RoutePost vs Basin

Both indie. Different routing philosophies.

Basin is the indie favorite — small team, focused product, well-loved by developers who want a simpler Formspree. RoutePost takes a different angle: built around routing one submission to multiple destinations simultaneously.

Who wins for what

Pick RoutePost if…

✓ You need every submission going to multiple destinations (email + Slack + webhook) on the cheapest plan
✓ You need conditional routing rules per destination — Basin doesn't have this
✓ You want real-time Slack/webhook fan-out without paying for a higher tier
✓ You want native Slack destination, not via a third-party integration

Pick Basin if…

✓ You need file uploads on a low-cost tier — Basin includes them across plans; RoutePost only on Pro
✓ You value a polished UI and email-template editor
✓ You already use Zapier or want a deep integration with their pipeline
✓ You want a smaller, slower-moving product made by the same handful of people for many years
✓ You're building one form for one purpose and don't need routing flexibility

Feature comparison

Feature	RoutePost	Basin
Multiple destinations per form	Yes	Via Zapier/integrations
Email destination	Digest (real-time via Slack/webhook)	Real-time email
Slack destination (native)	Real-time, every plan	Via Zapier
Custom webhook	Real-time, every plan	Yes
Email delivery cadence	Free daily · Starter hourly · Pro every 10 min	Per submission
Submission retention	Free 30d · Starter 180d · Pro 365d	Plan-bound, unspecified
CSV export	Yes	Yes
File uploads	Pro plan only · 10 MB/file, 20 MB total	Yes
Conditional routing rules	Native, every plan	—
Custom email templates	Basic only	Yes
Autoresponder emails	Starter & Pro · per-form	Yes
Form builder UI Both are backends, you bring your own HTML.	—	—
Honeypot spam blocking	Yes	Yes
Submission inbox / dashboard	Last 100	Unlimited
Free tier submissions/mo	500	100

Pricing side by side

Tier	RoutePost	Basin
Free	$0 / 500 subs · 30d retention	$0 / 100 subs
Entry paid	$9.99 / 3,000 subs · 180d retention	$8 / 1,000 subs
Higher	$29.99 / 15,000 subs · 365d retention	$24 / 10,000 subs

Bottom line

The straight answer.

Basin and RoutePost are closer in spirit than most comparisons — both indie, both backends-only, both reasonable prices. Basin wins on file uploads at lower tiers (RoutePost gates them to Pro), longer track record, and a more polished UI. RoutePost wins on native multi-destination routing without bouncing through Zapier, and on its event-source framing: Slack and webhook destinations fire in real time on every plan; email is always a bundled digest. If you're between the two, pick Basin for a Webflow/Carrd-style site that needs file uploads; pick RoutePost if you want one form to fan out to Slack + email + a webhook without Zapier in the middle.