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Charles vs LoadForge

A side-by-side look at Charles and LoadForge. 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).

proxyhttphttpsmonitorreverse-proxy
LoadForge

LoadForge

Development

LoadForge is an open-source load and performance testing tool for web applications. It allows users to simulate large numbers of concurrent users and heavy workloads to test the scalability and reliability of a system under load.

load-testingperformance-testingopen-source

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