Webhook.site vs Building Your Own: When Free Tools Cost You More

If you've ever debugged a webhook integration, you've probably used webhook.site. It's free, it's instant, it works. But here's what nobody tells you about free webhook debugging tools — and when you should build (or buy) something better. The Webhook Debugging Problem You're integrating Stripe webhooks. Or GitHub hooks. Or Shopify. The docs say "set your webhook URL to X" and you need somewhere to receive and inspect the payloads. Most developers reach for webhook.site. Makes sense — it's free,