Charles vs Glitch for Platforms: What are the differences?

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; Glitch for Platforms: Tools to measure and improve developer adoption of your API. Glitch for Platforms is the tools you need to measure and improve developer adoption of your API.

Charles and Glitch for Platforms can be categorized as "API" tools.

Some of the features offered by Charles are:

• 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

On the other hand, Glitch for Platforms provides the following key features:

• Real-time Pair Programming
• Unlimited Project Hosting & Remixing
• Store Environment Variables & API Keys