NetworkSpy vs Reqable
NetworkSpy
networkspy.appReqable
reqable.comSide by side
| Figure | NetworkSpy | Reqable |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.50/mo | $4.16/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 8 |
| Spec score · Web Debugging Proxies | 9.1 (#3) | 8.8 (#4) |
| Documentation depth | The repository includes separate files for custom viewers, features, MCP, security, contributing and installation, indicating implementation-level documentation and extension guidance. | Official documentation includes installation, certificate setup, API debugging, API testing, collaboration, environments, MCP, themes, shortcuts and troubleshooting sections. |
| MCP integration | A native Model Context Protocol bridge lets AI agents query local NetworkSpy traffic logs. | Reqable includes an MCP server allowing AI tools such as Claude and GitHub Copilot to inspect traffic, create rules and run API tasks. |
| Support | The Professional plan includes priority email support, while Business includes priority 24/7 support. | Community support is listed for Community, email support for Premium, and email plus Discord support for Enterprise. |
| What it does | NetworkSpy is a desktop HTTP/HTTPS proxy debugger that captures, decrypts, analyzes, compares, edits and replays application traffic. | Reqable combines MITM network-traffic debugging with a REST/API testing client in one application. |
Plans
NetworkSpy
- FreeFree
- Personal$18 a year
- Professional$29 a year
- Team Starter$49 a month
- Lifetime$99, paid once
- Business$149 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Reqable
- CommunityPriced on request
- Premium LifetimePriced on request
- CommunityFree
- CommunityFree
- Premium$49.90 a year
- Premium$49.90 a year
- Premium$149, paid once
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
NetworkSpy
NetworkSpy is an application-level HTTP/HTTPS debugging tool for capturing and analyzing network traffic. It can intercept HTTPS, inspect request metadata, compare requests side by side, and let users edit and replay captured traffic. Breakpoints can pause or change live requests, and response mocking is supported. It also handles WebSocket message streaming and gRPC with Protobuf decoding. Its LLM analyzer visualizes streaming tokens, tracks token usage, and reports latency for each chunk; custom viewers can display proprietary binary formats or other structured data. NetworkSpy runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows, and physical iOS and Android devices can be configured to route traffic through it for inspection. The privacy policy says inspected traffic stays on the user's machine and is not collected or monitored. The free plan has limits on LLM token analysis and other features. Personal costs $18 a year, Professional $29 a year, Team Starter $49 a month, and Business $149 a month. An individual license is limited to one device.
Reqable
Reqable is a cross-platform HTTP development and debugging tool for API debugging, testing, and traffic analysis. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its debugging proxy supports HTTP/1.x and HTTP/2, WebSocket, HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, SOCKS4a, and SOCKS5 proxies, plus TLS versions 1.1 through 1.3. API testing also supports HTTP/3 (QUIC) and Server-Sent Events. Developers can rewrite requests, set breakpoints, modify responses, and process request or response data with Python scripts. Collections can be imported from Postman, Swagger, Insomnia, Hoppscotch, ApiFox, ApiPost, RapidAPI (Paw), cURL, and HAR. Collections remain local when signed out; signing in enables cloud storage and device syncing. The mobile app can forward traffic to the desktop app through a VPN service, but omits rewrite, breakpoint, and script features. API debugging requires a CA certificate. The Community edition permits commercial use and costs nothing, with one device and 100MB of storage. Premium costs $49.90 a year for up to six devices and 1GB of storage.