Firstbase
Firstbase Start
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Who this is for
Read from this product's verified attributes against the rest of its table. Re-verify a figure and these change with it.
The formation fee is currently discounted to $99 from a list price of $399, so the year-one figure here is a promotional one and should be read with its verification date. The registered agent is not bundled at all — it is a separate $299 a year, which is the highest agent fee in this table.
Who this suits
Founders who want the setup cost to end after year one. The formation fee is charged once rather than renewed annually.
Read from attributes verified Sep 16, 2026
Who it doesn’t
Founders watching the recurring line. The registered agent renews at $299 a year, the highest here, and it is billed separately from the formation fee.
Read from attributes verified Sep 16, 2026
The score, taken apart
Every criterion, its published weight, what it earned and what that contributed.
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year-one total cost | 40% | 5.03 | 2.01 |
| Annual cost thereafter | 60% | 5.36 | 3.21 |
| Total | 100% | 5.2 |
5.2 of 10 — Standard tier. The weights above are published in full on the methodology page, and a change to any of them is a rubric version bump rather than a silent edit.
Every stored figure
One row per attribute, each with the source it was read from and the date it was read. Every row has its own anchor, so a single figure can be linked to directly — for example /formation/firstbase#service-fee-usd.
| Attribute | Value | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| Formation fee | $99 | firstbase.ioVerified Sep 16, 2026 |
| Fee recurs annually | One-time | firstbase.ioVerified Sep 16, 2026 |
| registered agentA person or company with a physical street address in the state of formation, designated to receive legal notices and state correspondence for the company. Every US state requires one and a PO box does not qualify, which is why founders living outside the US almost always pay a service for it. | $299 | firstbase.ioVerified Sep 16, 2026 |
| registered agentA person or company with a physical street address in the state of formation, designated to receive legal notices and state correspondence for the company. Every US state requires one and a PO box does not qualify, which is why founders living outside the US almost always pay a service for it. | $299/yr | firstbase.ioVerified Sep 16, 2026 |
| EINEmployer Identification Number — the federal tax identification number the IRS issues to a business. A US bank account, a federal return and payroll all require one. Applicants without a Social Security Number cannot use the online application and must apply by fax or post instead. | Included | firstbase.ioVerified Sep 16, 2026 |
| States available | Any state — priced for Wyoming | firstbase.ioVerified Sep 16, 2026 |
| Articles of OrganizationThe document filed with a state to bring an LLC into existence, naming the company, its registered agent and its address. Some states call it a Certificate of Formation. The state's filing fee is charged for processing it. | $100 | sos.wyo.govVerified Sep 16, 2026 |
| franchise taxA charge some states levy for the privilege of keeping an entity registered there, owed whether or not the company trades or makes a profit. States calculate it differently — some charge a flat annual amount, others base it on assets held in the state. | $60 | sos.wyo.govVerified Sep 16, 2026 |
Sources
Checked between Sep 16, 2026 and Sep 16, 2026.
- firstbase.io
Formation fee · Fee recurs annually · Registered agent, year one · Registered agent renewal · EIN included · States available
Oldest check Sep 16, 2026 - sos.wyo.gov
State filing fee · State annual fee
Oldest check Sep 16, 2026
Use this record
The figures above are meant to be quoted and checked, not just read.
Cite this pageplain text or BibTeX
Plain text
Points Architect. "Firstbase Start: verified product record." Rubric 2026.1. Verified Sep 16, 2026. https://pointsarchitect.com/formation/firstbase
BibTeX
@misc{pointsarchitect-formation-firstbase,
title = {Firstbase Start: verified product record},
author = {{Points Architect}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://pointsarchitect.com/formation/firstbase}},
note = {Verified Sep 16, 2026; rubric 2026.1}
}Canonical URL https://pointsarchitect.com/formation/firstbase. Individual figures on this page have their own anchors — every row in the attribute table below can be linked to directly, so a single fee can be cited without citing the whole record.
Compared directly
Head-to-head pages exist only between products that both rank inside this vertical's top three.
Figures on this page are dated individually to the day each was checked against its source. Nothing here is an estimate, and the score is calculated from the attributes above rather than entered by hand. See methodology.