Hookdeck review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Hookdeck report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for catching and retrying incoming webhooks
Hookdeck receives webhooks, queues them and retries failures. Developer is free at 10,000 events a month with 1 user and 3-day retention, the dashboard locks past the cap, and Team starts at $39 with a static IP at $100 extra.
Who Hookdeck is for
- Fits if you receive webhooks from Stripe or Shopify and need retries
- Works for developers debugging webhooks on localhost
Who Hookdeck is not for
- 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
Why Hookdeck gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyTeam starts at $39 a month, inside the category's dearer quarter at $49, and Growth is $499. Extra events are metered.
- CFree plan and trialDeveloper is free but capped at 10,000 events a month, 1 user and 3-day retention; the dashboard locks past it.
- CFeaturesQueueing, retries and debugging for incoming webhooks. Outpost for sending webhooks is priced separately.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You point providers at Hookdeck and set up routing.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb dashboard with Slack, Discord, Teams, PagerDuty, Sentry and Datadog connections.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hookdeck's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/hookdeck#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/hookdeck.svg" alt="Hookdeck: 2.2 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Hookdeck stands among automation tools
Hookdeck's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 54 of the 134 other automation tools we grade, and level with 35.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 39 of 134) and worst on features (C, above 2).
Its paid plans start at $39 a month, against a middle price of $22.17 for the category: 44 of the 65 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 15 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 135 automation tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Hookdeck’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 22 of 134, level with 82
- CFree plan and trialAbove 38 of 134, level with 61
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 134, level with 83
- CEase of useAbove 27 of 134, level with 102
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 39 of 134, level with 95
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 80 automation tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Hookdeck, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Hookdeck you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $468 a year.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
What this rests on. Hookdeck’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Hookdeck?
Hookdeck's Event Gateway sits between webhook senders and your API. It accepts inbound requests, queues and rate-limits delivery, retries failures and logs each event. The company also sells Outpost for sending webhooks and a CLI for testing them on localhost. Plans are billed by events delivered.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Hookdeck pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Hookdeck has a free plan, and paid plans start at $39 per month and up, plus usage beyond 10,000 events.
- Starts at
- $39 per month and up, plus usage beyond 10,000 events
- Free plan
- Developer plan: $0 a month with up to 10,000 events, 3-day retention and 1 user.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | $39per 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 | $499per month and up | Uptime and latency SLAs, 30-day retention, metrics export, SSO, SAML, SCIM and HIPAA compliance. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Premium support, a support manager, Slack Connect channel, custom security compliance, SLAs and contracts. |
Read from hookdeck.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hookdeck before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- StartupsGrowth 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.
Stated on hookdeck.com
Works with
- Slack
- Discord
- Microsoft Teams
- PagerDuty
- Sentry
- Datadog
- New Relic
- Prometheus
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Common questions
Does Hookdeck have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Hookdeck is listed for Web.
Does Hookdeck have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Hookdeck is listed for Web.
Is Hookdeck open source?
Hookdeck is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Hookdeck have an API?
Yes. Hookdeck offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.