Hookdeck vs SharePoint News Scroller

Hookdeck is an event gateway for APIs, not a SharePoint news ticker.

Which to pick

What it is: Hookdeck:Hookdeck provides a reliable event gateway to receive, process, and deliver webhooks with routing, filtering, transformation, and rate-limiting.; SharePoint News Scroller:A SharePoint web part that adds a customizable scrolling news ticker to display live updates.
Best for: Hookdeck:Scalable webhook routing and observability; SharePoint News Scroller:Customizable scrolling news ticker for SharePoint
Who it’s for: Hookdeck:Developers and teams building event-driven applications that rely on webhooks.; SharePoint News Scroller:SharePoint site owners and administrators who want dynamic news displays.
Pricing: Hookdeck:Freemium; SharePoint News Scroller:Free
Plans: Hookdeck:Developer $0 /month · Team $39 /month · Growth $499 /month; SharePoint News Scroller:—
Works with: Hookdeck:Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Better Stack, Uptime, incident.io; SharePoint News Scroller:—

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.

Customizable appearance. Adjust fonts, colors, size and layout to match site branding.
External link support. Add links to news items that point to external sites or documents.
Show news titles. Optionally display headlines alongside the scrolling text.
Direction & layout control. Choose vertical or horizontal scrolling and set number of visible items.
Sorting options. Sort news by created or modified date in ascending or descending order.
Height and styling sliders. Fine-tune scroller height, background, font color and size via sliders.

Is Hookdeck or SharePoint News Scroller free?+

Hookdeck has a free plan (Developer); paid plans start at $39/month (Team). SharePoint News Scroller is listed as free on DevHunt.

Hookdeck

30 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Mar 5, 2024

SharePoint News Scroller

0 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Jan 6, 2026

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