Alternatives to Hookdeck
A hosted webhook gateway that receives, queues, filters and routes webhooks and external events. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Hookdeck
A hosted webhook gateway that receives, queues, filters and routes webhooks and external events.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Hookdeck.
smee.io
A free webhook payload delivery service that forwards events to an application running on localhost.
smee.io is free and forwards webhooks to localhost without opening ports, but it is intended for development only and lacks filtering, queueing and routing.
ngrok
A tunnelling agent and gateway that exposes a local app to the internet with request inspection.
ngrok exposes a local app through a public URL to receive webhooks in development, but it is a tunnel rather than a queueing and routing gateway.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Hookdeck Console
A free web tool for receiving, inspecting, replaying and saving webhook and HTTP request events.
Svix
A webhook sending service with retries, signing and a customer portal, available hosted or self-hosted.
Webhook.site
A web service that gives you a unique URL and email address to inspect incoming requests.
Beeceptor
A web service for creating mock API servers and inspecting incoming webhook requests in real time.
Windmill
An open-source, self-hostable platform for turning scripts into workflows, internal apps and scheduled jobs.
Request Catcher
A web tool that gives you a subdomain and shows every HTTP request sent to it live.
