Charles vs Mountain Duck

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

Mountain Duck

Description: Mountain Duck is a file transfer app for macOS that allows users to mount server and cloud storage as a disk in Finder. It supports services like Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and SFTP servers.

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

Mountain Duck Features

• Mounts cloud storage and remote servers as local disk volumes
• Supports services like Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, SFTP servers
• Transfers files directly from the mounted volumes instead of downloading and uploading
• Supports block-level cloning for fast initial uploads
• Encrypts data in transit and at rest
• Syncs remote volumes to local folders
• Versioning support
• Dark mode support
• Finder integration for easy drag and drop transfers
• Command line interface