# When to use Googlesheet, air table or glide table?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-to-use-googlesheet-air-table-or-glide-table/69548>\
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**Created:** [January 14, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-to-use-googlesheet-air-table-or-glide-table/69548 "2024-01-14T08:57:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ainulfi3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ainulfi3/32/64496_2.png) [@ainulfi3](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ainulfi3)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-to-use-googlesheet-air-table-or-glide-table/69548/1 "2024-01-14T08:57:52Z")

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When would you guys use any of these tables?

example what use case or dependency?

I personally only use Glide table for now… but if i want to have 2 separate apps that use same tables, can Glide table do sync for both apps with the same data table? Or i need to use air table or google sheet?

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**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 9:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-to-use-googlesheet-air-table-or-glide-table/69548/2 "2024-01-14T09:49:28Z")

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Answered the following just recently.

> [@Performance Questions](https://community.glideapps.com/t/performance-questions/69546/2):
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> I don’t use Airtable on a regular basis. I only use it rarely, and mostly to test a Glide feature. I’ve never used Airtable in production. From what I’ve gathered in the community forum, using Airtable as a data source in Glide is not always a smooth experience: syncing delays and row order not respected are what come by mind. An advanced search in the forum for “Airtable” might give you a better idea. To answer your question: I personally always start my Glide projects with Glide Tables. S…

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-to-use-googlesheet-air-table-or-glide-table/69548/3 "2024-01-14T10:29:39Z")

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I build most Apps using native Glide Tables. In the past I also built a lot of Apps using a Google Spreadsheet as a data source, but I generally avoid that these days.

Reasons why I might connect a Google Sheet:

- If I need multiple Roles per user, I will use a Google Sheet as the source of the User Profiles (only because native tables do not support this)
- If the data needs to be used outside the Glide App, and the plan I’m working with does not have API support.
- If there is a 3rd party integration required that either can’t be done with native tables, or is easier done with Apps Script. (Sometimes I will use a Google Sheet purely as a place to host code, without actually connecting it to a Glide App).

I’ve never used Airtable as a data source (or at all).  
I’ve never used Excel as a data source.  
I’ve not (yet) used any SQL data sources, but I can foresee this in the future.

> [@ainulfi3](#):
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> but if i want to have 2 separate apps that use same tables, can Glide table do sync for both apps with the same data table

You can have as many Apps as you want sharing the same data source - regardless of the data source.