Comparison

Upstash QStash vs Webhook Relay

On the evidence we track, Webhook Relay leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Upstash QStash48
★Webhook Relay63
Score
vioscaleAI score
Upstash QStash48 / 100low · 8%
Webhook Relay63 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Upstash QStash–
Webhook Relay✓
Model
Upstash QStash–
Webhook Relayfreemium
Price level
Upstash QStash–
Webhook Relayhigh
Starting price
Upstash QStash–
Webhook Relay$107.88
Transparent
Upstash QStash–
Webhook Relay✓
Integrations
Count
Upstash QStash3
Webhook Relay11
Security
Certifications
Upstash QStash–
Webhook RelaySOC 2 Type II
Gdpr
Upstash QStash–
Webhook Relay✓
Iso27001
Upstash QStash–
Webhook Relay✓
Soc2
Upstash QStash–
Webhook Relay✓
Trust center
Upstash QStash–
Reliability
Sla pct
Upstash QStash–
Webhook Relay99.99
Market
Availability
Upstash QStash–
Webhook RelayAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Upstash QStash4 items
Webhook Relay6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for webhooks infrastructure. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Direction
Upstash QStashOutbound sending
Webhook RelayBoth
Automatic retries backoff
Upstash QStash✓
Webhook Relay✓
Manual replay redelivery
Upstash QStash-
Webhook Relay✓
Payload signing
Upstash QStash-
Webhook Relay-
Event ordering
Upstash QStash✓
Webhook Relay-
Payload transform filtering
Upstash QStash-
Webhook Relay✓
Fanout multi destination
Upstash QStash✓
Webhook Relay✓
Customer facing portal
Upstash QStash✓
Webhook Relay✓
Self hostable
Upstash QStash✗
Webhook Relay✓
Deployment model
Upstash QStashSaas
Webhook RelayHybrid
Static egress ips
Upstash QStash-
Webhook Relay✓
Pricing model
Upstash QStash-
Webhook RelayFreemium tiers

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Upstash QStash

A managed intermediary service that ensures messages reliably reach HTTP APIs through automatic retries, parallel routing to multiple endpoints, and ordered processing.

Independently observed

Webhook Relay

Leader

A platform for receiving, transforming, and forwarding webhooks to services behind firewalls or NAT, plus bidirectional tunneling for exposing local services to the internet. Built for reliability with durable delivery, encryption, and enterprise security.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Upstash QStash

Pricing not documented yet.

Webhook Relay

Leader
from $107.88/yrSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier with 150 webhooks/month. Paid plans from $107.88/year (~$9/month). Pay-as-you-go overages available.

  • FreeFree
    • Secure webhooks
    • Up to 2 destinations
  • Basic$107.88/year billed annually
    • 5000 webhooks/month
    • 10 destinations
    • 8 bidirectional tunnels
    • Secure webhooks
    • Extra webhook pricing $5/1k
  • Pro$863.88/year billed annually
    • 60000 webhooks/month
    • 50 destinations
    • Large webhooks (40MB)
    • Priority support
    • Secure webhooks
    • +1 more
  • Enterprise$2699.88/year billed annually
    • 1M webhooks/month
    • 200 destinations
    • Dedicated support
    • SAML SSO
    • SOC2 report
    • +4 more
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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Upstash QStash✓
Webhook Relay✓
CLI
Upstash QStash✗
Webhook Relay✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Upstash QStash✓
Webhook Relay✓
Self-hosted
Upstash QStash✗
Webhook Relay✓
Hybrid
Upstash QStash✗
Webhook Relay✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Upstash QStash

4 total
  • Vercel AI SDK
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • LLM providers (general)
  • LLM APIs
Independently observed

Webhook Relay

Leader
15 total
  • Stripe
  • Shopify
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Slack
  • Twilio
  • Jenkins
  • Drone
  • Node-RED
  • Vercel
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • GCP PubSub
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
Independently observed
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