Basin review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Basin report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for a form endpoint for a static site
Basin is a hosted form backend: you point a form at its URL and submissions arrive by email, in a dashboard and through integrations. The free plan is 1 endpoint and 50 submissions a month, and webhooks, the API and auto-responses all wait on Growth at $24.17 a month.
Who Basin is for
- Fits if you run a static site and need submissions emailed without writing server code
- Works for freelancers and agencies handling several client forms
Who Basin is not for
- Tight if you stay on Free, with one form endpoint and 50 submissions a month
- Watch out: webhooks, API access and auto-responses need Growth, and custom email domains need Pro
- Skip it if you want a visual form builder as the main thing, because this is a backend first
- Pricey if your traffic grows, since plans are capped by submissions and extras are billed monthly
Why Basin gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyStarter is $12.50 a month billed yearly, inside the cheapest quarter of form tools at $14. It allows 250 submissions and 3 forms.
- CFree plan and trialFree gives 1 form endpoint, 50 submissions a month and 30 days of stored data.
- CFeaturesIt receives and routes submissions well enough, but it is a backend rather than a form builder, and the page says overage submissions are billed at tier rates.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You paste an endpoint into your own form's HTML, which suits developers more than anyone else.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Zapier on every plan and Slack, Sheets, webhooks and an API from Growth.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Basin's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Basin's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 24 of the 60 other form and survey tools we grade, and level with 16.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 42 of 60) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $12.50 a month, against a middle price of $19.50 for the category: 13 of the 51 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 61 form and survey tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Basin’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 42 of 60, level with 12
- CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 60, level with 38
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 60, level with 31
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 60, level with 51
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 12 of 60, level with 48
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 53 form and survey tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Basin, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Basin you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $150 a year.
What you could make
- Forms: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- Mail servers with a good name among inbox providers.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Basin’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Basin?
Basin is a hosted form backend: an HTML form's action URL points at a Basin endpoint, and submissions arrive by email, in a dashboard and through webhooks and integrations. It also offers a form generator and AI-generated sites with hosting, and plans are limited by monthly submissions and storage.
Worth knowing
- Plans are capped by submissions per month; the page says extra submissions are available at rates made for each tier, billed monthly.
- The Free plan has one form endpoint and keeps data for 30 days.
- Auto-responses, webhooks and API access need Growth; custom email domains need Pro.
- Coupon-code discounts for new customers are shown on some plans and are not counted in these prices.
Key features
- Point any form at Basin
- Set a form's action URL to a Basin endpoint; it works with plain HTML, React, Vue, Webflow, WordPress and other front ends.
- Spam filtering
- Basic filtering is on every plan, and spam does not count toward the submission limit. Pro adds advanced, location, language and content filters.
- Notifications and auto-responses
- Submissions trigger notification emails, and Growth and above add auto-responses. Pro adds custom email templates and domains.
- Integrations and API
- Zapier is on every plan. Growth adds Slack, Google Sheets, webhooks and API access; the integrations page also lists Discord, Make and Pipedream.
- File storage
- Uploaded files are stored with each plan's allowance, from 500 MB on Starter up to 50 GB on Agency.
- AI features
- Paid plans include AI assistant access through an MCP server and AI-generated sites with hosting and custom domains.
Basin pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Basin has a free plan, and paid plans start at $12.50 per month for 250 submissions, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $12.50 per month for 250 submissions, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- 1 form endpoint, 50 submissions a month, 30-day data retention, basic spam protection, AJAX support and Zapier.
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial on paid plans
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 form endpoint, 50 submissions a month, 30-day data retention, basic spam protection and Zapier. |
| Starter | $12.50per month for 250 submissions, billed yearly ($15 monthly) | 3 forms, 500 MB file storage, 365-day retention, data export and email and phone validation. |
| Growth | $24.17per month for 1,000 submissions, billed yearly ($29 monthly) | Unlimited forms and collaborators, 2 GB storage, auto-responses, API access, webhooks and Slack. |
| Pro | $40.83per month for 5,000 submissions, billed yearly ($49 monthly) | 10 GB storage, advanced spam filtering, custom email templates and domains, and SMTP. |
| Agency | $108.33per month for 25,000 submissions, billed yearly ($130 monthly) | 50 GB storage, multi-step forms, saved incomplete submissions, enhanced deliverability, priority support. |
Read from usebasin.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Basin before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountYearly billing lowers the monthly rate
Yearly billing brings Starter to $12.50 a month from $15, Growth to $24.17 from $29, Pro to $40.83 from $49 and Agency to $108.33 from $130.
Stated on usebasin.com
Works with
- Zapier
- Slack
- Google Sheets
- Discord
- Make
- Pipedream
- Integrately
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- Basin vs OpnForm
Free plan · from $25/mo
Common questions
Does Basin have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Basin is listed for Web.
Does Basin have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Basin is listed for Web.
Is Basin open source?
Basin is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Basin have an API?
Yes. Basin offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.