Hookdeck vs Upstash QStash
On the evidence we track, Hookdeck leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for webhooks infrastructure. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Hookdeck
LeaderPlatform for receiving and sending webhook events with both managed cloud and open-source self-hosted deployment options, featuring observability, automatic retries, and delivery guarantees.
Upstash QStash
A middleware service that sits between your application and APIs to handle message delivery, automatic retries on failure, and scheduling. It eliminates the need to manage infrastructure for reliable message routing and job scheduling.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Hookdeck
LeaderFrom free tier with $10/million events for Starter. Growth plan starts at $499/month.
- Open SourceFree
- Apache 2.0 licensed
- Works on every cloud
- Minimal dependencies
- Highly optimized
- Community support
- Starter$10 per million events. First 50k/month free.
- Unlimited seats
- Event destinations support
- Admin UI
- Custom headers, signatures & user-agent
- Topics
- +11 more
- Growth$499/month + $10 per million events
- Everything in Starter, plus:
- 99.99% uptime SLA
- 30-day retention
- Read-only user role
- SSO, SAML and SCIM
- +3 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Growth, plus:
- 99.999% uptime SLA
- Custom retention period
- Premium support
- Custom security & compliance
- +2 more
Upstash QStash
Pricing not documented yet.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Hookdeck
Leader- Slack
- Salesforce
- Xero
- Zendesk
- Zapier
- Discord
- GitHub
- Stripe
- Shopify
- Vercel
- Cloudflare
- Google Cloud
- Amazon SQS
- AWS EventBridge
- Apache Kafka
- RabbitMQ
- Google Pub/Sub
- Coinbase
- Webflow
- DocuSign
- n8n
- Clerk
- Zoom
- +26 more
Upstash QStash
- Vercel AI SDK
- Cloudflare Workers
- LLM providers (general)
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.