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PushcutA Pushcut alternative for reading webhooks.
Pushcut is built around iOS Shortcuts: notifications that run automations on your phone. Hook is built around the request: any service calls your endpoint and you read exactly what it sent.
Hook and Pushcut, side by side.
Hook Free, Pro from $5.99 a month | Pushcut Pro from $1.99 a month | |
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| Price | ||
| Price | Free: 10 requests a month. Pro: $1.99/week, $5.99/month or $39.99/year; Lifetime $59.99 (US App Store prices) | Pro $1.99/month, $17.99/year or $39.99 lifetime |
| Volume | 10,000 requests a month on Pro | See Pushcut's pricing page |
| Receiving | ||
| Third-party webhooks | Yes: Any request from any service: point Stripe, GitHub or anything else straight at it | Partly: Notifications are triggered through Pushcut's own API |
| Read the full request | Yes: Headers, query string and full body, formatted, with the raw request kept | No: Not built for request inspection |
| Signed payloads | Yes: JWS/JWT bodies decoded, nested ones too (App Store notifications) | No: No |
| Sender recognition | Yes: Stripe, GitHub, Slack, Shopify, GitLab, Linear, Vercel, Sentry, Discord and the App Store named on arrival | No: No |
| Email in | Yes: A mail.gethook.app address per workspace | No: Not listed |
| Forward to your service | Partly: Proxy to your own URL on Pro | No: No |
| Notifications | ||
| AI-written notifications | Yes: Title and summary written from any payload, in your language; or your own template | No: Not listed |
| Push | Yes: iPhone push, and browser push on Pro | Yes: Own app |
| Publish from scripts | Yes: Hook-Title, Hook-Priority, Hook-Tags, Hook-Click, actions, as headers or URL parameters | Yes: Rich, actionable notifications |
| Priority | Yes: Five levels, from silent (1) to urgent (5) | Not stated |
| Platform | ||
| Apps | Partly: iPhone and iPad app, plus a web app; no Android | Yes: iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch |
| History | 7 days on Free; full history on Pro | Not stated |
| Self-hosting | No: Hosted only | No: No |
| Open source | No: Closed source | No: No |
- Supported
- Limited
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Pushcut details are from their public website and docs as of October 2026. Hook prices are US App Store prices.
Why people pick Hook over Pushcut.
Any sender, as is
Stripe, GitHub and the App Store call Hook directly; no need to adapt them to another API.
The full request
Headers, query and body, formatted, with JWS decoded.
A web inbox
Read and search everything at gethook.app/app.
When Pushcut is the better choice.
You want notifications that run Shortcuts and home automations.
You need Apple Watch actions.
Questions about Hook and Pushcut.
Can Hook run Shortcuts?
No. Hook focuses on receiving and reading requests. Its notifications can carry up to three link buttons.
More in the docs: Get started · Publishing messages
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