Hookden vs webhook.site

webhook.site is the best-known webhook inspector, and it's a solid product. But its free tier is tight — 100 requests per URL, and URLs expire after 7 days — and most of the useful features sit behind a paid plan. Hookden exists to make the whole workflow free.

Comparison based on webhook.site's public pricing & docs as of July 2026. If anything here is out of date, tell me and I'll fix it.

	Hookden	webhook.site (free)
Requests per bin/URL	100 anon / 1,000 with free account	100, then URL stops accepting
URL lifetime	24h anon / 30 days with free account	Expires after 7 days
Custom response (status, body, headers)	✓ Free	✓ Free
Response delay (test timeouts/retries)	✓ Free	Paid
Response templates — echo {{body.challenge}}, pass Slack/Zoom URL verification	✓ Free	Paid (Custom Actions)
Replay a capture to your real endpoint	✓ Free	Paid
Auto-forward everything (live proxy)	✓ Free	Paid
Webhook signature verification — ✓/✗ badge (GitHub, Stripe, any HMAC)	✓ Free	Not offered
Custom URL slug / alias (/h/my-stripe-dev)	✓ Free (with account)	Paid
Copy capture as curl / fetch / Python / HTTPie	✓ Free	curl only
Diff two captures	✓ Free	Not offered
Share one capture as a read-only permalink (Slack/issue-safe)	✓ Free	Only whole-bin URLs
Terminal CLI with live tail	✓ Free	Paid (CLI exists, requires API key features)
Relay webhooks to localhost — no tunnel, signatures intact	✓ Free	Paid (CLI forwarding needs an API key)
JSON export of a whole bin	✓ Free	Paid
HAR export (open captures in Chrome DevTools)	✓ Free	Paid
Plain-curl API, no key needed	✓ Free	API exists; key for most features

What webhook.site has that Hookden doesn't (yet)

Honesty matters: webhook.site also captures emails and DNS queries, has a visual "Custom Actions" workflow builder, and has been around for years. If you need those, use it — it's good software. Hookden focuses on doing HTTP webhook debugging extremely well, for free. Looking at the wider field? See webhook.site alternatives.