# 402cron vs Hookdeck (slim)

> Hookdeck scores 76 (BB) to 402cron's 63.5 (B) for sending webhooks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hookdeck scores 76 (BB) on agent readiness against 402cron's 63.5 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 402cron leads on payments & pricing. Both do sending webhooks. 402cron accepts x402. Hookdeck doesn't.

- 402cron: B 63.5, rank #452 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/402cron.min.md
- Hookdeck: BB 76, rank #46 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hookdeck.min.md
- 402cron, good for An agent that needs its own endpoint called on a schedule and can pay a few cents with no human, for example a nightly digest, a poll or a heartbeat, and a builder who wants signed, verified deliveries with a tiny bill. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 86 against 50. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account.
- Hookdeck, good for Teams that receive third-party webhooks and want queueing, retries, replay and an agent that can inspect failures or pause a connection. Ahead on Reliability, 85 against 45; Schema & documentation, 90 against 81; Agent ergonomics, 81 against 76; Security & auth, 67 against 41; Maintenance & community, 74 against 62; Transparency & trust, 77 against 64. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine.

| Category | 402cron | Hookdeck |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 41 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 86 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | 402cron | Hookdeck |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Georgi Kalchev | Hookdeck Technologies Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://402cron.com` | `https://api.hookdeck.com/2026-09-01` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| x402 | yes, from $0.02/call | no |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under 402cron's terms of service, effective 23 October 2026. The server's source isn't published. The docs and examples repository is MIT | Proprietary hosted service under Hookdeck's terms of use. The Hookdeck CLI, which contains the MCP server, is Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 16 | 17 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `com.402cron/402cron` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated |  | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2023-10-12 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 0 stars | 18k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 4.3/5 (4) |