Bandizip comparisons
Bandizip is compared head-to-head with 7-Zip, PeaZip and PowerArchiver and more: 7 head-to-heads in File Compression Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Bandizip head-to-head
- Bandizip vs 7-Zip
- Bandizip vs PeaZip
- Bandizip vs PowerArchiver
- Bandizip vs Keka
- Bandizip vs Ark
- Bandizip vs File Roller
- Bandizip vs The Unarchiver
Bandizip vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Archive formats | Archive encryption | Split archives | Command-line tools | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bandizip | Yes | $20 one-time | Creates ZIP, 7Z, ZIPX, EXE (SFX), TAR, TGZ, LZH, ISO, GZ, XZ; extracts 7Z, ACE, AES, ALZ, ARJ, BH, BIN, BR, BZ, BZ2, CAB, MSI, DAA, DEB, EGG, GZ, IMG, ISO, ISZ, LHA, LZ, LZH, LZMA, PMA, RAR, RAR5, SFX, TAR, TBZ/TB2, TGZ, TLZ, TXZ, UDF, WIM, XPI, XZ, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, ZPAQ, PEA, UU, UUE, XXE, ASAR, ZSTD, NSIS, LZ4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 1 | 7-Zip | Yes | Free | Create/extract: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, WIM; extract: APFS, AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, XAR, Z | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | PeaZip | Yes | Free | Creates 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/LPAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ/BCM, RAR conditionally, TAR, UPX, WIM, and ZIP/ZIPX; extracts 200+ types | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.2 |
| 3 | PowerArchiver | Yes | $22.95 one-time | 60+; creates ZIP, ZIPX, 7Z, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, CAB, BH, JAR; extracts RAR, ACE, ARJ, ISO, MSI, DMG, RPM, CPIO, LHA, ZOO, and more | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 5 | Keka | Yes | Create: 7Z, ZIP, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZIP, DMG, ISO, BROTLI, ZSTD, LRZIP, AAR, WIM; extract: 7Z, ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZIP, DMG, ISO, BROTLI, ZSTD, LRZIP, LZMA, EXE, CAB, WIM, MSI, PAX, JAR, WAR, IPA, XIP, APK, APPX, XPI, WPRESS, IS3, CPGZ, CPIO, CPT, SPK | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.7 | |
| 6 | Ark | Yes | Free | tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar, 7z, xz, rpm, cab, deb, xar, AppImage | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.5 |
| 7 | File Roller | Yes | Free | 7z, ace, alz, ar, arj, cab, cpio, deb, dmg, iso, jar, ear, war, lha, rar, cbr, rpm, tar, tar.gz, tar.br, tar.bz, tar.bz2, tar.bz3, tar.Z, tar.lrz, tar.lz, tar.lzo, tar.7z, tar.xz, tar.zst, snap, squashfs, sit, zip, cbz, zoo, gz, br, bz, bz2, bz3, Z, lrz, lz, lzo, rz, xz, zst | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.4 |
| 8 | The Unarchiver | Yes | Free | ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, 7z, TAR, Gzip, Bzip2, LZMA, XZ, CAB, MSI, NSIS, EXE, ISO, BIN, MDF, NRG, CDI, StuffIt, StuffIt X, DiskDoubler, Compact Pro, PackIt, Cpio, Compress, ARJ, ARC, PAK, ACE, Zoo, LZH, ADF, DMS, LZX, PowerPacker, LBR, Squeeze, Crunch, XAR, RPM, DEB, AR, ALZip, WARC, NSA, SAR, NDS, SWF, PDF | Yes | Yes | 8.3 |
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