PayHook vs JP the Cat

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PayHook compared with JP the Cat
Detail	PayHook	JP the Cat
What it does	Payment webhook debugger for Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Dodo	Track token usage and costs for AI coding agents on your Mac
Stage	MVP	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Not given	Paid
Pricing	Free plan: $0 forever with 1 project, signature checks for all five providers, 3 days of history with daily event limit. Pro plan: $12 per month with unlimited projects, plain-English diagnosis, fix prompts, and 30 days of history. Lifetime: $99 once, first 100 only, with everything in Pro for life	$12.99 one-time for one Mac; $9.99 per additional Mac. Includes free updates. 7-day free trial with no card required. After trial, the menu-bar cost total stays free; a license unlocks the full dashboard, widget, and alerts.
Key features	Signature verification for Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Dodo Plain-English diagnosis of webhook failures Fix prompts for Cursor and Claude Code Replay events with re-signed payloads Works without localhost for cloud development environments View incoming events and HTTP status codes 30 days of event history in Pro plan	Real-time menu bar cost display with cache-aware deduplication for Claude Official 5-hour and weekly limit percentages for Codex, Claude, and Grok macOS widget in small, medium, and large sizes 24 themes including Sunlit light and Midnight dark modes Per-provider and per-model cost breakdown dashboard Configurable 7, 14, 30, or 90-day time windows 80% usage alert with native macOS banner and optional meow sound Notarized by Apple and Developer ID signed Local-first design with no data upload to servers
What makes it different	Diagnosis explains what went wrong, not just what arrived Built for AI code editors and cloud development No code changes required during beta Covers five payment providers including ones Stripe CLI doesn't support Core is open source at launch	Accurate real-dollar costs for Claude with cache awareness, unlike free tools that misprice cache tokens Native Swift app with no Electron, designed for performance and minimal menu bar footprint One-time purchase with free updates, no subscription or account required Completely local data privacy—no prompts, code, or tokens ever leave your Mac
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	5 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	2	1
Citation Flow (Majestic)	16	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	2	29

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