Routing gateway
Hookdeck vs HookDeploy — which is right for you?
Compare HookDeploy and Hookdeck for webhook capture, inspection, and routing. Hookdeck is a production event gateway with persistent history, bulk manual replay, retries, and advanced routing. HookDeploy focuses on fast capture, inspect, transform, and replay for developers and small teams — billed per inbound request, not per delivered event.
Decision brief
Hookdeck is the better fit for production event routing at scale — guaranteed delivery, durable event history, bulk replay, published uptime/latency SLAs, SSO/SAML/SCIM, and SOC 2 Type II reports today. HookDeploy is the better fit when you want a simpler capture-inspect-replay control plane with visual transformations, inbound-request billing, and a lower entry price. Many teams use HookDeploy during integration work and Hookdeck (or their own pipeline) in production.
Strengths at a glance
HookDeploy
- Simpler setup — endpoint URL in seconds, no event gateway configuration
- Free tier for solo developers with no credit card
- Bills per inbound request (fan-out to multiple destinations is still one billable request)
- Full REST API at api.hookdeploy.dev
- Lower cost for teams that only need capture, inspect, and replay
- Visual payload transformation editor with 35 built-in formatters, conditions, and form-encoded support (Starter+)
- Multiple forward destinations per endpoint (up to unlimited on Pro+)
Hookdeck
- Production event gateway with retries and dead-letter queues
- Persistent event history with single-event and bulk manual replay
- Advanced filtering, transformations, and routing rules
- SOC 2 Type II reports available across plans (request via trust centre)
- Published uptime and latency SLAs on Growth and Enterprise
- SSO, SAML, and SCIM on Growth and Enterprise
- Cheaper per-unit metered events at high volume than HookDeploy overage rates
Best-fit workloads
Choose HookDeploy when
- You are debugging webhook integrations during development or staging
- You need a quick URL to capture and inspect payloads without configuring routing rules
- Your team wants shared endpoint history with role-based access at a lower price point
- You want programmatic endpoint management via a straightforward REST API
- You prefer billing per inbound request rather than per delivered event
- You are a solo developer or small team on a budget
Choose Hookdeck when
- You need production-grade event routing with guaranteed delivery and retries at scale
- You need durable storage plus bulk manual replay across large event windows
- Your architecture requires complex filtering, transformations, or multi-destination routing
- You need SOC 2 Type II reports, published SLAs, or SSO/SAML/SCIM today
- You are processing millions of events per month where Hookdeck’s event pricing tiers are cheaper
- You need a full event gateway, not a webhook testing / ops control plane
Feature comparison
Plan qualifiers and linked cells cite first-party competitor documentation where available.
Instant webhook URL
HookDeploy
✓
Hookdeck
Request inspection (headers, body)
HookDeploy
✓
Hookdeck
Billing unit
Hookdeck FAQ on pricing page — request vs event. Reviewed 2026-08-08.
HookDeploy
Per inbound request (fan-out still counts as 1)
Persistent request / event history
HookDeploy
✓
Hookdeck
Manual replay
HookDeploy
✓
Hookdeck
Multiple destinations
HookDeploy
✓ Up to unlimited (Pro+)
Visual payload transformation
HookDeploy
✓ Visual editor, 35 formatters, conditions, form-encoded bodies (Starter+)
Auto-forwarding to your server
HookDeploy
✓
Hookdeck
Header injection
HookDeploy
✓ Starter and above
Hookdeck
IP allowlist
HookDeploy
✓ Starter and above
Hookdeck
Secret token auth
HookDeploy
✓ Starter and above
Hookdeck
Blocked request log
HookDeploy
✓ Starter and above
Hookdeck
✗
Event transformations (programmatic)
HookDeploy
✓ Visual editor (Starter+)
Hookdeck
Advanced routing rules
HookDeploy
✗
Hookdeck
Dead-letter queues
HookDeploy
✗
Hookdeck
SOC 2 Type II
Pricing comparison table — SoC2 Type 2 → trust.hookdeck.com. Reviewed 2026-08-08.
HookDeploy
No — controls implemented; Type II in preparation (not certified)
Published uptime / latency SLA
Reviewed 2026-08-08.
HookDeploy
✗
High-volume unit price
Honest loss for HookDeploy at high volume. Reviewed 2026-08-08.
