Don’t pay Typeform prices for a simple contact form
Different tools. Typeform is a form builder with a polished experience. Basin is the behind-the-scenes piece for forms you design yourself.
Typeform Basic is $39/mo ($28/mo yearly). Basin Starter is $12.50/mo yearly—if you already have a form on your site and just need somewhere to send it.
Your design, your site
Keep the form looking like your brand. Basin just handles what happens after submit.
Pay for a backend, not a builder
If all you need is “send this form somewhere,” you probably don’t need a full Typeform workspace.
Spam help for marketing pages
Protect public lead forms without buying survey software.
Builder vs backend (easy to mix up)
Need Typeform’s conversational flow and fancy logic? Stay on Typeform. Just need a contact form that works, fights spam, and emails you? Basin is simpler and usually cheaper. Basin won’t replace Typeform’s whole product—and it’s not trying to.
Basin vs. Typeform | Basin | Typeform |
|---|---|---|
What it is | Form backend | Visual form builder |
Who makes the form | You | Typeform’s editor |
First paid plan (yearly) | Starter $12.50/mo · 250 submissions | Basic $28/mo · 100 responses · 1 user |
Mid | Growth $24.17/mo · 1k · integrations | Plus $56/mo yearly · 1,000 · 3 users |
Higher up | Pro $40.83/mo · stronger spam tools | Business $91/mo yearly · 10,000 · 5 users |
Quick test | “I have a form, need a backend” | “I need a form experience product” |
Choose Basin if…
You’ve got (or want) your own form markup and mostly need submissions, spam filtering, and email alerts.
Stick with Typeform if…
You want Typeform’s UI, logic, and survey-style flows—not a DIY contact form.
Only need somewhere to send the form?
Create a Basin form, paste the URL into your HTML, and skip builder pricing.