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# **A webhook.site Alternative for Testing and Forwarding Webhooks**

A webhook.site alternative that does more than inspect: get an instant webhook URL, see requests in real time, then forward them to localhost or a private server. Free, with no request cap to start.

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[webhook.site](https://webhook.site) is the tool most developers reach for to see what a webhook actually contains. It's genuinely useful — paste the URL, watch requests land. But the moment you want to _do_ something with those requests — replay them to your app, forward them to localhost, or keep a permanent URL — you hit its edges.

Webhook Relay's free [Webhook Bin](https://webhookrelay.com/blog/webhook-site-alternative/webhook-bin/) covers the same instant-inspection use case, and then keeps going: the same platform forwards webhooks to your own machine or private network.

## [TL;DR](#tldr)

- **Just need to see a payload?** Both work. Open [Webhook Bin](https://webhookrelay.com/blog/webhook-site-alternative/webhook-bin/) and you're inspecting in seconds, no signup.
- **Need those webhooks to reach your app on localhost?** Webhook Bin → the relay agent does it; webhook.site stops at inspection.
- **Want a permanent URL you configure once?** Create a free Webhook Relay account and keep your endpoint forever.

## [webhook.site vs Webhook Bin](#webhooksite-vs-webhook-bin)

|  | webhook.site | Webhook Relay (Webhook Bin) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Instant URL, no signup | Yes | Yes |
| Real-time request inspector | Yes | Yes |
| Custom response (status, body) | Yes | Yes |
| Forward to **localhost** | No | Yes (relay agent) |
| Forward to a **private server / Kubernetes** | No | Yes |
| Transform payloads (JS/Lua) | Limited | [Yes](https://webhookrelay.com/blog/webhook-site-alternative/features/transform-webhooks/) |
| Fan-out to multiple destinations | No | [Yes](https://webhookrelay.com/blog/webhook-site-alternative/features/webhook-multiple-destinations/) |
| Permanent endpoint | Paid | Yes (free account) |
| Path from _testing_ to _production_ | No | Yes |

## [The real difference: testing is step one](#the-real-difference-testing-is-step-one)

webhook.site is a great **inspector**. Webhook Relay is an inspector **plus** a delivery platform, so the URL you test with can become the URL you ship with.

A typical flow:

1. **Inspect (no install).** Open [Webhook Bin](https://webhookrelay.com/blog/webhook-site-alternative/webhook-bin/), copy the URL, point Stripe/GitHub/Shopify at it, and watch the requests arrive with full headers and body.
2. **Forward to your app.** [Create a free account](https://my.webhookrelay.com/register), install the agent, and deliver those same webhooks to `localhost`:

```
relay forward --bucket my-app http://localhost:8080/webhook
```

1. **Go to production.** Keep the endpoint, add [retries](https://webhookrelay.com/blog/webhook-site-alternative/webhooks/), [transformations](https://webhookrelay.com/blog/webhook-site-alternative/features/transform-webhooks/), or [multiple destinations](https://webhookrelay.com/blog/webhook-site-alternative/features/webhook-multiple-destinations/) — without changing the URL your provider calls.

## [Where webhook.site is still handy](#where-webhooksite-is-still-handy)

- Throwaway, zero-commitment inspection when you don't care about forwarding.
- A shareable URL to ask "what is this service sending?"

For those, either tool is fine. The reason to choose Webhook Relay is that **you rarely just want to look** — you want the webhook to end up in your code.

## [Try it](#try-it)

[Open Webhook Bin](https://webhookrelay.com/blog/webhook-site-alternative/webhook-bin/) to inspect a request right now, or [create a free account](https://my.webhookrelay.com/register) to forward webhooks to localhost and beyond. See the [webhooks documentation](https://webhookrelay.com/blog/webhook-site-alternative/docs/webhooks/internal/localhost/) for the full localhost setup.

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## **Start forwarding webhooks in minutes **

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