Charles vs HTTP Switchboard

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

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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HTTP Switchboard

Network & Admin

HTTP Switchboard is an open-source proxy server that allows you to manage and monitor your web traffic. It can filter requests, throttle bandwidth, provide statistics, and more.

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