First-everThe 2027 State of DOAP Survey is open.Take the survey

No-code apps on top of spreadsheets and databases.

Collecting interest
The DOAP Score

How well Glide supports the role

AI-generated estimate37/100 · Building13 points to Scaling
  1. Protect25
  2. Change41
  3. Observe39
  4. Govern50
  5. Documentation45
  6. Data27
  7. Integrate24
  8. Support50
  9. Agents29
  10. Security43

The synopsis

AI-generated draft
  • ProtectBuilding25

    Glide offers the basics of backup and restore, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • ChangeBuilding41

    Glide offers the basics of code management, staging and rollback, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • ObserveBuilding39

    Glide offers the basics of schema monitoring and change visibility, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • GovernScaling50

    Solid native support for users, authentication and access control; the practice is repeatable on Glide.

  • DocumentationBuilding45

    Glide offers the basics of documentation in the platform and across teams, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • DataBuilding27

    Glide offers the basics of data cleansing, hygiene and integrity, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • IntegrateBuilding24

    Little native support for integrations and how they are secured; the practitioner brings their own tooling.

  • SupportScaling50

    Solid native support for support from the platform and to end users; the practice is repeatable on Glide.

  • AgentsBuilding29

    Glide offers the basics of using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • SecurityBuilding43

    Glide offers the basics of access, secrets, audit and compliance, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

An estimate until the survey closes; then the number from everyone who answered for Glide, labeled survey-generated, published with its report.

Steering committee and working groups

Three bodies, seats open.

The people who run Glide’s corner of the Alliance. A steering committee of three decides; the certification working group writes the exam; the ops working group keeps the community.

  • Platform Steering Committee3 per platform

    Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.

    Seats open
  • Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform

    The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.

    Seats open
  • Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped

    Content and moderation within the platform’s community.

    Seats open
Express interest in a seatThe join form asks where you would serve.

Supported by its practitioners. Glide has not joined as a participating platform member.

Launching 2027

Join for Glide.

Every name on the join form counts toward Glide’s twenty, and toward a seat on its steering committee.

  1. Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join

    Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.

  2. Q1 2027Survey’s open

    The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.

  3. Summer 2027The Alliance forms

    Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.

  4. AfterCertification opens

    The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.