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Hookdeck vs Rebelle

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Hookdeck

Developer Tools

Event gateway that receives, queues, retries and replays inbound webhooks

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
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Rebelle

Design

Hyper-realistic painting software for oils, acrylics and watercolors

From
On request
Free plan
No
Visit RebelleFull review

The short version

  • Hookdeck starts at $39/mo; Rebelle prices on request.
  • Where Hookdeck falls short: pricing meters delivered events, so fan-out multiplies the bill: one inbound event routed to four services counts as four deliveries.
  • Where Rebelle falls short: exact prices not displayed on product page, must contact for quote.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Hookdeck and Rebelle actually diverge.

Attributes where Hookdeck and Rebelle differ
AttributeHookdeckRebelle
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modelPer month by delivered event countOne-time
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWeb, Linux, macOS, WindowsWeb
CategoryDeveloper ToolsDesign

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Hookdeck

  • Ingest and persist
  • Automatic retries
  • Filters and fan-out
  • Transformations
  • Local development CLI
  • Rate limiting

Only in Rebelle

Nothing recorded that Hookdeck does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Hookdeck

  • A payments integration where losing a Stripe event during a deploy causes an order to go unfulfillednot Rebelle
  • Fanning one provider webhook out to several internal services without each subscribing separatelynot Rebelle
  • Debugging a partner integration by replaying the exact failing payload after shipping a fixnot Rebelle
  • Receiving production-shaped webhooks on a developer laptop without running a public tunnelnot Rebelle

Rebelle

  • Digital painting software for realistic oil, acrylic, and watercolor artworknot Hookdeck
  • Professional art creation with advanced pigment color mixing and hyper-realistic renderingnot Hookdeck

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Hookdeck

  • Pricing meters delivered events, so fan-out multiplies the bill: one inbound event routed to four services counts as four deliveries
  • Free-tier retention is three days, which is shorter than the time it typically takes to notice a failing integration, so the payloads needed for a replay are often already gone
  • It becomes a single point of failure in front of every third-party integration, and an outage there means every provider webhook queues or fails at once
  • The transformation layer runs JavaScript in a constrained environment, so anything that needs a database lookup or an external call has to happen downstream instead
  • For a team already running Kafka or SQS the value is mostly the console and the replay UI, which is a hard cost to justify against infrastructure they already operate

Rebelle

  • Exact prices not displayed on product page, must contact for quote
  • Lifetime license model with no subscription option provides no recurring revenue basis for vendor updates
  • Limited to 3 computers per license

Pricing, plan by plan

Hookdeck

Free
  • DeveloperFree
    • Up to ten thousand events per month
    • Three-day retention
    • One user
  • Team$39/mo
    • Ten thousand events included
    • Unlimited users
    • Pay as you go metering above the included events
  • Growth$499/mo
    • Ten thousand events included plus metered usage
    • Thirty-day retention
    • Uptime and latency SLAs
  • EnterpriseOn request
    • Negotiated event volume
    • Custom retention
    • Dedicated support

Rebelle

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Rebelle review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Hookdeck if

  • You need ingest and persist.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Linux, macOS, Windows.
  • You also want automatic retries.
Hookdeck review

Choose Rebelle if

Nothing in the data separates Rebelle from Hookdeck on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Rebelle review

Questions people ask

Is Hookdeck or Rebelle better?
Neither clearly leads. Hookdeck starts at Free and Rebelle at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Hookdeck or Rebelle?
Hookdeck has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Hookdeck and On request for Rebelle.
Does Hookdeck or Rebelle run on more platforms?
Hookdeck runs on Web, Linux, macOS, Windows. Rebelle runs on Web.
Can I use Hookdeck for free?
Yes. Hookdeck has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Rebelle starts at On request.
What is Hookdeck best used for?
Hookdeck is most often used for a payments integration where losing a stripe event during a deploy causes an order to go unfulfilled, fanning one provider webhook out to several internal services without each subscribing separately, debugging a partner integration by replaying the exact failing payload after shipping a fix, receiving production-shaped webhooks on a developer laptop without running a public tunnel. Of those, a payments integration where losing a stripe event during a deploy causes an order to go unfulfilled and fanning one provider webhook out to several internal services without each subscribing separately are not what Rebelle is typically brought in for.
What can Hookdeck do that Rebelle cannot?
Hookdeck covers Ingest and persist, Automatic retries, Filters and fan-out, Transformations.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Hookdeck: Is there a free plan?

Yes, ten thousand events a month with three-day retention and one user.

Rebelle: What is Rebelle's pricing model?

Rebelle uses a lifetime one-time purchase model with two editions: Rebelle 8 and Rebelle 8 Pro. Exact prices are not published on the product page. Educational licenses receive 40 percent discount. Both editions include free updates for one year and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Source
Hookdeck: How is usage counted?

By delivered events, so a single inbound webhook fanned out to three destinations counts as three.

Rebelle: Can I use Rebelle on multiple computers?

Each Rebelle license covers 3 computers. Additional computers require separate licenses or contacting the vendor for multi-seat options.

Source
Hookdeck: Can I replay a failed webhook?

Yes, individually or in bulk from the console, with the original payload.

Hookdeck: Does it work for outbound webhooks too?

Yes, the same queueing, retry and observability applies to webhooks you send.

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