🆕 Glide teams must be on a paid plan to publish apps

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As of today, Glide teams must be on a paid plan to publish apps.

Teams on a Free plan can still build and preview apps in the builder, but if they try to publish, they’ll see a prompt to upgrade to a paid plan.

You can view the available plans on our website.

Why the change to the Free plan?

A number of performance and security factors led to this change.

What hasn’t changed is the Free plan’s purpose: to let anyone try Glide.

Please keep questions or comments regarding the change in this thread. Thank you! :folded_hands:

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Hey @NoCodeAndy!

I agree that this change will prevent spammers, bad actors, and ne’er-do-wells from publishing dangerous apps. Does this only affect NEW team folders or will published apps on existing free plans be auto-unpublished?

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Good Idea as a step in the direction to provide business with mission critical application up time!

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These changes apply to new teams. :slight_smile:

When in doubt, check the Billing screen in your team’s dashboard.

It shows you what the limits are for the team you’re on.

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By the way, if App can’t be published, “10 personal users included” does not make any sense on pricing page, I believe.

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@NoCodeAndy Agreed, all users references will be misleading if kept

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I understand that Glide wants to improve safety and prevent spam or phishing apps — that makes sense.

But this new rule feels unfair to ordinary users who simply create personal or small hobby apps for themselves, family, or friends. Not everyone is trying to publish harmful or commercial projects.

Before this change, Glide was a great platform for learning, experimenting, and sharing — even for those who couldn’t afford a paid plan yet. Now it feels like honest creators are being punished for the actions of a few bad actors.

Maybe there could be a middle way:
for example, allow one personal app to be published on the Free plan, or require a content review instead of blocking publishing completely.

This would keep Glide safe and friendly for new creators.

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im using glide since 2023 and my two apps on free plan are not available anymore? My Team is old

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On god