Our take
Pick Hookdeck if backend teams who will stay on Developer at $0 (10k events, 3-day retention, 1 user) while they open a first Events desk, then buy Team at $39/month when they need unlimited users, 7-day retention, and issue integrations. Pick Svix if aPI teams who will stay on Free $0 (50k messages, 7-day retention, 50 msg/s, no card) while they send a first test, then buy Basic from $20/month when they need 99.9%
hosted webhook-event gateway
Best for
Hookdeck Inbound webhooks you start at $0
Svix Outbound webhooks you start at $0
Free plan
Hookdeck $0 · /month. No card. 10,000 events/month. 3-day retention. 1 user. SOC 2. Unlimited connections and transformations
Svix $0 · /month. No card. 50k messages. 50 messages/second. 7-day payload retention. Embeddable webhooks UI. Dispatch, Stream, and Ingest
Lowest paid
Hookdeck Additional events $3.00
Svix Basic $20/mo
Next step up
Hookdeck Static IP add-on $100
Svix
Runs where
Hookdeck Hosted
Svix
Watch out
Hookdeck Free is 1 user and 3-day retention
Svix Free is 50k messages and 7-day retention
Last checked
Hookdeck 2026-10-23 · hookdeck.com/pricing
Svix 2026-10-22 · svix.com/pricing
backend teams who will stay on Developer at $0 (10k events, 3-day retention, 1 user) while they open a first Events desk, then buy Team at $39/month when they need unlimited users, 7-day retention, and issue integrations.
Read the Hookdeck pageaPI teams who will stay on Free $0 (50k messages, 7-day retention, 50 msg/s, no card) while they send a first test, then buy Basic from $20/month when they need 99.9% SLA, 200 msg/s, and 30-day retention.
Read the Svix page