Hookbridge vs Webhook Relay

Hookbridge is a cloud service for software teams that send webhooks to customer endpoints, receive third-party webhooks or hold incoming events for workers to retrieve through an API. Its send API queues a message and returns an ID, so delivery continues outside the application's request path. Outbound retries use exponential backoff and jitter according to a configured schedule for retryable failures. Retained messages can be replayed from the console or API after successful or failed delivery. Security options include outbound HMAC-SHA256 signatures and inbound checks using configured HMAC signatures, static tokens or IP allowlists. Hookbridge says it encrypts data in transit and uses access controls and monitoring; payload and delivery-log retention depends on plan and customer settings, with automatic purging after the configured window. Developers can use an HTTP API and SDK examples for Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby and PHP. Tools include a CLI tunnel, a GitHub Action for CI testing and an account-free browser request inspector.

Webhook Relay receives webhooks, transforms payloads and delivers events to public URLs, private servers, localhost or cloud services such as AWS and GCP. It stores incoming events and retries delivery with exponential backoff for up to 30 days. JavaScript or Lua functions can filter, route and transform payloads. Tunnels expose local servers through encrypted connections described as available in multiple regions and non-expiring. The site lists uses with Stripe, GitHub, Shopify, Jenkins, Bitbucket, AWS, GCP and Azure. Webhook Relay can run on customer infrastructure; its agent is available for Linux, Windows and macOS, as well as in a Docker container. The company says it has SOC 2 Type II certification and describes authenticated agents and encrypted tunnels for reaching internal services. The free plan includes 150 webhooks per month, up to two destinations and one input. Its pricing FAQ says free-plan buckets are temporarily suspended from receiving webhooks when the monthly quota is reached. Basic costs $8.99 per month and includes 5,000 webhooks per month, 10 destinations and eight bidirectional tunnels.