RelayHQ

RelayHQ is a managed cloud relay for receiving, queuing, and forwarding webhooks. It is best for developers and production teams that want delivery controls without operating brokers or webhook infrastructure. The service is a strong fit once retries, routing, and retained event history matter, but its Free plan is mainly a small-volume entry point.

Overview

RelayHQ assigns permanent inbound webhook URLs, queues incoming requests, and can fan each request out to several configured destinations at the same time. The maker says a basic setup can be running in under five minutes, with no infrastructure or message-broker administration. That favors teams seeking a managed deployment; the service runs in the cloud, with US East (IAD) listed as its region, so it is less suitable when self-hosting or a different hosting location is required.

Stripe, GitHub, and Shopify are named as webhook sources, while destinations are services you configure. A REST API is documented at api.relayhq.org and accepts bearer API keys or a valid session cookie. RelayHQ says traffic is protected with TLS 1.2 or later, stored API keys are hashed, and passwords use bcrypt. It also says personal information is not sold and webhook payloads are used only to deliver events to configured destinations.

Key features

Delivery and recovery

Permanent URLs and simultaneous fan-out remove the need to build those delivery mechanics into every receiving application. On paid plans, failed deliveries can be retried up to five times with exponential backoff, and individual requests can be replayed manually from the dashboard. Those controls provide a sensible way to recover from temporary endpoint failures, although the Free plan has no automatic retry and therefore cannot demonstrate that recovery workflow.

Routing and inspection

Rules can match a JSON payload path or an HTTP header, with several rules combined through AND or OR logic. This supports selective forwarding rather than sending every event everywhere, and event inspection plus request logs help diagnose what was delivered. The Free tier has no routing rules and only 24-hour history, limiting it for troubleshooting; paid retention ranges from 30 days on Starter to one year on Team.

Development and access

The Free plan includes a CLI local tunnel for development, useful when a local application must receive provider callbacks. The API gives teams a programmatic management path, while the dashboard supplies manual replay. These are practical developer tools, but the service remains cloud-hosted rather than a self-managed deployment.

Pricing

Plan	Price and limits	Best fit
Free	free; 3 endpoints, 500 requests/month, one destination per endpoint, 24-hour logs, 256 KB bodies, 60 requests/minute. No automatic retries or routing rules.	Development and very small integrations.
Starter	$29 a month, or $23/mo billed annually; 10 endpoints, 50,000 requests/month, three destinations per endpoint, 30-day logs, five retries, five routing rules per endpoint, 1 MB bodies, 600 requests/minute.	Indie developers and small production projects.
Pro	$79 a month, or $63/mo billed annually; unlimited endpoints and destinations, 500,000 requests/month, 90-day logs, five seats, unlimited routing rules, 5 MB bodies, priority email support, and a 99.9% uptime SLA.	Teams running multiple production apps.
Team	$199 a month, or $159/mo billed annually; unlimited requests, seats, and routing rules, one-year logs, SSO through SAML 2.0/Okta, audit log, 10 MB bodies, custom rate limits, dedicated Slack support, 99.95% uptime SLA, and custom retention.	Engineering organizations needing identity, governance, and service commitments.

Starter is the first paid tier with retries and routing, while Pro raises capacity and adds seats, support priority, and an SLA. Team is priced for organizational controls rather than merely more throughput. The Free limits are restrictive for production: 500 requests per month, one destination per endpoint, and no automated recovery.

Platforms

RelayHQ is offered as a cloud service with API, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows access. Its CLI tunnel is specifically included on Free for local development.

Who it's for

Choose RelayHQ if you want managed webhook queuing, delivery fan-out, replay, and rule-based forwarding without running infrastructure. Starter suits a small live project; Pro fits several production applications; Team is the appropriate tier when SSO, auditability, dedicated support, and an uptime SLA are requirements. It is a weaker choice for self-hosting, strict regional hosting needs, or workloads that exceed Free limits before a paid plan is justified.

Pros and cons

• Pros: permanent URLs and multi-destination fan-out simplify integration architecture; exponential-backoff retries and dashboard replay provide concrete recovery options; JSON-path and header rules support precise routing; Free includes a local development tunnel; security practices include TLS 1.2+, hashed API keys, and bcrypt passwords.
• Cons: Free is capped at 500 requests per month and one destination per endpoint; it omits retries and routing; Starter has only five routing rules per endpoint and 1 MB bodies; cloud hosting and the listed US East region do not serve self-hosted or alternate-region requirements.

Alternatives

For a broader category comparison, see Webhook Management Software. Choose Hookdeck instead if its Developer tier's 10,000 events and three-day retention or self-hosted platform coverage better match your needs. Kiosk is a free, open-source PDF reader rather than a webhook relay. Dispatch may suit teams wanting a free 10,000-events-per-month tier with two members, while over-limit events are dropped at ingress. Hookbridge offers lower-cost message tiers beginning at 1,000 messages free and $10 per month for 5,000. Webhook Relay is worth considering for its free 150-webhooks-per-month starter allowance and self-hosted availability. Webhooker provides a free 10,000-events-per-month tier, three sources, nine destinations, and 14-day retention. WebhookX offers a self-hosted Community edition. Hookdeck Outpost is an Apache-2.0, Go-based option distributed as a binary and Docker container.

Verdict

RelayHQ is a good choice for developers and teams that want cloud-managed webhook delivery with retries, replay, routing, and progressively stronger operational controls. Starter is the practical minimum for a small production system, while Pro and Team justify their prices when capacity, seats, governance, support, or SLAs matter. Look elsewhere if you need self-hosting, another region, or a generous no-cost tier with automated retries and routing included.