Budibase vs Glide

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Budibase is the stronger AI pick in Low-Code & No-Code: it has a visibility score of 5.2 versus 4.8 for Glide, and ranks ahead in 50% of the answers that name both.

Choose Budibase if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (5.2 vs 4.8)
You want a lower entry price ($19 vs $25)
AI answers describe it more positively (67% vs 15% positive)
You need ISO 27001 coverage

Choose Glide if…

You need SOC 2 Type 2 or GDPR or CCPA coverage
Free plan for simple data-driven apps
Good for mobile-first MVPs
Turns structured data sources into polished mobile and web apps

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Budibase	Glide
Visibility score	5.2%	4.8%
Change vs last week	down−0.5%	down−2.7%
Rank in Low-Code & No-Code	#20	#22
Share of voice	1.6%	1.7%
Mentions this run	9	11
Positive in AI answers	67%	15%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Budibase −0.5pp · Glide −2.7pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Budibase leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

7.6%

6.7%

AI Mode

6.3%

Perplexity

1.9%

7.8%

BudibaseGlide

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

1Budibase ranked higher

1Glide ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Budibase	Glide
Best low-code platform for startups	Perplexity	#8	#6
Most affordable low-code platform that is still reliable	ChatGPT	#7	#8

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Budibase	Glide
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Flat tiers
Entry price	Free; paid from $19 / mo	Free; paid from $25 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Self-host on your own infrastructure or use Budibase Cloud	Cloud-hosted web and mobile (PWA) apps, hosted on Google Cloud Platform in Iowa, USA.
Integrations	—	1045+
Compliance	ISO 27001	SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, CCPA
Support	Community forum, docs and chat, Email support on Business plan, Priority SLAs and account manager on Enterprise	Help Center, Community, Human support, Priority support
Founded	2019	2018
Headquarters	Belfast, Northern Ireland	San Francisco, California, USA
Employees	51–200	51–200
Funding	Seed (about $1.8M, before Seed II) · $9M raised	Series A · $20M raised
Best for	IT and operations teams in regulated organizations that want agents, apps and automations they can self-host.	Operations and back-office teams that run on spreadsheets and need internal apps quickly.