# Authentication on Maker Plan **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [May 8, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/authentication-on-maker-plan/73199 "2024-05-08T16:29:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![DBBD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DBBD](https://community.glideapps.com/u/DBBD)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/authentication-on-maker-plan/73199/1 "2024-05-08T16:29:17Z")
Hi guys, I have been building an app for a brewery to help with batch tracking that was initially meant to be a temporary solution until a more dedicated application could be implemented (I wasn’t looking to re-invent the wheel). There are many ‘off the shelf’ solutions to choose from. The brewery I work for is very cost conscious and as a result has always managed things manually with the odd spreadsheet for good measure. When I priced up an existing brewery management system, it was coming in at €75 per user per month. The brewery would like to hide certain aspects of the system from their general users so in the end we would need a minimum of 3 licences at €75=€225 per month to achieve this. The brewery wasn’t too keen on the cost so instead of being deterred, I continued building out my ‘temporary’ solution with Glide. I have since added enough functionality to it to be it’s own system that has the added benefit of being bespoke to the brewery I work for… but alas now is where my problem starts coming in. This is my first time developing using the new pricing structure and I was keen to try out some of the new functionality. I started having an issue when I tried implementing user Roles. I have users set up in my Users table. I gave one of the guys access to the app so I could get some feedback but he was not able to log in and instead got the message _‘The email address doesn’t have access to this app. Please try another.’_. I couldn’t work out what the problem was. My user exists in the table but Glide was saying they didn’t have access. Eventually I realised it may have something to do with the new pricing structure so we opted for the maker plan as at some point we would hit our storage limit anyway. I convinced the brewery to sign up thinking my problems will be sorted only to find, I’m not better off, in fact I look to be worse now. I suppose the fault is on me but when I signed up to the Maker plan, I thought that this should more than cover our needs. We don’t need any of the ‘Maker’ specific functionality, just the ability for 3 different people to log into the app. I have since learned the hard way that the ‘Maker’ plan is useless for this task if the person logging in wants to use their work email address. If I want that functionality, we will need to upgrade to the ‘Teams’ package at $125 a month. Literally so we can use work emails instead of personal emails. We don’t require any other tiered functionality. Sure. this option is still cheaper than a dedicated off the shelf option but that’s all… Any functionality we require, I need to build and maintain myself. An off the shelf option has more functionality and better implemented than I could ever hope to do with Glide so what is the incentive for me to continue the process? $125 is a big jump from something that used to cost $25 a month. I appreciate the work that has gone into Glide and I love the platform but in this particular scenario how can I push to continue developing on Glide when really, I’m the one doing all the work. I sincerely hope I missed something somewhere, and someone kind enough here to point out my mistake. Alternatively, it would be nice if Glide offered a smaller business plan tailored to users that don’t require as much functionality or users. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/4/8/48f81197b535901fe95dafe20cedda8bbfc0a07e.png) Hopefully someone can help with a solution as right now, I have had to leave the app ‘open’ so that the staff can use it but this is not a good solution… Thanks very much! --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/authentication-on-maker-plan/73199)._