7-Zip Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to 7-Zip for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is PeaZip, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to 7-Zip and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to 7-Zip are WinRAR, Bandizip, NanaZip and WinZip.

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  1. B1 Free Archiver is a free multi-platform universal archiver. Currently it works on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android; moreover B1 Online Archiver allows you to uncompress .b1, zip, rar or .7z archive from your computer directly online.

    88 B1 Free Archiver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  2. PowerArchiver icon
     32 likes

    PowerArchiver is a proprietary file archiver for Microsoft Windows. It supports full read-write access to several different archive formats, including ZIP, 7z and Tar. Additionally, read-only (decompression) support includes RAR, ACE and various disk image formats.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    PowerArchiver vs 7-Zip Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Active development. Paid alternative to 7-zip

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • PowerArchiver is Paid and Proprietary7-Zip is Free and Open Source
  3. A new rewritten Alternative for Free ARC by Bulat Ziganshin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. 360 ZIP icon
     Like

    360 Zip is a free, high-speed compression software that is available for Windows. It is a good choice for anyone who needs to compress or decompress files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. WinArchiver icon
     8 likes

    WinArchiver is a powerful archive utility, which can open, create, and manage archive files. It supports almost all archive formats, including zip, rar, 7z, iso, and other popular formats. WinArchiver can also mount the archive to a virtual drive without extraction.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6.  2 likes

    It features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    LZ4 vs 7-Zip Comments
    Sonomabob
    Negative
    0

    lz4 is a command line compressor for a single compression format: lz4. 7-Zip in contrast features a GUI and supports a buch of different archive formats and compression algorithms.

    ruediix
    Negative
    0

    LZ4 is an amazing program, don't get me wrong. It's best option for compression of a data stream with zero performance loss. However, it is a command line compression stream program (and library) for compressing a single file, not an archive creation program.

    • LZ4 is Free and Open Source7-Zip is also Free and Open Source
  7. 8 Zip icon
     3 likes

    Out with the old, in with the new. The powerful archiver 8 Zip has expanded its set of capabilities with the new Continuum and Windows Hello technologies.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
     
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    8 Zip vs 7-Zip Comments
    AMDphreak
    Positive
    0

    Good UI, modern UI, inexpensive to own, available on windows app store

    • 8 Zip is Freemium and Proprietary7-Zip is Free and Open Source
  8. Hamster ZIP Archiver is a powerful and modern archival program that allows users to easily compress and open files from any archive.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. SecureZIP icon
     3 likes

    SecureZIP® is an enterprise-grade, flexible encryption solution that enables organizations of all kinds to implement persistent data protection while gaining visibility into where files are used, shared, and stored.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. PKZIP icon
     1 like

    PKZIP by PKWARE is the gold standard in data compression. PKZIP provides exceptional performance and ease of use across all enterprise operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. 7z SFX-Creator icon
     42 likes

    A simple and easy to use GUI based on 7zip for creating self-extracting archives and self-extracting installers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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