# Hookdeck vs Upstash QStash

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Hookdeck

| Attribute | Hookdeck | Upstash QStash |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 64.3 (73% (medium)) | 47.7 (8% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Platform for receiving and sending webhook events with both managed cloud and open-source self-hosted deployment options, featuring observability, automatic retries, and delivery guarantees. It is indexed under Webhooks Infrastructure.","source":"https://hookdeck.com/outpost/pricing","question":"What is Hookdeck?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Hookdeck offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $10. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://hookdeck.com/outpost/pricing","question":"Is Hookdeck free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Hookdeck supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://hookdeck.com/outpost/pricing","question":"What platforms does Hookdeck support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Hookdeck can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://hookdeck.com/outpost/pricing","question":"Can Hookdeck be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 51 integrations for Hookdeck, including Slack, Salesforce, Xero, Zendesk, Zapier, Discord, GitHub and Stripe, plus 43 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://hookdeck.com/outpost/pricing","question":"What does Hookdeck integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Hookdeck. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Hookdeck not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://hookdeck.com/outpost/pricing","question":"What security certifications does Hookdeck have?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Webhooks Infrastructure.","source":"https://upstash.com/qstash","question":"What is Upstash QStash?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Upstash QStash supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://upstash.com/blog/aws-elasticache-pricing-explained-2026-full-cost-breakdown","question":"What platforms does Upstash QStash support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Upstash QStash, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://upstash.com/qstash","question":"Can Upstash QStash be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for Upstash QStash, including Vercel AI SDK, Cloudflare Workers and LLM providers (general). This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://upstash.com/blog/aws-elasticache-pricing-explained-2026-full-cost-breakdown","question":"What does Upstash QStash integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Hookdeck provides infrastructure for managing webhook and event-driven workflows. It receives events from sources, applies transformations and filtering, deduplicates messages, and reliably delivers them to multiple destinations with built-in observability and retry logic. | A managed intermediary service that ensures messages reliably reach HTTP APIs through automatic retries, parallel routing to multiple endpoints, and ordered processing. |
| features.capabilities | `{"direction":"both","pricing_model":"usage-per-event","self_hostable":true,"deployment_model":"hybrid","static_egress_ips":true,"customer_facing_portal":true,"fanout_multi_destination":true,"manual_replay_redelivery":true,"automatic_retries_backoff":true,"payload_transform_filtering":true}` | `{"direction":"outbound-sending","self_hostable":false,"event_ordering":true,"deployment_model":"saas","customer_facing_portal":true,"fanout_multi_destination":true,"automatic_retries_backoff":true}` |
| integrations.count | 63 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"Xero"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Stripe"},{"name":"Shopify"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Amazon SQS"},{"name":"AWS EventBridge"},{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Google Pub/Sub"},{"name":"Coinbase"},{"name":"Webflow"},{"name":"DocuSign"},{"name":"n8n"},{"name":"Clerk"},{"name":"Zoom"},{"name":"WhatsApp"},{"name":"Bubble"},{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"BullMQ"},{"name":"Sidekiq"},{"name":"Clio"},{"name":"Cloudinary"},{"name":"Commerce Layer"},{"name":"Dev.To"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"GoCardless"},{"name":"Google Eventarc"},{"name":"Google Forms"},{"name":"Pylon"},{"name":"Quoter"},{"name":"Rocket.Chat"},{"name":"Sanity"},{"name":"Scrapfly"},{"name":"SHOPLINE"},{"name":"Smartcar"},{"name":"Smile API"},{"name":"Snipcart"},{"name":"Solidgate"},{"name":"Vapi"},{"name":"Walmart"},{"name":"webhook.site"},{"name":"AWS SQS","native":true},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"EventBridge"},{"name":"Better Stack Uptime"},{"name":"incident.io"},{"name":"Azure Event Grid"},{"name":"Customer.io"},{"name":"Cronofy"},{"name":"Webhook Relay"},{"name":"RingCentral"},{"name":"WeChat Pay"},{"name":"CloudSignal"},{"name":"ShipStation"}]` | `[{"name":"Vercel AI SDK"},{"name":"Cloudflare Workers"},{"name":"LLM providers (general)"},{"name":"LLM APIs","native":true,"direction":"outbound"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Developer","summary":"Free","features":["10,000 events/month","3-day retention","1 user","SoC2 compliance"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Entry-level plan with limited monthly events and retention","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"1","events":"10000/mo","retention":"3 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"From $39/month","features":["pay-as-you-go events","7-day retention","Slack integration","Better Stack Uptime integration","incident.io integration"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":39,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":100000,"unit":"events"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Everything in Developer plus pay-as-you-go events and extended retention","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"retention":"7 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"From $499/month","features":["uptime and latency SLAs","SSO/SAML/SCIM","HIPAA compliance","premium support","support manager","Slack Connect channel","custom security compliance","custom SLAs"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Advanced features with SLAs, HIPAA compliance, and dedicated support","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Static IP","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier up to 10k events/month. Team plan from $39/month plus metered events. Premium from $499/month with SLAs.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://hookdeck.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-29T10:56:04.103Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":39,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | - |
| pricing.price_level | mid | - |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":39,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Webhooks Infrastructure)

| Capability | Hookdeck | Upstash QStash |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Direction | Both | Outbound sending |
| Automatic retries backoff | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manual replay redelivery | ✓ | - |
| Payload signing | - | - |
| Event ordering | - | ✓ |
| Payload transform filtering | ✓ | - |
| Fanout multi destination | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customer facing portal | ✓ | ✓ |
| Self hostable | ✓ | ✗ |
| Deployment model | Hybrid | Saas |
| Static egress ips | ✓ | - |
| Pricing model | Usage per event | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:27:20.406Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*