Requestly is a better & powerful Charles Proxy alternative
- Zero Setup
- No VPN Issue
- Enterprise-grade
- Best Customer Support
- No Context Switching
Requestly works on Desktop only
Requestly is a web proxy that requires a desktop and desktop browser.
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Learn why people choose
Requestly over Charles Proxy
Charles Proxy was built 2-decades ago with no updates anymore. Requestly is a modern browser-first open-source software that accelerates web development and testing workflows.
1. Zero Setup
Just Download Requestly in your browser and you are good to go in a few clicks while in Charles you need to install the application, manage system-level proxy settings, and install an SSL certificate.
2. No VPN Issue like Charles Proxy
Since Charles Proxy overrides system-level proxy settings, it doesn’t work well inside corporate VPNs. Requestly uses Chrome’s APIs to intercept & modify HTTPs requests and hence Requestly is free from all VPN issues.
3. No Context Switching
Requestly is available as a browser extension on all major Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and all other Chromium-based browsers. No need to switch context to any other application.
4. Best Customer Support
Requestly is known to provide the best customer support to its customers. Requestly has more than 1000 reviews on the Chrome Store testifying the best support from the Requestly team.
5. Simple, Fast & Powerful
Requestly offers the best user experience. Since Requestly is present in the browser and uses native Chrome APIs it is much faster and lightweight than Charles Proxy.
6. Enterprise Ready
(PRIVACY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCES)
Requestly is enterprise-ready software and offers features like SSO, Team Management, SLAs, SOC-II compliance, Reporting and analytics, and Role-based access control.
Migrating from Charles Proxy to Requestly
Requestly offers a migration guide for 1-click migration to import Charles Proxy configs into Requestly. You can follow the detailed instructions on below link.
Detailed Comparison of Requestly & Charles Proxy
Features
Charles Proxy
Requestly
Zero Proxy & VPN Issues
Lightweight
Breakpoints
Enterprise-Ready
Support
- In-app Chat Support,
Email & Slack Connect
Additional Features of Requestly
Mock Server
- Easy-to-use GUI, no command line.
- Mock Third Party APIs
- Faster than CLI-based tools.
- Various Import Options.
Session Book
- 1 Click Bug Report – Record screen with cursor, console logs, network logs & environment details.
- Debug 10x Faster – Use recorded screen, cusror movement, console logs, network logs & environment details to debug Faster.
For the developers, by the developers ❤️
Requestly is an amazing tool to get your development work less hassle. The product itself has evolved so much since day-1 and the company is really serious on helping their customer solves their problems. We had this nice session where they shared Requestly features and we were very impressed on its potential. A truly 5-star worthy.
Just loved the way Requestly saved several person hours for our dev team by allowing us to redirect and intercept requests. The simple yet efficient rules allowed us to seamlessly redirect requests from a single staging front-end server to local backend servers. This meant that our devs didn’t need to build or run the front-end server locally when focusing on backend tasks.
Modifying requests and/or responses is the killer feature area for me. Redirect JS in prod, generate mocks, modify headers, map local, map remote, SessionReplay, Load a local JS bundle, override scripts, etc. etc. etc. – TOTALLY worth it and very useful.
Requestly is awesome. I used to use Charles proxy in my day-to-day work but it always messed with my wifi. I haven’t had any issues with Requestly. Requestly’s UI is an amazing tool and great to work in.
I’m a big fan of Requestly, and use it on a daily basis as a QA Engineer. It removes the need to use Charles Proxy often, which is always nice. I can just use Requestly directly in Chrome
Requestly is user-friendly, brilliant and easy-to-use. I use it on an daily basis and it makes my work easier. After using other tools like Charles – Requestly is a nice new breath of air that I highly vouch for. Apart from the tool being amazing – the support from the Requestly team is phenomenal with them always going above and beyond for their clients.
Requestly is an incredibly useful tool for developers working on a large team with multiple staging envs, or numerous app endpoints for various APIs in a local environment. The Sessions feature is especially useful for documenting solutions or sharing with others since it captures the relevant network traffic, and screen recording enables others to easily reproduce. Requestly combines all the power of complicated tools like Charles Proxy and Postman in one app/chrome extension. I highly recommend giving it a try if you haven’t already–it will make your dev work so much easier. (Summarized)
Requestly not just made it easier for us to develop, test & debug our code on our customer sites but also helped us do engaging product demos to our prospective clients.
Awesome tool. I use it almost daily for my projects to modify request body, headers, etc. Would recommend it to every frontend developer out there. Thank me later 🙂 (Case Study)
This is by far the best tool for managing request headers! Plus the developers are very active meaning you’ll get help if you’re ever stuck or need help solving a problem. I use it daily and couldn’t be happier.
App works as expected! Ran into some small issues while creating the rules but the support team was able to help and overcome those.
