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Hookdeck vs UptimeRobot

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Hookdeck

Developer Tools

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

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
Full reviewWebsite
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UptimeRobot

Technology

Uptime monitoring for hobby and non-profit projects, up to enterprise

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Hookdeck pricing meters delivered events, so fan-out multiplies the bill: one inbound event routed to four services counts as four deliveries.; UptimeRobot free plan is limited to a 5 minute check interval; sub-minute checking (60 seconds) requires the paid Solo plan and faster intervals (30 or 15 seconds) require Team or Scale
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Hookdeck and UptimeRobot actually diverge.

Attributes where Hookdeck and UptimeRobot differ
AttributeHookdeckUptimeRobot
Pricing modelPer month by delivered event countfreemium
PlatformsWeb, Linux, macOS, WindowsWeb
CategoryDeveloper ToolsTechnology

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).

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 UptimeRobot

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

UptimeRobot

  • Freelancers monitoring personal websites and client projectsnot Hookdeck
  • Small teams managing production services and infrastructurenot Hookdeck
  • Agencies tracking high-volume client monitoring needsnot Hookdeck
  • Enterprises requiring custom compliance and SLA managementnot Hookdeck
  • Background job monitoring via heartbeat checksnot 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.

UptimeRobot

  • Free plan is limited to a 5 minute check interval; sub-minute checking (60 seconds) requires the paid Solo plan and faster intervals (30 or 15 seconds) require Team or Scale
  • Team plan includes only 3 seats; additional seats are not covered in the base $41/$35 per month price
  • Enterprise pricing and faster-than-15-second intervals are custom and require contacting sales

Pricing, plan by plan

Hookdeck

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

UptimeRobot

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the UptimeRobot 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 UptimeRobot if

  • You want to start without paying.
UptimeRobot review

Questions people ask

Is Hookdeck or UptimeRobot better?
Neither clearly leads. Hookdeck starts at Free and UptimeRobot at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Hookdeck or UptimeRobot?
Hookdeck starts at Free and UptimeRobot at Free.
Does Hookdeck or UptimeRobot run on more platforms?
Hookdeck runs on Web, Linux, macOS, Windows. UptimeRobot runs on Web.
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 UptimeRobot is typically brought in for.
What can Hookdeck do that UptimeRobot 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.

UptimeRobot: What is UptimeRobot's refund policy?

UptimeRobot offers a 14-day money-back guarantee for new subscriptions and upgrades.

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Hookdeck: How is usage counted?

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

UptimeRobot: Can I cancel my subscription anytime?

Yes. You can cancel at any time by turning off auto-renewal. Your subscription remains active until the end of the current billing cycle.

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Hookdeck: Can I replay a failed webhook?

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

UptimeRobot: What payment methods does UptimeRobot accept?

UptimeRobot accepts major credit and debit cards (Visa, Maestro, MasterCard, Discover, Diners Club, American Express) as well as wire transfers.

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Hookdeck: Does it work for outbound webhooks too?

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

UptimeRobot: What are the monitor limits by plan?

Free: 50 monitors | Solo: 50 | Team: 100 | Scale: 200-500

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