WinRAR is a lightweight, flexible, and easy-to-use archiving utility that can unpack most archive formats, as well as compress to both RAR and ZIP. Free to try for 40 days ($29 for single license), WinRAR is definitely top dog in the compression category.
WinRAR features
WinRAR features.
- WinRAR is a powerful compression tool with many integrated additional functions to help you organize your compressed archives.
- WinRAR puts you ahead of the crowd when it comes to compression. By consistently creating smaller archives, WinRAR is often faster than the competition. This will save you disc space, transmission costs AND valuable working time as well.
- WinRAR supports all popular compression formats (RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, ACE, TAR, GZip, UUE, ISO, BZIP2, Z and 7-Zip).
- WinRAR supports files and archives up to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 bytes in size, about 9000PB. The number of archived files is, for all practical purposes, unlimited.
- WinRAR is ideal for multimedia files. WinRAR automatically recognizes and selects the best compression method. The special compression algorithm compresses multimedia files, executables and object libraries particularly well.
- WinRAR allows you to split archives into separate volumes easily, making it possible to save them on several disks for example.
- WinRAR is also ideal, if you are sending data through the web. Its 128 bit password encryption and its authenticated signature technology will give you the peace of mind you have been looking for.
- WinRAR is shareware, meaning you have the chance to thoroughly test it. The program can be used absolutely free of charge for 40 days!
- WinRAR licenses are valid for all available language and platform versions. If you have purchased several licenses, you can even mix versions to meet your own personal needs.
- WinRAR gives you all future UPDATES for FREE! Not like the competition that will make you pay again every one or two years.
WinRAR 3.93 vs. WinZip 14.5 standard comparison
| WinRAR 3.93 | | WinZip 14.5 | |
| SFX Module | Advanced SFX Module | | Basic Zip SFX Function |
| SFX Module ZIP archive format |  | | |
| SFX Module RAR for MSDOS | | |  |
| SFX Module RAR for Win32 Command line | | | |
| SFX Module RAR for Win32 Graphical user interface | | | |
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| Price |
| Single user license price | USD 29.00 | | USD 29.95* |
| Email support | Free for licensed users | | Multiuser Support costs 18% of purchase price per year extra |
| * NO advanced SFX options available |
| ** Upgrades for SFX module cost another USD 9.95 per year extra |
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| Multilanguage Support |
| Language versions | ~45 | | 7 |
| Unicode Support | | | |
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| Multi OS Support |
| RAR is available for Windows, DOS, OS/2, Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX and Pocket PC | | Only on Windows |
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| Compression Features |
| Standard ZIP compression | | | |
| Standard RAR compression | | | |
| Solid compression | | | |
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| Compression Options |
| Add and replace files | | | |
| Add and update files | | | |
| Freshen existing files only | | | |
| Synchronize archive contents | | | |
| Use High precision modification time | | | |
Extract archives with “keep broken files”
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| Put each file to separate archive | | | |
| Set compression dictionary size | | | |
| Convert archive to sfx | | | |
| Test archives | | | |
| Show archive info | | | |
| Add archive comment | | | |
| Create multi split archives (volumes) | | | |
| Pause after each volume | | | |
| Set size of every volume | | | |
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| Average Compression Rates (in % of original size) ZIP 2.0 Standard |
| Text | 15 – 30% | | 20 – 45% |
| Word files | 22% | | 29% |
| English text | 14,8% | | 26,8% |
| Bitmap file | 19% | | 29,5% |
| 3D CAD files | 26% | | 38% |
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| User Interface |
| Wizard | | | |
| Drag & Drop support | | | |
| File management mode | | | |
| Archive management mode | | | |
| Search Archive Content | | | |
| Creating compression profiles | | | |
| Favorite Folders | | | |
| Specify toolbar buttons | | | |
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| Security Options |
| Protecting archives from damage | | | |
| Reconstruction of missing split archives | | | |
| Protect archives against accidental modification | | | |
| Add authenticity information | | | |
| Integration with virus scanners | | | |
| Blocking of suspect file types | advanced options | | only warning for .exe files (SR-1) |
| Does not allow to run *.pif” files | | | asks |
| Does not run files having 5 or more continuous spaces | | | asks |
| Password protection | | | |
| Encrypt file names | | | |
| AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) | | | |
| Support of NTFS file security | | | |
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| Supported Archive Types |
| Extract | RAR, ZIP CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZIP, ACE, UUE, BZIP2, JAR, ISO, Z, 7-ZIP
and other MIME-types | | RAR, ZIP, CAB, TAR, GZIP, UUE, JAR, Z, BZIP2, 7-ZIP, ISO, IMG, ZIPX |
| Compress | RAR, ZIP | | ZIP |
| Additional file name extensions for archive formats supported | | | |
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| RAR | Create | | | |
| Extract | | | |
| Repair | | | |
| Convert to | zip | | no conversion |
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| ZIP | Create | | | |
| Extract | | | |
| Repair | | | |
| Convert to | rar | | no conversion |
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| CAB | Extract | | | |
| Convert to | rar, zip | | no conversion |
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| ARJ | Extract | | | Only with external ARJ |
| Convert to | rar, zip | | no conversion |
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| LZH | Extract | | | Only with external LHA |
| Convert to | rar, zip | | no conversion |
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| TAR | Extract | | | |
| Convert to | rar, zip | | no conversion |
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| GZIP | Extract | | | |
| Convert to | rar, zip | | no conversion |
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| ACE | Extract | | | |
| Convert to | rar, zip | | no conversion |
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| UUE | Extract | | | |
| Convert to | rar, zip | | no conversion |
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| BZIP2 | Extract | | | |
| Add own license text | | | |
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| ISO | Extract | | | |
| Convert to | rar, zip | | no conversion |
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| ISO 13346 (UDF) | Extract | | |
convert to rar,zip |
| Convert to | rar, zip | | no conversion |
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| Z | Extract | | | |
| Convert to | rar, zip | | no conversion |
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| 7-ZIP | Extract | | | |
| Convert to | rar, zip | | no conversion |
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| SFX Options |
| Support of basic options | | | |
| Add shortcuts to windows | | | |
| Add install dialog to SFX | | | |
| Customize SFX logo | | | |
| Command line SFX creation | | | |
| Add own license text | | | |
| Run setup programm after extraction | | | |
| Delete files before installing | | | |
| Support of silent mode | | | |
| Customize SFX icon | | | |
| HTML support for text | | | |
| Special script commands | | | |
| GUI will request administrator permission if needed | | | |
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| Backup Options |
| advanced backup options available | | basic backup options |
| Add only files with attribute “Archive” set | | | |
| Clear attribute “Archive” after compressing | | | |
| Keep previous file versions | | | |
| Generate archive name by mask | | | |
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| Miscellaneous |
| Specially compiled 64-bit Version | | | |
| Background archiving | | | |
| Turn PC off when done | | | |
| Compression estimation | | | |
| Compression ratio estimation | | | |
| Compress and email directly from Windows Explorer | | | |
| Generate archive report | | | |
| Print archive report | | | |
| Benchmark test | | | |
| Hardware test | | | |
| “Wait if other copies are active” option | | | |
| Multi-threading | | | |
| Select profiles from context menu | | | |
| Wipe files option (Before deleting file data are overwritten by zero bytes to prevent recovery of deleted files) | | | |
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