Canonic vs Charles

Overview

Charles

Stacks140

Followers167

Votes0

Canonic

Stacks3

Followers14

Votes0

Canonic vs Charles: What are the differences?

Canonic: A low code platform to craft APIs in minutes. It allows anyone to visually craft APIs in minutes. It is a low-code platform that lets you build, consume, manage, and scale your APIs along with the CMS and complete Documentation tailored for your needs. All without writing a single line of code!; Charles: HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy. 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.

Canonic can be classified as a tool in the "Low Code Platforms" category, while Charles is grouped under "API Tools".

Some of the features offered by Canonic are:

A powerful editor to model your content
A CMS that makes publishing a breeze
Extensible APIs

On the other hand, Charles provides the following key features:

SSL Proxying – view SSL requests and responses in plain text
Bandwidth Throttling to simulate slower Internet connections including latency
AJAX debugging – view XML and JSON requests and responses as a tree or as text

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Detailed Comparison

Charles	Canonic
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.	It allows anyone to visually craft APIs in minutes. It is a low-code platform that lets you build, consume, manage, and scale your APIs along with the CMS and complete Documentation tailored for your needs. All without writing a single line of code!
SSL Proxying – view SSL requests and responses in plain text;Bandwidth Throttling to simulate slower Internet connections including latency;AJAX debugging – view XML and JSON requests and responses as a tree or as text;AMF – view the contents of Flash Remoting / Flex Remoting messages as a tree;Repeat requests to test back-end changes;Edit requests to test different inputs;Breakpoints to intercept and edit requests or responses;Validate recorded HTML, CSS and RSS/atom responses using the W3C validator	A powerful editor to model your content; A CMS that makes publishing a breeze; Extensible APIs; Crafted docs
Statistics
Stacks 140	Stacks 3
Followers 167	Followers 14
Votes 0	Votes 0
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