prompt | Full-stack enterprise applications: Mentor generates the data model, server-side logic and UI screens from a natural language prompt or an uploaded requirements document, shows a visual blueprint before building, and then evolves the app through conversation inside the IDE with human sign-off on each implementation plan |
| Stack and frameworks | No-code editor; no generated code to manage or export | .NET Core on Linux containers, each application isolated in its own container, orchestrated with Kubernetes on AWS; developers extend apps with custom .NET code uploaded as high-code external libraries, whose methods are exposed to the visual editor as server actions |
| Auth and database | Glide Tables plus Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable and databases like PostgreSQL and Snowflake; per-user sign-in with role-based access (SSO on Enterprise) | Amazon Aurora Serverless with PostgreSQL compatibility as the managed database; ISO 27001 compliance is included and SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS are advanced add-ons |
| Hosting and deploy | Published to a web-accessible URL and installable as a mobile app | OutSystems Cloud with development, testing and production runtimes and a 99.5 percent uptime guarantee, upgradeable to 99.95 percent; extra runtimes and a self-hosted option are advanced add-ons. Built-in CI/CD pipelines with monitoring, tracing and logging |
| Payments | Yes, a Stripe integration that creates and sends invoices from inside the app; access may require a paid plan | No checkout of its own; payment providers are integrated through components from the OutSystems Forge, including Stripe connectors for both ODC and OutSystems 11 that handle charges, customers and refunds, and a payments plugin covering Apple Pay, Google Pay and Stripe |
| Access to the code | No code access, visual no-code editing only | Applications are built visually rather than in a repository of hand-written source; custom C# and .NET logic enters as external libraries uploaded through the SDK and APIs, decorated so their methods surface as server actions |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise |
| Support | more entries Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum | Email helpdesk, Community forum |
| Onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Integrations | Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, Airtable, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Stripe, OpenAI, Slack | Not stated |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Glide Free plan; paid from $25 / month OutSystems Free Personal Edition; OutSystems Developer Cloud quoted by the vendor
- Free trial Glide Free plan (1 project, limited credits) OutSystems Free Personal Edition, no credit card required, for up to 100 internal users
- Deployment Glide Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based OutSystems Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise
- Company size Glide Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise OutSystems Enterprise
- Support Glide Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum OutSystems Email helpdesk, Community forum
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Glide
Strengths
- Turns an existing spreadsheet or database into a working app quickly
- Connects to Glide Tables, Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, PostgreSQL and Snowflake
- Per-user access controls so each role sees only the right data
Limitations
- No access to or export of the underlying code
- Paid plans meter AI usage with credits
OutSystems
Strengths
- Mentor generates a complete application, data model and server logic included, from a requirements document rather than only from a chat prompt
- Shows a visual blueprint and asks for sign-off before applying changes, instead of building unseen
- Runs on containerised .NET Core with Kubernetes, managed Aurora PostgreSQL and built-in CI/CD, monitoring and tracing
- Free Personal Edition for up to 100 internal users needs no credit card
- Self-hosting is available, unlike most tools in this category
Limitations
- No published prices at all, so every evaluation starts with a sales conversation
- Pricing is metered on Application Objects and user counts, which makes cost hard to predict as an app grows
- The Personal Edition is a development runtime only and cannot run production apps
- Self-hosting, 24x7 support, higher uptime and SOC 2 or PCI DSS compliance are all paid add-ons rather than part of the base subscription
- Base support is 8x5 business hours
Plans
Pricing
Glide
- Free $0 Per month, with limited credits.
- Basic $25 Per month, 100 credits.
- Plus $50 Per month, 250 credits.
- Pro $125 Per month, 500 credits. Starts at five team members with 50 credits included per member, and adds human support.
- Enterprise Not stated Custom pricing, with a dedicated success manager and priority support.
OutSystems
- OutSystems Personal Edition $0 Free, no credit card required. Development runtime only, up to 100 internal users, hosted on OutSystems Cloud. For test applications, not production, and with no uptime guarantee or compliance options.
- OutSystems Developer Cloud Custom Quoted by the vendor, priced on application complexity in Application Objects, end user counts and add-ons. Includes development, testing and production runtimes, professional support 8x5, OutSystems Cloud hosting, a 99.5 percent uptime guarantee and ISO 27001. Starts with 100 internal users and one medium-sized application.
- Advanced add-ons Custom 24x7 professional support, additional non-production and production runtimes, a self-hosted option, a 99.95 percent uptime upgrade, SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS compliance, and additional users or larger applications.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
Glide
- Ease of use
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- User interface
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OutSystems
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Glide https://www.glideapps.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-03
OutSystems https://www.outsystems.com · no check date recorded yet
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.