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Hookdeck vs PayHook.co
Hookdeck is a generic event gateway; PayHook focuses on payment webhooks and AI diagnosis.
HookdeckA reliable event gateway for event-driven applications
PayHook.coSee why a customer paid but still has no accessWhich to pick
Pick Hookdeck if you want…
- Scalable webhook routing and observability
- General webhook routing
- Integrations with Slack, Discord or Microsoft Teams (on Hookdeck's list, not PayHook.co's)
Pick PayHook.co if you want…
- Payment webhook debugging with AI-generated fixes
- Integrations with Stripe, Paddle or Lemon Squeezy (on PayHook.co'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.
- PayHook.co:PayHook copies payment webhooks, diagnoses failures in plain English and provides fix prompts.
- Best for
- Hookdeck:Scalable webhook routing and observability
- PayHook.co:Payment webhook debugging with AI-generated fixes
- Who it’s for
- Hookdeck:Developers and teams building event-driven applications that rely on webhooks.
- PayHook.co:Developers building SaaS apps with Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar or Dodo payments.
- Pricing
- Hookdeck:Freemium
- PayHook.co:Freemium
- Plans
- Hookdeck:Developer $0 /month · Team $39 /month · Growth $499 /month
- PayHook.co:Free $0
- Works with
- Hookdeck:Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Better Stack, Uptime, incident.io
- PayHook.co:Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments
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.
PayHook.co features
- Multi-provider webhook copy. Receives a copy of every event from Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Dodo.
- Signature verification. Verifies each provider's webhook signature automatically.
- Plain-English diagnosis. Shows why a payment failed to activate and which part of your handler broke.
- Fix prompt generation. One-click copy of a ready-to-paste prompt for Cursor or Claude Code.
- Event replay (future). Will allow replaying events with re-signed payloads and edited data.
- CLI forwarding (future). Will forward events to localhost for local development.
Hookdeck vs PayHook.co FAQ
Is Hookdeck or PayHook.co free?+
Hookdeck has a free plan (Developer); paid plans start at $39/month (Team). PayHook.co has a free plan and paid plans.
Do Hookdeck and PayHook.co integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Hookdeck lists Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty and 7 more; PayHook.co lists Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar and 1 more.
On DevHunt
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