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Hookdeck vs html.contact
Hookdeck is an event gateway for generic webhook routing, while html.contact focuses on HTML form handling and email delivery.
HookdeckA reliable event gateway for event-driven applications
html.contactTurn HTML forms into email notifications, Slack updates, and signed webhooks.Which to pick
Pick Hookdeck if you want…
- Scalable webhook routing and observability
- Event gateway for webhook pipelines
- Integrations with Discord, Microsoft Teams or PagerDuty (on Hookdeck's list, not html.contact's)
Pick html.contact if you want…
- HTML form backend as a service
- The lower starting price: $8/month against $39/month
- Integrations with Google Sheets, Webhooks or HTML (on html.contact's list, not Hookdeck's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Hookdeck:Hookdeck provides a reliable event gateway to receive, process, and deliver webhooks with routing, filtering, transformation, and rate-limiting.
- html.contact:html.contact turns plain HTML form posts into email, Slack, and signed webhook notifications without building a backend.
- Best for
- Hookdeck:Scalable webhook routing and observability
- html.contact:HTML form backend as a service
- Who it’s for
- Hookdeck:Developers and teams building event-driven applications that rely on webhooks.
- html.contact:Web developers and teams who need simple form handling on static sites or frameworks.
- Pricing
- Hookdeck:Freemium
- html.contact:Freemium
- Plans
- Hookdeck:Developer $0 /month · Team $39 /month · Growth $499 /month
- html.contact:Free $0 · Starter $8 per month · Pro $19 per month
- Works with
- Hookdeck:Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Better Stack, Uptime, incident.io
- html.contact:Google Sheets, Slack, Webhooks, HTML, Astro, Next.js, React, Vue
Hookdeck features
- Receive & Debug Webhooks. Capture inbound webhooks locally or in the cloud with full observability.
- Filter, Transform & Route. Apply custom filters, transformations and routing rules before delivery.
- Queue with Rate Control. Manage delivery spikes with back-pressure handling and rate-limiting.
- Auto-detect Issues & Replay. Detect failing events, get alerts and replay missed deliveries.
- Outpost Delivery Platform. Add managed webhook delivery to your API or SaaS with tenant and subscription management.
- Metrics & Alerts. Monitor latency, throughput and error rates; receive alerts for third-party latency.
- Secure & Compliant. SOC2 compliance and optional HIPAA, SSO, SCIM for higher plans.
- CLI & Console Tools. Command-line interface for local testing and a web console for payload inspection.
html.contact features
- Email notifications. Send form submissions directly to verified inboxes.
- Slack integration. Push new inquiries to a Slack channel of your choice.
- Signed webhooks. Deliver form data to up to three endpoints with signature verification.
- Google Sheets export. Automatically add new submissions as rows, creating columns for new fields.
- Attachment support. Accept one file up to 4 MB per submission.
- Spam screening & logs. Server-side spam checks and searchable submission history.
- MCP access. Create, check, and troubleshoot forms via supported AI agents.
- Domain allowlist. Restrict form submissions to approved domains.
Hookdeck vs html.contact FAQ
Is Hookdeck or html.contact free?+
Hookdeck has a free plan (Developer); paid plans start at $39/month (Team). html.contact has a free plan; paid plans start at $8/month (Starter).
Which is cheaper, Hookdeck or html.contact?+
html.contact is cheaper to start with: html.contact's Starter plan ($8/month) against Hookdeck's Team plan ($39/month).
Do Hookdeck and html.contact integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list Slack. Hookdeck also lists Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie and 6 more; html.contact also lists Google Sheets, Webhooks, HTML, Astro and 9 more.
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