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Runwork vs Glide

Runwork vs Glide

Glide puts your spreadsheet in everyone's pocket. Runwork gives the rest of your team's AI work somewhere to live.

Quick Verdict

Glide turns a Google Sheet into an app your team can actually use on their phones, faster than anything else, and for field data collection that is usually the whole job. It stops where the spreadsheet stops. Runwork sits under the AI tools your team already uses, so whatever they work out (a tool, an automation, a way of doing something) lands in one shared cloud, deploys properly, keeps running after laptops close, and every teammate's AI can use it.

Overview

Glide is very good at one thing: your spreadsheet, in everyone's pocket, by the end of the day. Almost no learning curve, mobile-first, and someone non-technical can ship on their first afternoon. What it does not answer is everything else your team asks AI for during a week. One person's AI writes a report generator, another works out how to handle vendor emails, and none of it reaches anyone else or survives a closed laptop. Runwork is the cloud underneath the AI tools they already use: your own agent builds, the result deploys into the team workspace with previews, versions, backups, permissions and monitoring, and nobody has to change the tool they chose.

Glide is a No-Code App Builder.

Runwork Strengths

  • Your own AI does the building, in the tool that person already uses.
  • Nothing installed on anyone's machine. It builds and runs in an isolated sandbox.
  • You see a live preview before the team does, so nobody meets a broken version.
  • Every change is a version and the data is backed up. One step back, not a lost afternoon.
  • It deploys into the team workspace, so people can find it and run it without asking anyone.
  • Schedules, workflows and agents run in your cloud, so the work continues after the laptop closes.
  • 3,300+ integrations connected once for the whole team. Google Sheets is one of them.

Glide Strengths

  • Turns a Google Sheet or Airtable base into a real mobile app faster than anything else.
  • Mobile-first by design, so it feels right on a phone in a warehouse or on a job site.
  • Almost no learning curve. Someone non-technical ships on their first afternoon.
  • Strong at field data collection: forms, photos, checklists, offline-tolerant.
  • The spreadsheet stays the source of truth, which everybody already understands.

Feature Comparison

Building Experience

Feature Runwork Glide
Built by the AI tool your team already uses -
Spreadsheet as the data source Via integration
Real code you own (no lock-in) -
Preview it before the team sees it
Git-based versioning -
Mobile-first design

Data & Integrations

Feature Runwork Glide
Built-in database Glide Tables
Data every app on the team can use -
Pre-built integrations 3,300+ Limited
Two-way spreadsheet sync -
File storage
Pre-built business schemas -

Automation & Logic

Feature Runwork Glide
Event-driven automations Actions
Work keeps running after everyone logs off -
Multi-step workflows Limited
Agents run in your team cloud -
Public APIs / webhooks Limited
Every teammate's AI can use what one person made -

Enterprise & Security

Feature Runwork Glide
SSO / SAML Soon Enterprise
Audit logs -
Permissions on who can change it
Multi-tenant support -
Custom domains Business plan
Team workspaces

Infrastructure

Feature Runwork Glide
Hosting included
Global edge deployment -
Auto-scaling
Code and data backed up automatically

Which Tool is Right for You?

Choose Runwork if you need...

  • * Teams whose people already ask Claude or ChatGPT for the things they need
  • * Work that goes beyond what fits in a spreadsheet
  • * Anything that has to keep running after the laptop closes
  • * Teams who want previews, versions, permissions and monitoring around what their AI makes
  • * Companies who want what their team works out to survive switching AI tools

Choose Glide if you need...

  • * A phone app off an existing spreadsheet, live this week
  • * Field work: forms, photos, checklists, patchy connectivity
  • * Teams where the spreadsheet is genuinely the source of truth
  • * Non-technical owners who want to change the app themselves

Pricing Comparison

Glide charges by users and features, so the bill grows as more people open the app. Runwork offers flat workspace pricing and starts with a 14-day free trial (no credit card).

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How to Migrate from Glide

Most teams do not move off Glide, they outgrow the spreadsheet around it. Your own AI does the building against your Runwork workspace, so the Glide app can stay exactly where it is while the parts that never fit a sheet get somewhere to live.

Typical migration: 1-2 days for typical Glide apps

1

Decide what the spreadsheet is still good for

Keep the sheet and connect it, or export it as CSV and move the data into your workspace. Note the relationships and computed columns either way.

2

Write down what people actually do in the app

Screens, actions, and the things people asked for that the sheet could never handle. That last list is where most of the value is.

3

Connect your own AI tool

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex or whatever your team already uses connects over MCP or the CLI. Nothing else to install on anyone's machine.

4

Let your agent build it against your workspace

Describe the app to your own agent. It writes the code and runs it in an isolated sandbox on Runwork, so you get a live preview and can fix what is wrong before the team sees it.

5

Deploy it and let the rest keep running

It lands in the team workspace with permissions, version history, backups and monitoring. The things a sheet cannot do (notify purchasing when stock drops, chase a supplier every Monday) run in your cloud from then on.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do we lose our Google Sheet?
No. Sheets is a connected integration, so the app your agent builds can keep reading and writing the sheet if that is where your team lives. If the sheet is the thing slowing you down, your agent can move the data into the workspace database instead. That call is yours.
Can it feel as good on a phone as Glide?
The apps your agent builds are responsive, and you can ask for a phone-first layout. Honest answer though: if the app is mostly a phone app for people out in the field, Glide is still the better tool for that one. It was made for exactly that.
What about working offline?
Runwork apps run on the web and need a connection. Glide handles patchy signal better. If your people work where there is no signal, keep Glide for that app and use Runwork for the work that happens on laptops and on schedules.
We only need one small app. Is this too much?
If it really is one app for one person, probably. Runwork earns its place when the same team keeps asking their AI for things: a few tools, some automations, ways of working that everyone should have, all in one cloud with permissions and monitoring instead of scattered across personal accounts.

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