Sutrena vs Basin

Simple form endpoint vs full form platform

Basin does one thing well: it gives you an endpoint for your HTML forms. Point your form action at Basin, and it handles spam filtering, email notifications, and basic integrations. Simple and reliable.

Sutrena is the web runtime for AI agents. It creates the forms too, hosts them, stores every submission, and lets you build dashboards on the data. AI agents can do all of it through 44 MCP tools. More features, higher price. The question is whether you need just an endpoint or a platform.

For AI agents, Sutrena has 44 MCP tools and a full REST API. Basin was built for humans with static sites — no programmatic API for agents to create forms, no way to automate form creation.

How they compare

FeatureSutrenaBasin
ApproachYou send JSON. You deploy pages, collect data, and visualize results.Form backend endpoint service
Page deploymentDeploy HTML pages to your subdomain via APINot available
AI agent support44 MCP tools + REST API + llms.txtNo agent support
DashboardsBuilt-in DSL with 7 widget typesNo dashboards
WebhooksHMAC-signed, Slack/Discord templatesBasic webhooks, no HMAC signing
Form hostingHosted forms with embed supportBackend only, no form hosting
PricingFrom $9/month (Builder). Pro: $29/month$8.25/month (Pro)
SubmissionsUnlimited on Pro1,000/month on Pro
API depthFull CRUD for forms, submissions, dashboardsSubmission endpoint only
Spam filteringWebhook-level validationBuilt-in spam filtering
File uploadsJSON fields, no file uploadsFile upload support

What does each one cost?

Sutrena Pro

Starting from $9/mo (Builder)

$29/month

  • ✓200 projects (forms, pages, dashboards)
  • ✓Unlimited submissions
  • ✓5 webhooks with HMAC signing
  • ✓44 MCP tools for AI agents
  • ✓CSV export
  • ✓Dashboard DSL (7 widget types)
  • ✓Builder plan: $9/mo for 50 projects
  • ✓Free trial, no signup

Basin Pro

$8.25/month

  • —Unlimited forms
  • —1,000 submissions/month
  • —Basic webhooks, no HMAC signing
  • —No AI agent support
  • —No dashboards
  • —Spam filtering included
  • —Free tier: 100 submissions/month
View full Sutrena pricing

Choose Sutrena if...

  • ✓You want AI agents to handle form creation and management (Cursor, CrewAI, AutoGen)
  • ✓You need dashboards to see what your submissions look like
  • ✓You want hosted forms, not just a backend endpoint
  • ✓You need signed webhooks, not just basic ones
  • ✓Unlimited submissions matters to you
  • ✓You want forms, submissions, and dashboards from one API

Choose Basin if...

  • —You already have HTML forms and just need somewhere to send them
  • —Spam filtering out of the box is important to you
  • —You want the cheapest option and your volume is low
  • —You need file uploads on submissions
  • —You already built the form and just need a backend
  • —Set-and-forget with minimal config is what you want

What is Sutrena?

Sutrena is the web runtime for AI agents. Three primitives — pages, forms, and dashboards — accessible through one API. Your agent creates web artifacts, humans interact with them, and your agent gets the data back. Framework-agnostic. Works from any MCP client or HTTP client.

Get started in two API calls

1. Get a trial key (no auth, no signup)

curl -X POST https://sutrena.com/api/trial

2. Create a form + dashboard from a template

curl -X POST https://sutrena.com/api/forms \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer st_trial_xxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"templateId": "waitlist", "createDashboard": true}'
/llms.txt/api/schema/llms-full.txt/.well-known/mcp.json

Want to try it?

Grab a trial API key. No signup, no credit card. Point your agent at it and see what happens.

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