Requestly is a better & powerful Charles Proxy alternative

4.8 ⭐ 1,200+ Ratings, 200,000+ users

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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.

Requestly works from browser needing No Setup, just install the extension and start intercepting and modifying your requests.
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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.

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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.

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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

Modify HTTP Headers

Modify API Response

Map Local

Map Remote

GraphQL Support

Inject Scripts

Page Level Filters

Collaboration

Team Workspaces

Breakpoints

Mock Server

Capture Browser Sessions

API Client

Open-Source

Enterprise-Ready

Support

Additional Features of Requestly

for frontend & QA teams

Mock Server

  • Easy-to-use GUI, no command line.
  • Mock Third Party APIs
  • Faster than CLI-based tools.
  • Various Import Options.
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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.
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API Client

  • Simple in-browser API Client
  • Test Your APIs
  • Test API Overrides
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For the developers, by the developers ❤️

From Debug to Deploy: Developers Trust Requestly

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.

Srijan Bhatnagar
Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian

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.

Carl Hand
Senior Software Engineer at Workday

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

Mike Mitchell
QA Engineer at URBN

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.

Marius Ludick
Solutions Architect II at Amazon

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)

Joél Hawkins Torres
Senior Software Engineer at Autodesk

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.

Michael Levinson
Co-Founder & CPO at Joyned

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)

Harsh Vats
Frontend Engineer at PingSafe

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.

Jose Browne
Senior Engineer at Reddit

App works as expected! Ran into some small issues while creating the rules but the support team was able to help and overcome those.

José Miguel Dias Fernandes
Development Lead at Vodafone

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.

Natchapol Thongruang
Senior Software Engineer at Agoda