Dispatch

Dispatch is a cloud service for receiving webhooks, processing their events, and delivering them to Discord, Slack, Telegram, or custom HTTP endpoints. It verifies incoming requests before storage, applies filters, formats messages, and routes events to linked destinations. Filters can use header or body fields, and JSONata expressions can transform event data before formatting. Templates can produce Discord embeds, Slack Block Kit messages, and Telegram HTML, with variants for each platform. Failed deliveries can be retried using configurable exponential backoff, up to seven attempts by default. Documented source integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Linear, OpenAI, Shopify, Stripe, and others; destinations also include Google Chat and Webex. The CLI can forward webhook events to a local development server through a secure tunnel, with precompiled binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Project-scoped API keys support programmatic access. The Free plan allows 10,000 events per month and three days of history, but drops events over that limit at ingress. Paid plans start at $39/mo.

Dispatch combines webhook verification, routing, formatting, and retry controls for teams managing event delivery. Its Free plan has defined event and history limits, while private projects are included in paid plans.

Dispatch is intended for developers and teams that need to route webhooks, inspect payloads, and deliver events to multiple destinations. It may suit teams that need filters, transformations, retries, and integration setup in one cloud service.

Dispatch is a cloud service for routing incoming webhooks to chat apps and other HTTP endpoints. It suits developers and teams that need to verify, reshape, and fan out events; its strongest case is a managed pipeline with built-in retry and replay controls.

Overview

Dispatch takes an event from receipt through verification, storage, filtering, formatting, and delivery. Teams can inspect and replay events, which helps when tracing a delivery or sending a stored event again. The cloud deployment keeps the pipeline managed, while a CLI tunnel can forward events securely to a local development server.

Its security controls cover several layers: provider-specific signatures are checked before storage, with failed requests rejected; destination URLs and tokens are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM; and traffic uses TLS 1.2 or higher. TOTP multi-factor authentication, organization roles, and row-level security add access controls. The service runs on SOC 2 compliant cloud infrastructure and aims to respond to vulnerability reports within 48 hours.

Key features

• Filtering and transformation: Rules can inspect headers or body fields, and JSONata expressions can reshape data before formatting. That gives teams a way to adapt source events before they reach downstream services.
• Multi-platform templates: One template can render Discord embeds, Slack Block Kit messages, and Telegram HTML using platform-specific variants. This is useful for teams sending the same event to more than one chat platform.
• Retries and replay: Failed deliveries can be retried with configurable exponential backoff, up to seven attempts by default. Event replay adds a separate way to resend stored events. These controls reduce manual work around delivery failures, though they do not change the plan's event caps.
• Integrations and API: Documented sources include GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear, Shopify, Stripe, and others; destinations include Discord, Slack, Telegram, Google Chat, Webex, and generic webhooks. Project-scoped API keys use the dsp_ prefix, and precompiled CLI binaries are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Pricing

Dispatch is freemium, with paid plans starting at $39 a month. All plans have member limits as well as event and history allowances, so the right tier depends on both workload and team size.

• Free — free: 10,000 events per month, three days of history, and two members. Projects must be public, and events over the limit are dropped at ingress. It is suitable for evaluation or small public-project workloads, but the hard cap and short history make it a poor fit for workloads that cannot afford dropped events or need a longer record.
• Team — $39 a month, billed monthly: 50,000 events per month, seven days of history, five members, and private projects. Overage is $0.03/1K, with an alert at 80%; priority support is included. This is the entry point for teams that need private projects and more room than Free provides, though history remains brief.
• Growth — $399 a month, billed monthly: 500,000 events per month, 30 days of history, 25 members, and private projects. Overage is $0.03/1K, with an alert at 80%; dedicated support is included. It fits larger teams with substantially higher event volume or a need for longer history, at a steep step up in monthly cost.

Platforms

Dispatch supports API, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. The service itself is cloud-based; the CLI's local development tunnel has precompiled binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Who it's for

Dispatch is best suited to developers and teams managing webhook routing, payload inspection, multi-destination delivery, and integration setup. It is a sensible choice when signature checks, transformation, platform-specific messages, and retry controls belong in one workflow. Teams needing private projects must choose a paid plan, and workloads that exceed the Free cap risk dropped events unless they move to a paid tier.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Verification happens before storage; filtering and JSONata transformations can tailor events before delivery; one template can serve multiple chat platforms; retries, inspection, and replay support delivery operations.
• Cons: Free projects must be public, history is only three days, and over-limit events are dropped at ingress. Team raises history to just seven days, while 30 days and a 25-member allowance require the $$399 monthly Growth plan.

Alternatives

Webhook Management Software is a broader category directory for comparing options.

• Kiosk is a free, open-source PDF reader, not a webhook routing alternative.
• Hook0 may suit a web-only setup with a free Developer plan capped at 100 events per day, with excess events blocked and seven days of retention.
• Hookdeck is another freemium option; its Developer plan is always $0 per month with up to 10,000 events and three-day retention, and it offers a free trial.
• Hookdeck Outpost is worth considering for teams seeking an Apache-2.0-licensed, self-hosted option distributed as a Go binary and Docker container.
• RelayHQ has a free plan with 500 requests per month, one destination per endpoint, and no automatic retries, so it is a narrower fit for low-volume forwarding.
• Repost offers 50,000 events per month and 30-day history on its free plan, but limits that tier to one seat and three buckets.
• Svix may fit teams prioritizing a stated 99.9% uptime SLA and 30-day payload retention; its Basic plan costs $20 a month and includes 50k free messages per month.
• Webhook Management has a Starter tier with 10,000 API requests per month and seven-day log retention.

Verdict

Choose Dispatch if your team wants one managed service to verify, filter, format, and route webhooks across several destinations, with retries and event replay built in. The Free tier is constrained by public-only projects and dropped over-limit events; look elsewhere if you need private projects without a paid plan, self-hosting, or longer retention at a lower monthly cost.