# Basin review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Form backend and builder that collects submissions without code

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** Forms & Surveys
- **Made by:** Moonshot Ventures Inc.
- **Website:** https://usebasin.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay on Free, with one form endpoint and 50 submissions a month.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## 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).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **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 | $12.50 per 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 | $24.17 per month for 1,000 submissions, billed yearly ($29 monthly) | Unlimited forms and collaborators, 2 GB storage, auto-responses, API access, webhooks and Slack. |
| Pro | $40.83 per month for 5,000 submissions, billed yearly ($49 monthly) | 10 GB storage, advanced spam filtering, custom email templates and domains, and SMTP. |
| Agency | $108.33 per month for 25,000 submissions, billed yearly ($130 monthly) | 50 GB storage, multi-step forms, saved incomplete submissions, enhanced deliverability, priority support. |

Read from https://usebasin.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Basin before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Yearly billing lowers the monthly rate** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://usebasin.com/pricing

## 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.

## Good for

- Static and JAMstack sites that need a form endpoint without server code
- Freelancers and agencies running many client forms
- Teams that want submissions sent to Slack, Sheets or webhooks

## 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: B.** Starter is $12.50 a month billed yearly, inside the cheapest quarter of form tools at $14. It allows 250 submissions and 3 forms.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Free gives 1 form endpoint, 50 submissions a month and 30 days of stored data.
- **Features: C.** It 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.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You paste an endpoint into your own form's HTML, which suits developers more than anyone else.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Zapier on every plan and Slack, Sheets, webhooks and an API from Growth.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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.

## Where it stands among form and survey tools

- 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.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/forms

## Keep it, 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.

- You could make: Forms: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- You could not: Mail servers with a good name among inbox providers.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Zapier, Slack, Google Sheets, Discord, Make, Pipedream, Integrately

**Tags:** Forms, Public API, Workflow automation, AI features, Transactional email

## Alternatives

- [Formspree](https://toolgpa.com/tools/formspree): Form backend that handles submissions for any website. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/basin-vs-formspree)
- [Tally](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tally): Free form builder that works like a text document. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/basin-vs-tally)
- [Formbricks](https://toolgpa.com/tools/formbricks): Open-source survey platform for links, websites and apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/basin-vs-formbricks)
- [Fillout](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fillout): Form builder with unlimited seats, payments and scheduling. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/basin-vs-fillout)
- [OpnForm](https://toolgpa.com/tools/opnform): Open-source form builder with unlimited submissions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/basin-vs-opnform)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://usebasin.com/pricing
- https://usebasin.com
- https://usebasin.com/integrations
- https://usebasin.com/privacy

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/basin
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