# How to reduce the number of updates if am using airtable as datasource?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-reduce-the-number-of-updates-if-am-using-airtable-as-datasource/68960>\
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**Tags:** airtable, data-sync\
**Created:** [December 23, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-reduce-the-number-of-updates-if-am-using-airtable-as-datasource/68960 "2023-12-23T12:02:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Musab\_R](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/musab_r/32/55191_2.png) [@Musab\_R](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Musab_R)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-reduce-the-number-of-updates-if-am-using-airtable-as-datasource/68960/1 "2023-12-23T12:02:54Z")

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Hi

I use airtable as db for my apps, and i don’t know how the update counts work “Syncing data once from an external source like Google Sheets or Airtable is one update. For example, when someone edits a Google Sheet connected to your app and Glide syncs the latest version.” so does it means for every row added this will be counted as one update ?

So my question is , how to reduce the number of updates as i edit the Airtable base frequently ? what to avoid

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-reduce-the-number-of-updates-if-am-using-airtable-as-datasource/68960/2 "2023-12-23T23:30:27Z")

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> [@Musab\_R](#):
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> so does it means for every row added this will be counted as one update ?

It’s not strictly related to the “syncing” part you quoted, but every new row added from Glide to Airtable is counted as one update.

For syncing, if it works like Google Sheets, then everytime there’s an edit from the Airtable side, Airtable would tell Glide that ok, there was an edit, please sync it. Every sync will cost 1 update. If you change multiple things in a short duration in Airtable, then there’s a good chance it would only cause 1 sync.

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**Author:** ![Musab\_R](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/musab_r/32/55191_2.png) [@Musab\_R](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Musab_R)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-reduce-the-number-of-updates-if-am-using-airtable-as-datasource/68960/3 "2024-01-01T14:04:20Z")

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what about glide native tables, any plans to exclude it from the 1000 updates count?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-reduce-the-number-of-updates-if-am-using-airtable-as-datasource/68960/4 "2024-01-01T16:37:21Z")

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Simply moving data across the Internet and storing it has a cost associated with it. I don’t forsee Glide allowing unlimited bandwidth to move and store data in their database, especially for free.