Charles vs Google Search Console

Charles

Description: 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).

Type: software

Google Search Console

Description: Google Search Console is a free web service by Google that helps website owners monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot their site's presence in Google Search results. It provides reports on indexed pages, search queries, and more.

Type: software

Charles Features

• HTTP proxy
• HTTP monitor
• Reverse proxy
• View HTTP/HTTPS traffic
• View requests
• View responses
• View HTTP headers
• View cookies
• View caching information

Google Search Console Features

• Index status reports to see which pages Google can or cannot crawl
• Page speed insights to improve site performance
• Security issues detection
• Sitemaps for crawling prioritization
• URL inspection to fix indexing issues
• Click analytics for search queries
• Manual actions and messages from Google