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Charles Proxy Alternative - Faster, Better & Requires Zero-Setup
Charles Proxy is a powerful web debugging proxy, but the setup tax is real: manual proxy config, SSL certificate installs, and VPN conflicts. Requestly gives you the same interception power with none of the ceremony.
Charles Proxy is powerful. The setup is the tax.
Charles is a capable web-debugging proxy, but getting there means installing the app, wiring up system-level proxy settings, and trusting an SSL certificate, and it stops cooperating the moment a corporate VPN is involved.
Proven web-debugging power
- A powerful web-debugging proxy
- Modify HTTP headers and API responses
- Map Local and Map Remote
- Breakpoints and script injection
- Capture browser sessions
The ceremony you pay for every time
- Manual app install plus system-level proxy configuration
- An SSL certificate to trust before you can debug HTTPS
- Overrides system proxy settings, so it breaks inside corporate VPNs
- No GraphQL support, mock server, or built-in API client
- No page-level filters or team collaboration
Things Requestly does differently
The same request interception and modification power as Charles Proxy, without the install, the SSL certificate, or the VPN conflicts.
Install and go, no setup tax
Install the Requestly browser extension and start intercepting requests in a few clicks. There is no application to install, no system-level proxy settings to manage, and no SSL certificate to trust before you can debug HTTPS traffic.
- Set up in a few clicks, straight from the browser
- No system-level proxy settings to manage
- No SSL certificate to install
No VPN conflicts
Charles Proxy overrides your system-level proxy settings, so it struggles inside corporate VPNs. Requestly uses Chrome APIs to intercept and modify HTTPS requests, staying clear of your VPN.
- Uses Chrome APIs instead of a system-proxy override
- Free from VPN issues inside corporate networks
Simple, fast, and powerful
A modern, user-friendly interface curated by UX experts, available as both a browser extension and a desktop app across every major platform.
- Browser extension and desktop application
- Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi
- Windows, macOS (Apple and Intel), and Linux
No context switching
Requestly runs as a browser extension on Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and every other Chromium-based browser, right where you already work, with no separate application to switch to.
- Lives in the browser you already use
- No standalone app to jump between
Support developers rate highly
Requestly is known for its customer support, backed by more than 1,000 reviews on the Chrome Web Store.
- 1,000+ reviews on the Chrome Web Store
- Responsive help from the Requestly team
Requestly vs Charles Proxy, feature by feature
| Feature | Requestly | Charles Proxy |
|---|---|---|
| Zero proxy & VPN issues | Yes | No |
| Lightweight | Yes | No |
| Modify HTTP headers | Yes | Yes |
| Modify API response | Yes | Yes |
| Map Local | Yes | Yes |
| Map Remote | Yes | Yes |
| GraphQL support | Yes | No |
| Inject scripts | Yes | Yes |
| Page-level filters | Yes | No |
| Collaboration | Yes | No |
| Breakpoints | Yes | Yes |
| Mock server | Yes | No |
| Capture browser sessions | Yes | Yes |
| API client | Yes | No |
| Enterprise-ready | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Yes | Yes |
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