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Hookdeck vs Statsig

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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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Statsig

Project Management

Unified platform for feature flags, A/B testing, and product analytics

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
Visit StatsigFull review

The short version

  • Free plans on both; paid from $39/mo and $150/mo.
  • Only Hookdeck lists ingest and persist; only Statsig lists feature Flags.
  • 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 Statsig falls short: pro plan is limited to a single project, requiring Enterprise for multi-project support.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Hookdeck and Statsig actually diverge.

Attributes where Hookdeck and Statsig differ
AttributeHookdeckStatsig
Pricing modelPer month by delivered event countFreemium
PlatformsWeb, Linux, macOS, WindowsWeb, API
CategoryDeveloper ToolsProject Management

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes).

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 Statsig

  • Feature Flags
  • Experimentation
  • Product Analytics
  • Session Replay
  • Web Analytics
  • Warehouse-Native Deployment
  • Role-Based Access & SSO

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 Statsig
  • Fanning one provider webhook out to several internal services without each subscribing separatelynot Statsig
  • Debugging a partner integration by replaying the exact failing payload after shipping a fixnot Statsig
  • Receiving production-shaped webhooks on a developer laptop without running a public tunnelnot Statsig

Statsig

  • Rolling out features gradually with kill switchesnot Hookdeck
  • Running A/B tests with statistical rigornot Hookdeck
  • Tracing metric regressions to specific releasesnot Hookdeck
  • Consolidating analytics and experimentation toolingnot Hookdeck
  • Warehouse-native experimentation for data teamsnot 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

Statsig

  • Pro plan is limited to a single project, requiring Enterprise for multi-project support
  • Overage pricing on the Pro plan can become costly for high-event-volume products
  • Warehouse-native deployment and advanced access controls are gated behind custom Enterprise contracts
  • Free tier session replay and analytics retention are capped, pushing active teams toward paid tiers quickly

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

Statsig

Free
  • DeveloperFree
    • 2M events/month
    • Unlimited flag & config checks
    • 50,000 session replays/month
  • Pro$150/mo
    • 5M events included, then $0.05 per 1K events
    • Advanced experimentation & analytics
    • Unlimited analytics retention
  • EnterpriseOn request
    • Volume-discounted event/experiment contracts
    • Warehouse-native deployment
    • SSO & role-based access controls

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 Statsig if

  • You need feature flags.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want experimentation.
Statsig review

Questions people ask

Is Hookdeck or Statsig better?
Neither clearly leads. Hookdeck starts at Free and Statsig at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Hookdeck or Statsig?
Hookdeck starts at Free and Statsig at Free.
Does Hookdeck or Statsig run on more platforms?
Hookdeck runs on Web, Linux, macOS, Windows. Statsig runs on Web, API.
Can I use Hookdeck for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
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 Statsig is typically brought in for.
What can Hookdeck do that Statsig cannot?
Hookdeck covers Ingest and persist, Automatic retries, Filters and fan-out, Transformations. Statsig covers Feature Flags, Experimentation, Product Analytics, Session Replay.

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.

Statsig: What does Statsig cost?

Statsig offers a free Developer tier, a Pro tier at $150/month with 5M included events and $0.05 per 1,000 events after that, and custom Enterprise pricing based on event or experiment volume.

Source
Hookdeck: How is usage counted?

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

Statsig: Is there a free plan, and what are its limits?

The free Developer plan includes 2M events per month, unlimited flag and config checks, 50,000 session replays per month, and 1-year analytics data retention with unlimited seats.

Source
Hookdeck: Can I replay a failed webhook?

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

Statsig: How is usage metered on Statsig?

Statsig meters billable events including exposures with Metric Lifts enabled, log events from SDKs or imports, ingested warehouse metrics, and custom metrics; disabled flag checks are not metered.

Source
Hookdeck: Does it work for outbound webhooks too?

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

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