Hookdeck vs Webhook Relay (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Webhook Relay grades higher than Hookdeck: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Webhook Relay grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Hookdeck
Gateway for receiving, queueing and routing webhooks
Webhook Relay
Webhook gateway and tunnels that forward to any destination
Which one is for you
Pick Hookdeck if
- Fits if you receive webhooks from Stripe or Shopify and need retries
- Works for developers debugging webhooks on localhost
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you pass 10,000 events a month on the free plan, as the dashboard locks
- Pricey if you want a static IP, an add-on of $100 a month
- Watch out: a support SLA is an add-on on Team and Growth
- Skip it if you need to send webhooks as well, since Outpost is priced separately
Pick Webhook Relay if
- Fits if you need webhooks to reach a machine behind your firewall
- Works for a developer testing with a few hundred webhooks a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, with only 150 webhooks and 2 destinations a month
- Watch out: extra webhooks and outbound packs, such as +100k for $5 a month on Basic, cost more
- Watch out: only Basic shows a monthly price; the rest are yearly figures
- Skip it if you need a no-code builder, because it only forwards
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAHookdeckFair | 2.4GPAWebhook RelayFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CTeam starts at $39 a month, inside the category's dearer quarter at $49, and Growth is $499. Extra events are metered. | BBasic is $8.99 a month billed yearly ($9.99 monthly), inside the cheaper quarter of $12.42. Business is $71.99 and Pro $224.99. |
| Free plan and trial | CDeveloper is free but capped at 10,000 events a month, 1 user and 3-day retention; the dashboard locks past it. | CFree Starter: 150 webhooks a month, 2 destinations, no card. That runs out fast. |
| Features | CQueueing, retries and debugging for incoming webhooks. Outpost for sending webhooks is priced separately. | CForwarding webhooks to destinations such as Kubernetes. Extra webhooks and outbound message packs are billed on top. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You point providers at Hookdeck and set up routing. | CNo store rating on record. You set up forwarding for each endpoint. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb dashboard with Slack, Discord, Teams, PagerDuty, Sentry and Datadog connections. | BWeb dashboard with Kubernetes, Claude, Cursor and Codex connections. |
| Best for | catching and retrying incoming webhooks | forwarding webhooks to private machines |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Hookdeck and Webhook Relay. How we grade
Price against what you get
Hookdeck starts at $39 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Webhook Relay starts at $8.99 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Webhook Relay starts $30.01 a month lower. Of the other automation tools on the chart, 15 score higher than Hookdeck for less, and 1 scores higher than Webhook Relay for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
At a glance
| Hookdeck | Webhook Relay | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $39 per month and up, plus usage beyond 10,000 events | $8.99 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Developer plan: $0 a month with up to 10,000 events, 3-day retention and 1 user. | Free Starter plan: 150 webhooks a month, up to 2 destinations, no credit card required. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Hookdeck Technologies Inc. | Webhook Relay |
| Price read from | hookdeck.com | webhookrelay.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Hookdeck
- Developer is capped at 10,000 events a month; past that the dashboard locks until you upgrade or the billing period renews.
- Extra events are metered, and the page says pricing falls to as low as $0.33 per 100k at volume.
- A static IP add-on costs $100 a month, and a support SLA is an add-on on Team and Growth.
- Outpost, for sending webhooks, is priced separately from the Event Gateway.
Webhook Relay
- The free plan allows only 150 webhooks a month and 2 destinations.
- Pricing was shown on the yearly toggle; only the Basic monthly price ($9.99) was stated for monthly billing.
- Over the included webhook count, extra webhooks are billed at the rates listed for each plan.
- Outbound message packs are extra: for example Basic +100k messages costs $5 a month.
Key features
Hookdeck
- Queueing and rate limits
- Inbound requests are always accepted. Delivery above a destination's throughput ceiling is queued, not rejected, within the retention window.
- Connections and transformations
- Connections link sources to destinations, and transformations modify events with custom functions before delivery. Both are unlimited on every plan.
- Issues and metrics
- Issues flag failing events or queue backpressure, and metrics show latency, throughput and error rates. Alerts go to Slack, PagerDuty, Sentry and others.
- Local testing
- A CLI receives and debugs webhooks on localhost, and Inspect previews webhook payloads before they reach your code.
- Outbound delivery
- Outpost, a separate product with its own pricing, handles sending webhooks and events to your own customers.
Webhook Relay
- Webhook gateway
- Receives webhooks and forwards them to several destinations, public, private or local, with forwarding rules and durable retries.
- Tunnels for local servers
- Exposes local servers to the internet, with custom subdomains and custom domains on paid plans.
- Transformation
- Webhooks can be modified, filtered and routed without extra servers, including an AI-assisted transformation option.
- Outbound webhooks
- Sends signed webhooks from your product to your customers on every plan. A message is one accepted publish, and retries do not count again.
- MCP and agent skills
- An MCP server lets agents such as Claude, Cursor and Codex manage buckets, destinations and webhook replay.
Plans
Hookdeck
Developer$0
Up to 10,000 events, 3-day retention, 1 user, SOC 2 compliance. The dashboard locks if the event limit is passed.
Team$39
per month and up
Pay-as-you-go events, 7-day retention, unlimited users and alert integrations. Extra events from $0.33 to $1.00 per 100k.
Growth$499
per month and up
Uptime and latency SLAs, 30-day retention, metrics export, SSO, SAML, SCIM and HIPAA compliance.
EnterpriseCustom
Premium support, a support manager, Slack Connect channel, custom security compliance, SLAs and contracts.
Webhook Relay
Free Starter$0
150 webhooks a month, 2 destinations, outbound webhooks for 50 customers and 50k messages a month, MCP.
Basic$8.99
per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly)
5,000 webhooks a month, 10 destinations, 8 bidirectional tunnels, custom subdomains. Extra webhooks $5 per 1k.
Business$71.99
per month, billed yearly
60,000 webhooks a month, 50 destinations, long log retention, 40MB webhooks, priority support. Extra $10 per 10k.
Pro$224.99
per month, billed yearly
1M webhooks a month, 200 destinations, wildcard certificates, dedicated support. Extra webhooks $100 per 1M.
EnterpriseCustom
SAML SSO, SOC 2 report, 24x7 support, uptime SLAs, invoice and PO billing, custom outbound limits.
Ways to pay less
Hookdeck
- Startups
Growth plan discounts for eligible startups
The pricing page says eligible startups can get a discount on the Growth plan and should contact Hookdeck for details.
Webhook Relay
- Annual discount
10% off with yearly billing
The pricing page offers a Bill Yearly toggle marked 10% off, which gives Basic at $8.99 a month against $9.99 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Hookdeck or Webhook Relay?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Webhook Relay is cheaper to start with: $8.99 a month, against $39 a month for Hookdeck. Hookdeck starts at $39 per month and up, plus usage beyond 10,000 events, and Webhook Relay starts at $8.99 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Hookdeck or Webhook Relay?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Hookdeck and Webhook Relay have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.