# Free Tier Limits for High Read-Only Traffic on Public, No-Login Apps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [May 15, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/free-tier-limits-for-high-read-only-traffic-on-public-no-login-apps/81883 "2025-05-15T11:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidglez.com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/davidglez.com/32/88146_2.png) [@davidglez.com](https://community.glideapps.com/u/davidglez.com)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/free-tier-limits-for-high-read-only-traffic-on-public-no-login-apps/81883/1 "2025-05-15T11:36:03Z")
Hi Glide Community, I’m seeking clarification on potential implicit traffic, session, or server request limitations for a **publicly accessible, read-only app (no user login)** on the Glide free tier. While I understand the explicit limits on data rows, data updates (admin-side only for me), and storage, I’m unclear if there are “fair use” caps on a high volume of anonymous users browsing and filtering data. **Full Context:** I’m developing a PWA on the free tier using Google Sheets as the data source. The app is designed to be publicly accessible without any login required – essentially an informational directory of events that users can browse and filter. I’ve read the documentation on users (especially [https://www.glideapps.com/docs/essentials/users#private-vs.-public-users](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/essentials/users#private-vs.-public-users)) and understand that anonymous public users don’t count towards explicit “user number” limits. I also understand and accept the constraints regarding data rows, admin-side data updates/edits to my Google Sheet (which are infrequent for my use case), storage, and Glide branding on the free tier. My concern is about what happens if this read-only public app becomes popular, leading to: - High traffic volume (e.g., a large number of daily/weekly/monthly anonymous page loads/sessions). - A large number of concurrent anonymous users accessing the app. - Any soft caps on bandwidth or server requests generated by purely read-only interactions (browsing data, client-side filtering of the displayed data). While my admin updates to the underlying Google Sheet are few and far between, I want to ensure I understand if there are any practical ceilings I might hit if the app becomes popular with many anonymous viewers, even if their interactions are all read-only and don’t involve writing data back to the sheet. I haven’t found explicit numbers or discussions on this specific aspect in the main docs or through forum searches, which mostly focus on data update limits or signed-in user limits. Could anyone share insights, experiences, or point me to any official clarification on how Glide handles high read-only traffic for public apps on the free tier? Are there performance considerations or other factors that might come into play beyond the documented data/update limits that I should be aware of? Thanks so much for your time and any guidance you can offer! Best regards, David Lobo ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/free-tier-limits-for-high-read-only-traffic-on-public-no-login-apps/81883/2 "2025-05-15T11:51:55Z")
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