# Hookdeck vs Webhook Relay (slim)

> Hookdeck scores 76.9 (BB) to Webhook Relay's 57.8 (C) for receiving webhooks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-09

Hookdeck scores 76.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Webhook Relay's 57.8 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do receiving webhooks.

- Hookdeck: BB 76.9, rank #25 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hookdeck.min.md
- Webhook Relay: C 57.8, rank #597 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webhook-relay.min.md
- 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, 90 against 47; Schema & documentation, 90 against 71; Agent ergonomics, 81 against 59; Security & auth, 67 against 61; Maintenance & community, 74 against 55; Transparency & trust, 76 against 63. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine.
- Webhook Relay, good for Teams that need third-party webhooks to reach localhost, on-premises CI or private Kubernetes services, with an agent that can configure buckets and inspect failed deliveries over MCP.

| Category | Hookdeck | Webhook Relay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 90 | 47 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 90 | 71 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 81 | 59 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 74 | 55 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hookdeck | Webhook Relay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Hookdeck Technologies Inc. | AppScension Ltd |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.hookdeck.com/2026-09-01` | `https://my.webhookrelay.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Hookdeck's terms of use. The Hookdeck CLI, which contains the MCP server, is Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted service under Webhook Relay's terms of service. The Go SDK is BSD-3-Clause and the TypeScript SDK is MIT. The `relay` CLI and the server are closed source |
| Tools exposed | 17 | 40 |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-05-23 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2019-11-25 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2023-10-12 | 2018-06-01 |
| Popularity | 18k npm/wk | 9 stars, 24 npm/wk |