PeaZip comparisons
PeaZip is compared head-to-head with 7-Zip, PowerArchiver and Bandizip and more: 7 head-to-heads in File Compression Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
PeaZip head-to-head
- PeaZip vs 7-Zip
- PeaZip vs PowerArchiver
- PeaZip vs Bandizip
- PeaZip vs Keka
- PeaZip vs Ark
- PeaZip vs File Roller
- PeaZip vs The Unarchiver
PeaZip vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Archive formats | Archive encryption | Split archives | Command-line tools | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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