Aerate AlternativesImage Optimizers and other similar apps like Aerate

Aerate is described as 'Effortlessly compress your images without loss of quality. Aerate offers an industry leading default mode, as well as new fast and extreme presets. Switch between modes quickly using the new compression slider' and is a Image Optimizer in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Aerate for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Wordpress apps. The best Aerate alternative is ImageMagick, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Aerate are Caesium Image Compressor, ImageOptim, FileOptimizer and RasterFox.

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  1. ImageMagick icon

    ImageMagick

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    ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (about 100) including GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, TIFF, and DPX.

    80 ImageMagick alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Xfce
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    • ImageMagick is the most popular Windows, Mac, iPhone & Linux alternative to Aerate.

    • ImageMagick is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Aerate.

    • ImageMagick is Free and Open SourceAerate is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Caesium Image Compressor icon

    Caesium Image Compressor

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    Caesium Image Compressor lets you compress your pictures up to 90% without visible quality loss. Providing a simple yet effective interface with a real-time preview and multiple image processing at the same time, everyone will be able to reach the best result.

    126 Caesium Image Compressor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • Caesium Image Compressor is the most popular Web-based alternative to Aerate.

    • Caesium Image Compressor is Free and Open SourceAerate is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Caesium Image Compressor is LightweightAerate is not according to our users
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    ImageOptim

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    ImageOptim is excellent for publishing images on the web (easily shrinks images “Saved for Web” in Photoshop). It's useful for making Mac and iPhone/iPad applications smaller (if you configure Xcode to allow better optimization).

    105 ImageOptim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • ImageOptim is the most popular SaaS alternative to Aerate.

    • ImageOptim is Free Personal and Open SourceAerate is Freemium and Proprietary
    • ImageOptim is LightweightAerate is not according to our users
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    ShortPixel Image Optimizer

    ShortPixel is arguably the top WordPress image optimization plugin: simple to set up, it can automatically optimize both your old and new images, as well as PDF files.

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    FileOptimizer

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    FileOptimizer is a lossless file size optimizer supporting AIR, APK, APNG APPX, BMP, CBZ, DOCX, DLL, EPUB, EXE, GIF, GZ, ICO, JAR, JPEG, MNG, MP3, MPP, PNG, PPTX, ODT, OGG, OGV, PDF, PUB, SCR, SWF, TIF, VSD, WEBP, XAP, XLSX, and ZIP file formats among others.

    60 FileOptimizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
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  7. RasterFox icon

    RasterFox

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    Compress images with pixel-perfect precision using advanced algorithms that preserve quality while dramatically reducing file sizes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. RIOT - Radical Image Optimization Tool icon

    RIOT - Radical Image Optimization Tool

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    Saving images for web/email/other media with the best compression ratio and quality is a difficult task if you don’t have the right tools. Choosing the right format then choosing the right parameters are the key factors of smaller files.

    99 RIOT - Radical Image Optimization Tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • GIMP
    • XnView
    • IrfanView
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  11. TinyPNG icon

    TinyPNG

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    Using advanced lossy compression, TinyPNG reduces PNG file sizes by 50-80%, preserving full transparency and minimizing quality loss. Ideal for web designers, it increases website speed, saves bandwidth, and offers tools like a Photoshop plugin and API for seamless integration.

    108 TinyPNG alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Wordpress
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  12. PNGGauntlet icon

    PNGGauntlet

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    -Combines PNGOUT, OptiPNG, and DeflOpt to create the smallest PNGs -No image quality is lost — only file size -Converts JPG, GIF, TIFF, and BMP files to PNG -Ultra-configurable

    PNGGauntlet is a .NET program that uses Ken Silvermans PNGOUT, OptiPNG and DeflOpt to optimize PNG fil.

    62 PNGGauntlet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. OptiPNG icon

    OptiPNG

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    OptiPNG is a command-line PNG optimizer that recompresses image files to a smaller size, without losing any information. This program also converts external formats (BMP, GIF, PNM and TIFF) to optimized PNG, and performs PNG integrity checks and corrections.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    GraphicsMagick

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    GraphicsMagick is the swiss army knife of image processing. Comprised of 282K physical lines (according to David A. Wheelers SLOCCount) of source code in the base package (or 952K including 3rd party libraries) it provides a robust and efficient collection of tools and libraries...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  15. Oxipng icon

    Oxipng

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    Oxipng is a multithreaded lossless PNG compression optimizer in Rust. It can be used via a command-line interface or as a library in other Rust programs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Squoosh
     
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