HookDeploy
Overage $0.20–$0.30 per 1,000 inbound requests (Starter/Pro/Scale)
Free tier
HookDeploy
✓ 10,000 requests/mo included; rejects at cap
Hookdeck
REST API
HookDeploy
✓
Hookdeck
HTTP cron jobs
HookDeploy
✓ Built-in
Hookdeck
✗
Team collaboration
HookDeploy
✓ Up to unlimited seats on Scale
Hookdeck
Payload / event storage
HookDeploy
1GB–50GB storage caps by plan
| Feature | HookDeploy | Hookdeck |
|---|---|---|
| Instant webhook URL | ✓ | ✓ |
| Request inspection (headers, body) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Billing unitHookdeck FAQ on pricing page — request vs event. Reviewed 2026-08-08. | Per inbound request (fan-out still counts as 1) | Per delivered event (a request can create 0–N events) |
| Persistent request / event history | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manual replay | ✓ | ✓ Single-event and bulk replay |
| Multiple destinations | ✓ Up to unlimited (Pro+) | ✓ Available (called 'connections') |
| Visual payload transformation | ✓ Visual editor, 35 formatters, conditions, form-encoded bodies (Starter+) | ✓ Available via transformation rules |
| Auto-forwarding to your server | ✓ | ✓ |
| Header injection | ✓ Starter and above | ✓ Available |
| IP allowlist | ✓ Starter and above | ✓ Available |
| Secret token auth | ✓ Starter and above | Partial |
| Blocked request log | ✓ Starter and above | ✗ |
| Event transformations (programmatic) | ✓ Visual editor (Starter+) | ✓ |
| Advanced routing rules | ✗ | ✓ |
| Dead-letter queues | ✗ | ✓ |
| SOC 2 Type IIPricing comparison table — SoC2 Type 2 → trust.hookdeck.com. Reviewed 2026-08-08. | No — controls implemented; Type II in preparation (not certified) | ✓ Type 2 reports available on all plans (request via trust centre) |
| Published uptime / latency SLAReviewed 2026-08-08. | ✗ | ✓ Growth and Enterprise (99.999% uptime / 99.99% latency) |
| SSO / SAML / SCIMReviewed 2026-08-08. | ✗ | ✓ Growth and Enterprise |
| High-volume unit priceHonest loss for HookDeploy at high volume. Reviewed 2026-08-08. | Overage $0.20–$0.30 per 1,000 inbound requests (Starter/Pro/Scale) | As low as ~$0.33 per 100k delivered events at top tiers ($3.00 / 100k at first paid tier) |
| Free tier | ✓ 10,000 requests/mo included; rejects at cap | Partial |
| REST API | ✓ | ✓ |
| HTTP cron jobs | ✓ Built-in | ✗ |
| Team collaboration | ✓ Up to unlimited seats on Scale | ✓ |
| Payload / event storage | 1GB–50GB storage caps by plan | ✓ Persistent event history for plan retention window |
Sources
- Hookdeck Event Gateway pricing — Plans, SoC2 Type 2 on all plans, SLAs on Growth+, SSO/SAML/SCIM, event vs request metering, pay-as-you-go event tiers. Reviewed 2026-08-08.
- Hookdeck trust centre — Linked from pricing for SOC 2 Type 2 report requests. Live page errored during this pass; claim retained via pricing page source. Reviewed 2026-08-08.
- Hookdeck Event Gateway — Durable storage and bulk replay positioning
- Receive and Process Webhooks with Hookdeck — Event history and manual/bulk replay
- Hookdeck connections and routing — Multi-destination routing terminology
Coming from Hookdeck? Here's how to switch.
- Sign up at app.hookdeploy.dev and create an organization
- Create a new endpoint — copy the https://hookdeploy.dev/h/{slug} URL
- Update your webhook sender (Stripe, GitHub, etc.) to point at the HookDeploy URL instead of your Hookdeck source URL
- Optionally set forward destinations to proxy webhooks to your existing Hookdeck destination while you transition
- Invite teammates who need access to the shared request history
Common questions
Is HookDeploy a Hookdeck alternative?
For webhook testing and debugging, yes. HookDeploy gives you capture, inspection, replay, and forwarding without Hookdeck's event gateway complexity. For production event routing at scale — including durable history, bulk replay, published SLAs, and SOC 2 Type II today — Hookdeck is the better fit.
How does billing differ?
HookDeploy bills per inbound request. One request that fans out to five destinations is still one billable request; replays and retries are not billed. Hookdeck bills per delivered event — a single inbound request can create zero, one, or many billable events depending on connections. Hookdeck’s high-volume event tiers are cheaper per unit than HookDeploy overage rates.
Can I use HookDeploy and Hookdeck together?
Yes. Point senders at HookDeploy for debugging and inspection, then forward to Hookdeck or your production pipeline when ready. Many teams use a testing tool during development and an event gateway in production.
Does Hookdeck support manual replay and payload storage?
Yes. Hookdeck's Event Gateway stores event history for your plan retention window and supports single-event and bulk manual replay from the dashboard or API.
Does HookDeploy support event transformations?
Yes. HookDeploy includes a visual payload transformation editor on Starter and above. Strip PII, rename fields, convert currency amounts, mask emails, apply conditions, transform form-encoded bodies (Twilio/Slack-style), and chain 35 built-in formatters — no code required. Hookdeck offers transformation rules too; HookDeploy's editor is a strong fit when you want a visual, inbound-request-priced workflow without gateway complexity.
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