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Burp Suite vs Charles

A side-by-side look at Burp Suite and Charles. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Burp Suite

Burp Suite

Security & Privacy

Burp Suite is a platform for performing security testing of web applications. It includes tools like an interception proxy, scanner, intruder, repeater, sequencer, and decoder to help test for vulnerabilities.

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Charles

Charles

Development

Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).

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