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Charles vs Envoy Proxy

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

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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Envoy Proxy

Envoy Proxy

Network & Admin

Envoy Proxy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. It provides load balancing, observability, runtime configuration, and authentication features. Envoy is known for its high performance and resiliency.

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