I started this little adventure in 2022 when google tables were the norm and Glide tables were becoming a ‘thing’. In the nearly 4 years later Glide table support has grown by…checking notes…..ZERO. 25,000 google sheet rows then….25,000 Glide table rows now. At first I thought 25,000 was the limit …

Have you tried glide Big Tables?

Of course…but Big tables have limitations when it comes to querying and calculated columns. And moving from a Glide table, especially a complex Glide table that is used a lot in App, to a GLide BIG Table is a direct re-write of all screens and logic. Again….the question is why are Glide tables STI…

[image] MattLB: Again….the question is why are Glide tables STILL limited to 25,000 for an entire app. Because Glide tables running on user device locally after downloaded and most of device can’t handle more than 25000 without dramatically degradated performance.

Maybe in 2021…..but not 2026. The phones are literally 2x or more (CPU, internal memory and app storage) bigger, faster… Given the new ‘UI/AI’ functionality in Glide, I believe its data architecture should be able to scale with improved performance of the underlying hardware. [image]

Don’t get your hopes up; an airship won’t be able to fly like a fighter jet. For other speeds and scales - other technologies.

If Glide had now given us the opportunity to add an SQL server to the application, not as an external data source, but as an internal one (to save on extra data accesses), with the ability to configure this server, this would have resolved most of the issues related to the restrictions on query and …

I feel the same at times and wonder why the limitations haven’t changed all that much in years. I think it depends on the lense you use to look at this. So many of us are using Glide to build full-blown apps with a bunch of features for a bunch of users, at times replacing a SaaS solution. It’s fu…

Yes we’ve managed to drive many round pegs into square holes using Glide, I wonder if the CEO or others in leadership at Glide ever intended for the app builder and apps to be used the ways they are currently being used! ALSO I wonder the future of Glide, can we still bet on it to have the lights o…

[image] Myles_Chaput: ALSO I wonder the future of Glide, can we still bet on it to have the lights on in 5 years? 10 Years? Everything changes so quickly, and i’ve built up quite a bit of infrastructure around Glide, but am always nervous. Trust me, Glide Team is aware of the opportunities an…

Why such low limits on Glide Tables?

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Rien_Dumore February 4, 2026, 3:40pm 6

Yes moving from normal glide table to big table is a big hassle. Please vote on this feature request to hopefully get more attention from the glide team on this one.

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Why such low limits on Glide Tables?

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