Basin

Basin is a form backend with a no-code form builder attached. Its home page headline is "Point any form at Basin. Or build one here," and it promises to collect submissions, filter spam, send email, store files and fire webhooks with no server code. It is written for agencies, freelancers and developers who already have a site in HTML, React, Vue, Webflow or WordPress and need the part behind the form to just work. The footer reads "Made in" followed by a Canadian flag, "by Moonshot Ventures, Inc.," with a copyright range starting in 2016.

What you build and how

There are two ways in, and the home page lays out the first as three steps. You point your form to Basin by setting the form's action URL to your Basin endpoint, which works with any HTML form, including ones built in React, Vue, Webflow, WordPress or plain HTML. You then customize the workflow from the dashboard: notification emails, spam filters, auto-responses, integrations and file uploads. Finally you start collecting, and submissions arrive in your inbox, trigger notifications and flow to your connected tools. The site's own wording is "No server code. No complex integrations."

Beyond plain HTML, the home page lists a JavaScript option called BasinJS, for custom form experiences with full frontend control, and a Basin API that lets you create and configure Basin forms programmatically from the CLI. That second item matters to anyone provisioning forms for many client sites at once.

The second way in is the form builder, described as "a fast, flexible no code way to build shareable hosted and embeddable forms." Basin's own blog calls this builder Form Studio and says it supports conditional logic, multi-step flows, file uploads and hosted forms. The home page's feature grid adds that multi-step forms can save progress across steps so a submission isn't lost partway through. The nav also lists use cases named Chat, Form Generator and Leads Platform, the first labeled New. The held text doesn't explain them beyond the names.

What happens after someone submits is where Basin spends most of its attention. The feature grid names a submission inbox to view, share and manage entries, file uploads that store "up to 10GB of files and images," auto-responses that follow up instantly with the person who submitted, form analytics showing traffic and conversion rates, and virus scanning of submissions for malicious content.

Spam filtering gets its own section. The company says its AI spam detection is powered by SpamCheck.ai, and a second block lists configurable defenses: a duplicate filter, valid emails filter, custom honeypot, content blacklist, country blocking, language filtering and submission origin. A customer quote from an agency cofounder says Basin "catches pretty much all automated spam which saves it hitting our clients." Email delivery is another claim. Basin says it partnered with Postmark so notification emails arrive quickly, and the page shows delivery times for Gmail, Apple, Hotmail, AOL and Yahoo addresses.

Integrations are handled in three layers. The nav lists Discord, Google Sheets, Integrately, Make, Slack, Webhooks and Zapier. The Integrately page explains that Integrately is a one-click integration platform for non-technical people, with over 8 million pre-made automations for over 700 apps. Examples on that page include creating a contact in Autopilot, a ticket in Freshdesk, a contact in MailerLite, a deal in Pipedrive, a card in Trello, a contact in HubSpot or a record in Salesforce when a Basin form gets a new submission. Setup is described as selecting the app, choosing the automation, connecting your Basin account, mapping fields, then testing and going live.

Finally, the guides list shows which frameworks and hosts Basin documents: 11ty, Astro, Gatsby, NextJS, NuxtJS, React, Shifter, Strattic, Svelte, VueJS and WordPress. There is also documentation, platform guides, videos, a changelog and a status page. A "Compare" list sets Basin beside Formbackend, Formcarry, Formkeep, Formspark, Formspree, Forminit, Netlify Forms and Typeform.

The evidence from the pages

Pricing comes from a comparison article on Basin's own blog, so it is the company's description of itself, written at a point in time. The article carries a note that pricing and features "may change," and it is where the plan figures below come from. The Growth plan is $29 per month and, per that article, includes unlimited submissions, Slack connections and Google Sheets syncing. The Pro plan is $49 per month and expands capacity to 5,000 submissions, adding spam filtering, custom email templates and AI lead tools. The Agency plan is $130 per month with 25,000 submissions and large file storage. The article describes a lower tier that adds redirect URLs and data export tools, but the passage held cuts off before naming it. The home page offers "Start free with Google" and "Start free with Email," and the Integrately page says "Get started for free" with no credit card required, so a free start exists, though the held text states no limits for it.

Scale claims are the company's. The home page says "Join 35,000+ agencies, businesses, and creators building better forms," and the Integrately page says Basin securely processes, filters and stores form submissions for over 30 thousand web projects across the globe daily. These two numbers count different things, users in one case and projects in the other, and neither is independently verified here.

The footer links Privacy, Terms of Service and GDPR pages, but the text held makes no specific compliance claim, so none is made here. Support is described as "Speak to a human about your Basin experience" through a contact page, plus an official Discord server, documentation, a status page and a Wall of love page. Other quoted customers include a developer relations engineer who says he builds the form in React and sends signups to Basin via an API, and a Webflow designer who describes getting a Loom video reply to a late-night question the next morning.

Who it suits and who it does not

Basin fits a freelancer or agency maintaining many client sites, where changing one form action and getting spam-filtered email and a Google Sheets row is worth more than a polished builder. It suits developers who want the endpoint, BasinJS and an API rather than a form product with its own look. It also suits an operations person who wants submissions routed into Slack, a spreadsheet or a CRM through Zapier, Make or Integrately.

Two caveats. First, this is a backend first, and the form builder is the smaller half of the story, so someone who wants quiz scoring, video questions or a deeply branded survey experience should look at dedicated form tools. Second, the plan figures above rest on a blog article rather than a pricing page the held text includes, so confirm current numbers and submission limits before committing a client project.