Requestly vs Busymate DevTools:
Requestly started as a browser extension for rewriting requests and grew into a team API client. Busymate DevTools starts from the device. They overlap less than the category name suggests.
Requestly is a browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari plus a desktop app, with rules that modify headers, mock responses, redirect URLs, block requests, inject scripts and add delay — and, today, a Git-native API client with team workspaces, roles, SSO and audit logs. Its pages do not describe capturing traffic from native mobile apps. Busymate DevTools is the other way round: native iPhone and Android capture, a proxy and Chrome capture into one feed, and the agent, farm and audit layers on top.
Built for the phone,
Compare the complete workflow: where capture runs, how you share access, and how you automate debugging.
Capture from iPhone, Android, Chrome, the proxy, and your phone farm in one place. Teammates see requests from devices they own or have been granted access to.
454 MCP tools let your agent inspect captured traffic and act within your role. Destructive actions require confirmation.
A rack of real Android and iOS devices you mirror, tap and script from the browser — or from a sentence typed to the agent.
Permissions are enforced in the database, actions are recorded in an audit trail, and the dashboard and API cannot reveal stored vault secrets.
The same questions,
Our column lists only what has shipped. Their column rests on what we read on their own public pages — anything we could not confirm is marked, not guessed.
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Facts about Requestly were read on its public product, pricing and documentation pages on 2026-09-01. If something has changed, tell us and we will correct the page. Report a correction
When Requestly is the right pick
Plenty of teams should keep using Requestly. These are the cases where we would tell you to.
Your work is in the browser
Header edits, redirects, script injection and mocks straight from an extension — no proxy, no certificate. For front-end teams that is the shortest path.
You want an API client with Git in it
Collections stored as JSON in your repo, environments, a runner and a CLI for CI — Requestly is an API client first.
You need SOC 2 and SSO today
Requestly lists SOC 2 Type II, SSO and audit logs on its paid tiers. If procurement asks for those names, it has the answers ready.
Questions people ask
Does Requestly capture native iOS or Android apps?
The pages we read describe browser extensions and a desktop app, not a mobile app or on-device capture, so the matrix marks those rows as not verified. Busymate DevTools captures on the phone through its iOS and Android apps.
Which has the stronger team features?
Requestly's team layer is mature for an API client: shared workspaces, role-based access, SSO, SOC 2 and audit logs on paid tiers. Busymate DevTools' team layer is about a shared traffic feed — roles enforced in the database and an audit trail across every surface.
How do the rules engines compare?
Requestly's rules are broader in the browser — header edits, redirects, script injection, delay. Busymate DevTools has mocks, block rules, breakpoints, resend and scoped scripts that apply server-side to phones, the proxy and Chrome alike.
What about AI?
Requestly advertises an AI test-case generator inside its API client. Busymate DevTools exposes the whole dashboard to any MCP client, so an agent reads live traffic and acts on devices with every write waiting for confirmation.
See your own traffic
Follow the setup guide for your capture source, then open a request in the dashboard. HTTPS decryption requires certificate trust and a supported client.