Charles vs Fiddler : Which is Better?

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Charles

Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic. Developed by Karl von Randow

License: Commercial

Apps available for Mac OS X Windows Linux

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Fiddler

Fiddler is an HTTP debugging proxy server application. Developed by Telerik (Eric Lawrence)

License: Free

Apps available for Windows

Charles VS Fiddler Feature comparision

Feature Charles Fiddler
Debugger
HTTP Monitoring
Monitor HTTP Traffic
One click installation
Proxy support
Penetration Testing
Admin Panel with builtin SSL and emails
Administrative Reporting
Forces encrypted connection
Legacy Firefox Addon
Breakpoints
Developer Tools
IPhone debugging
Network Monitoring
Portable
Sniffer
Web Application Firewall
Built in docs
HTTP mocking
One click interception
OpenAPI integration
Support of TFS
Full headers control
Web tool
Electron based
Sockets
Firefox Extensions
REST API
Web Development
*community curated information: This table may not have the most accurate information. Please suggest changes

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