Charles vs Postman | What are the differences?

Charles

Stacks97

Followers81

+ 1

Votes0

Postman

Stacks36.7K

Followers26.6K

+ 1

Votes1.7K

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Pros of Charles

Pros of Postman

No pros available

469
Easy to use
360
Great tool
266
Makes developing rest api's easy peasy
147
Easy setup, looks good
141
The best api workflow out there
51
It's the best
50
History feature
42
Adds real value to my workflow
40
Great interface that magically predicts your needs
33
The best in class app
10
Can save and share script
9
Fully featured without looking cluttered
6
Dead simple and useful. Excellent
6
Collections
6
Shareable Collections
6
Option to run scrips
6
Dark theme easy on the eyes
6
Global/Environment Variables
5
Great integration with newman
5
Awesome customer support
4
The test script is useful
3
Saves responses
3
Makes testing API's as easy as 1,2,3
3
Easy as pie
3
Simple
3
This has simplified my testing significantly
2
I'd recommend it to everyone who works with apis
2
Documentation
2
API-network
1
Continuous integration using newman
1
Postman Runner CI Integration
1
Pre-request Script and Test attributes are invaluable
1
Now supports GraphQL
1
Easy to setup, test and provides test storage
0
Runner
0
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0
Mocking API calls with predefined response

Cons of Charles

Cons of Postman

No cons available

5
Stores credentials in HTTP
5
Poor GraphQL support
4
Bloated features and UI
4
Cumbersome to switch authentication tokens

What is Charles?

Charles is a web proxy (HTTP Proxy / HTTP Monitor) that runs on your own computer. Your web browser (or any other Internet application) is then configured to access the Internet through Charles, and Charles is then able to record and display for you all of the data that is sent and received.