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Webhook Relay forwards webhooks. Hookbase does that and lets you send outbound webhooks to your customers, with 4 transform engines, schema validation, circuit breakers, and an AI assistant.
Why Teams Switch from Webhook Relay to Hookbase
Complete Webhook Platform
Webhook Relay forwards webhooks. Hookbase handles inbound AND outbound — receive, route, transform, deliver, and send webhooks to your customers.
Modern Transform Engine
Webhook Relay uses Lua scripting. Hookbase offers JSONata, JavaScript, XSLT, and Liquid with a visual builder.
Built-in Provider Verification
Hookbase verifies signatures from GitHub, Stripe, Shopify, and 10+ providers automatically. Webhook Relay leaves this to you.
Hookbase vs Webhook Relay: Feature Comparison
See how Hookbase compares to Webhook Relay across 26 features for webhook management.
Where Webhook Relay Shines
Credit where it's due — Webhook Relay has real strengths in specific areas.
IoT & home automation
Integrations with Home Assistant and IoT devices for forwarding webhooks to local networks.
Bidirectional tunnels
Expose full HTTP services bidirectionally, not just receive webhooks on localhost.
If your primary need is IoT forwarding or bidirectional tunneling, Webhook Relay may be the better fit.
Where Hookbase Wins
Outbound Webhooks
Send events to your customers with a full event type system, subscriptions, and a customer-facing portal. Webhook Relay only handles inbound forwarding.
Transform Power
4 engines (JSONata, JavaScript, XSLT, Liquid), a visual builder, and a template library. Webhook Relay offers Lua scripting and experimental WASI.
Security & Compliance
Audit logs, field-level encryption, IP filtering, and automatic signature verification for 10+ providers out of the box.
Developer Experience
AI assistant for natural language queries, real-time SSE dashboard, official Python SDK, and a CLI with a terminal UI.
Two Platforms in One
Receive & Route Webhooks
Receive webhooks from any provider, verify signatures, apply transforms, and route to multiple destinations with retries and circuit breakers.
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Build an outbound webhook system for your product. Event types, customer endpoints, automatic retries, and a portal your customers can self-manage.
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