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Hookdeck vs Notify
Short answer: Pick Hookdeck if you want scalable webhook routing and observability; pick Notify if you want bare-bones transactional email API. Hookdeck has a free plan, paid from $39/month; Notify has a free plan, paid from $10/month.
HookdeckA reliable event gateway for event-driven applications
NotifyThe easiest way to send transactional emails—without breaking the bank.Which to pick
Pick Hookdeck if you want…
- Scalable webhook routing and observability
- Event-driven webhook gateway
- Integrations with Slack, Discord or Microsoft Teams (on Hookdeck's list, not Notify's)
Pick Notify if you want…
- Bare-bones transactional email API
- The lower starting price: $10/month against $39/month
- Integrations with JavaScript/Node.js, TypeScript or React/Next.js (on Notify'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.
- Notify:Notify provides a minimal email API for sending transactional emails with one REST call and real-time delivery logs.
- Best for
- Hookdeck:Scalable webhook routing and observability
- Notify:Bare-bones transactional email API
- Who it’s for
- Hookdeck:Developers and teams building event-driven applications that rely on webhooks.
- Notify:Developers and teams that need simple, high-deliverability transactional email.
- Pricing
- Hookdeck:Freemium
- Notify:Freemium
- Starting price
- Hookdeck:$39/month (Team)
- Notify:$10/month (Pro)
- Free plan or trial
- Hookdeck:Free plan (Developer) · Free trial
- Notify:Free plan (Free)
- Plans
- Hookdeck:Developer $0 /month · Team $39 /month · Growth $499 /month
- Notify:Free $0/month · Pro $10/month per month · Scale $50/month per month
- Works with
- Hookdeck:Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Better Stack, Uptime, incident.io
- Notify:JavaScript/Node.js, TypeScript, React/Next.js, Python, Ruby, PHP, Go, cURL
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.
Notify features
- One-call email send. Send transactional email via a single POST endpoint without HTML builders.
- Domain verification. Configure SPF/DKIM for production sending with guided setup.
- Delivery logs. View delivery status, opens, and clicks in the dashboard.
- Webhooks. Push email events to your app for real-time reactions (available on Pro+ plans).
- Free tier. Send up to 1,000 emails/month with one domain and 48-hour logs.
- Scalable pricing. Pro $10/10k emails, Scale $50/100k emails with additional domains and webhooks.
Hookdeck vs Notify FAQ
What is the difference between Hookdeck and Notify?+
Event gateway for webhook handling, whereas Notify focuses on email sending.
Should I use Hookdeck or Notify?+
Pick Hookdeck if you want scalable webhook routing and observability, event-driven webhook gateway or integrations with Slack, Discord or Microsoft Teams (on Hookdeck's list, not Notify's). Pick Notify if you want bare-bones transactional email API, the lower starting price: $10/month against $39/month or integrations with JavaScript/Node.js, TypeScript or React/Next.js (on Notify's list, not Hookdeck's).
Is Hookdeck or Notify free?+
Hookdeck has a free plan (Developer); paid plans start at $39/month (Team). Notify has a free plan; paid plans start at $10/month (Pro).
Which is cheaper, Hookdeck or Notify?+
Notify is cheaper to start with: Notify's Pro plan ($10/month) against Hookdeck's Team plan ($39/month).
Do Hookdeck and Notify integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Hookdeck lists Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty and 7 more; Notify lists JavaScript/Node.js, TypeScript, React/Next.js, Python and 4 more.
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