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Hookdeck Outpost

Open-source outbound webhooks for your platform

Engineering & Development | Automation tools5-6 peopleFounded 2021Open-source outbound webhooksDelivers to webhooks, SQS, Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ, Kafka, and moreMulti-tenant architectureAt-least-once deliveryCustomer portal for endpoint managementSelf-hosted or managed optionsFull observability and control

Our Take

Hookdeck Outpost is the move for any platform tired of rebuilding webhook infrastructure that isn't even their core product. The thing that gets me is they made it open-source AND self-hostable — so you're not locked in — but the managed version starts at just $10 per million events, which is basically nothing for the value you get. It pushes webhooks to SQS, Pub/Sub, Kafka, or RabbitMQ depending on what your customers actually use, and the multi-tenant architecture with customer portals means you're not cobbling together dashboards on top of actually doing the delivery work. This is the kind of infrastructure tool that sounds boring until you realize how many teams have wasted months building something like this from scratch.

Open-source infrastructure that delivers webhooks to SQS, Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ, Kafka, and more. Multi-tenant, at-least-once delivery, customer portal — self-hosted or managed.

Problem It Solves
Every platform that needs to send webhooks to their customers ends up building the same infrastructure from scratch: retries, tenant isolation, delivery logs, a portal for end users to manage their endpoints. It's a significant engineering investment for something that isn't anyone's core product.
Target Customer
Platforms that need to deliver events to their customers' preferred systems
Use Cases
Webhook delivery to customer systems, Event delivery via message brokers (SQS, Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ), Building platform webhook infrastructure
Pricing Details
Managed version pricing starts at $10 per million events
Free Tier
Free (open source version)
Differentiator
Open-source, self-hostable, supports multiple event destinations (SQS, Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ), same codebase for self-hosted and managed, most affordable managed option
Why Now
Platforms like Stripe, Shopify, and Twilio are moving toward supporting multiple event destinations, and Outpost gives any platform the same capability out of the box
Traction
Customers Mentioned: iTICKET, Trophy · Notable Metrics: 111 upvotes, Day Rank #15, 99 followers · Testimonials Count: 1

Key Facts

Category
Engineering & Development | Automation tools
Founded
2021
Team Size
5-6 people
Pricing
Free (open source) | Managed from $10/million events
Discovered via
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The people behind Hookdeck Outpost

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Alex Luong

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Alexandre Bouchard

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Eric Tran

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Gareth Wilson

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Maurice Kherlakian

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Phil Leggetter

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