Charles vs SiteCrawler

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

SiteCrawler

Description: SiteCrawler is a website crawler and scraper software tool. It allows users to crawl websites to extract data, mine content, monitor sites for changes, and perform SEO analysis. SiteCrawler has features like visual point-and-click configuration, flexible crawling rules, and data exports.

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

SiteCrawler Features

• Visual point-and-click configuration
• Flexible crawling rules
• Data extraction and scraping
• Website monitoring
• SEO analysis
• Data exports