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Backflow Base vs BSI Online.
A water utility's backflow program software; testers register free and pay a filing fee per report. Made by Backflow Solutions Inc (www.backflow.com).
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Side by side
| Backflow Base | BSI Online | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Backflow testing companies | Water utilities' cross-connection control programs |
| Price | $50/month or $500/year per company, 45 days free, no card to sign up | Paid by the utility; testers register free |
| Per-test or filing fee | None, and no per-user fee | A filing fee per report, set by the utility: $14.95 in Broomfield, CO; C$21 in Vancouver |
| Online booking | Hosted booking page, or your own website's form through the API | Not a tester's booking tool |
| Phone bookings | An AI receptionist on your Quo number books callers and texts a pay link | Not on the pages we checked |
| Routes | Puts each tester's stops in driving order | Not on the pages we checked |
| Backflow test in the field | Field app scores RPZ, double check, PVB and SVB tests, with no signal | Testers enter results to file them |
| Reports to the water system | Each address matched to its water system; the report is emailed where the system takes email, and the portal is named where it doesn't | It is where the utility receives reports |
| Card payments | To your own Stripe account; Stripe's fees only, Backflow Base adds none | Not a tester's payment tool |
| Next year's test | "You're due" emails, and Autopilot charges the saved card after each year's test | Not on the pages we checked |
| Customer portal | For HOAs, property managers, contractors and commercial sites | Not on the pages we checked |
| Set up by an AI assistant | Yes: sign-up and setup through the API and MCP, in test mode until the owner goes live | Not on the pages we checked |
From each company's own public pages, checked . Prices and features change: see a mistake? Email hello@backflowbase.com and we will fix it.
BSI Online may suit you if
- You are a water utility running a cross-connection control program.
Backflow Base may suit you if
- You are the testing company: you need bookings, routes, the field test and payment, whichever portal each district uses.
Using both
If a water system you test for uses BSI Online, keep filing there. Backflow Base runs the booking, route, test and payment, and its Filings page lists each report that needs uploading to the district's portal.
Questions
Do I have to use BSI Online?
If the water system you test for uses BSI Online, you file that system's reports there, usually paying a filing fee per report that the utility sets.
Does Backflow Base replace BSI Online?
No. BSI Online is the utility's system. Backflow Base is the testing company's: it books and tests, and tells you which reports to upload to the utility's portal.
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The software
- Bookings from a booking page, your own website, and an AI receptionist on your phone.
- Schedule board and route for each tester.
- Field app that scores every test, even with no signal.
- Test reports sent to the water system that serves each address.
- Card payments to your own Stripe account, and yearly renewals that charge after the test.
- Client portal for HOAs, property managers and contractors.
- $50/month flat: no per-test fee, no cut of payments.
- Every feature →What the app does, part by part.
- Compare →Next to other backflow and field-service software.
- Start free →No card. $50/month or $500/year once you go live, 45 days free.
- Free exam prep →Study questions, practice exams, device tests, a VR wet lab.