Charles Web Debugging Proxy vs. Chrome DevTools

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Charles Web Debugging Proxy
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
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).
$50
one-time fee
Chrome DevTools
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Chrome DevTools is a set of authoring, debugging, and profiling tools built into Google Chrome.N/A
Pricing
Charles Web Debugging ProxyChrome DevTools
Editions & Modules
Charles User License
$50
one-time fee
Charles Site License
$400
one-time fee
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Charles Web Debugging ProxyChrome DevTools
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Charles Web Debugging ProxyChrome DevTools
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(28 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Charles Web Debugging ProxyChrome DevTools
Likelihood to Recommend
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Google
Chrome DevTools are great for troubleshooting bugs, broken elements on pages, styling issues, responsiveness, identifying performance issues, third-party connections for data privacy, reviewing cookies and local storage, screenshots in different dimensions. Chrome DevTools are for technical users, so you do need to have a decent understanding of some basics like HTML and CSS to get started using them.
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Pros
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Google
  • The Elements panel is usually our first port of call to inspect and modify HTML and CSS in real-time.
  • The Issues panel helps us to identify and resolve problems like cookie issues etc.
  • The console panel allows developers to see the log output created by their website in real-time.
  • Lighthouse helps us identify any issues with accessibility
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Cons
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Google
  • As one delves into DevTools, one encounters a gradually steeper learning curve. You can do a lot very quickly, but to fully utilize DevTools takes time as one explores what it can do.
  • With many new updates, tools and items are moved, and a comfortable workflow becomes a frustrating search. This often happens when following only slightly outdated tutorials on a given feature, even in Google's own documentation.
  • The experimental flags, settings, and options are scattered about and a little clunky to configure when one has to make changes in multiple places.
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Usability
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Google
While Chrome DevTools are very powerful, it's not the easiest thing to use, as there are so many different tools built in. It takes some exploring to discover all the options possible within DevTools, but with a little exploring, the DevTools become a very powerful asset. Accessing the basic HTML and CSS inspection is very easy though, and that's the most common usage for the DevTools.
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Support Rating
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Google
I'm not entirely sure what to rate the support for DevTools, because I don't have any experience dealing with official customer support for DevTools. I would guess the primary support for DevTools would be in a Chrome forum. Typically if I have a question or issue, I am able to find an answer from doing a quick Google search. It's pretty widely used, so it's not difficult to find answers.
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Alternatives Considered
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Google
I find them pretty much the same, they have the same tools except Firefox doesn't provide the lighthouse functionality. I do prefer firefox's dark theme and colour palette. But I use Chrome Dev tools because of the Light house functionality that analyzes the page load and scores the website on desktop and mobile experience.
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Return on Investment
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Google
  • All positive, the tool is free so there's no need to spend money on it. Every return is positive.
  • A lot, their tools increases productivity due because it helps developers to create and test websites inside the browser.
  • Tools are intuitive so there's no need to invest in education on developers to learn these tools.
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