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About WinZip
WinZip is a long-established paid archiver for creating and opening ZIP files and other compressed formats. It also encrypts files, makes backups, and shares files, with email and cloud security features.
There are separate Windows and Mac editions. The product line also includes WinZip Suite and WinZip Enterprise, an edition for organisations that need to enforce file-handling rules. A 21-day free trial is available before you have to buy.
Strengths
- Combines compression with encryption and backup
- Editions for Windows and Mac
- Enterprise edition for managed deployments
Limitations
- Must be bought after the 21-day trial
- Free archivers cover basic zipping and unzipping
- The site pushes add-on products and suites
Details
- Pricing
- PaidPaid software with a 21-day free trial.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Users or businesses that want a supported commercial archiver with built-in encryption
- Categories
- Compression, Encryption tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to WinZip
Compare allSoftware that can replace WinZip for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
7-Zip
The small, free archiver that opens practically every archive format and compresses better than ZIP.
7-Zip is free and open source with strong 7z compression and many formats, but has an older Windows interface and only console builds on macOS.
WinRAR
The archiver that created the RAR format, sold as shareware whose trial has never really expired.
WinRAR is also paid and closed source, adds RAR creation with recovery records, but its graphical version is Windows only.
PowerArchiver
A commercial archive manager for Windows and macOS that opens over 60 formats and encrypts archives.
PowerArchiver is a paid archiver for Windows and macOS that opens over 60 formats, with FIPS 140-2 encryption in Enterprise and a command-line edition.
PeaZip
A cross-platform archive manager that reads over two hundred formats and has a real file manager built in.
PeaZip is free and open source, reads over 200 formats on Windows, macOS and Linux, and offers multiple encryption standards without a trial period.
Bandizip
Fast archiver for Windows and macOS with strong Unicode handling.
Bandizip is a freemium archiver for Windows and macOS with strong Unicode handling, free with ads rather than bought after a trial.
NanaZip
A 7-Zip fork that adds the Windows 11 right-click menu and ships through the Microsoft Store.
NanaZip is a free MIT-licensed 7-Zip fork for Windows 10 and 11 that installs from the Store and updates itself, with no Mac version.
Keka
macOS file archiver for 7z, ZIP, TAR and more, with password protection.
Keka is a free open-source macOS archiver for encrypted and split archives, paid only through the Mac App Store, with no Windows version.
BetterZip
A macOS archive utility for opening, editing and creating ZIP, RAR, 7z, TAR and DMG files.
BetterZip is a paid macOS-only archive utility that edits archives in place and integrates with Quick Look, Spotlight and Shortcuts.
WinZip as an alternative
Listings that name WinZip as an alternative.
Archiver
A macOS app for extracting, creating, previewing and encrypting RAR, Zip, 7z and other archives.
WinZip is a paid commercial archiver with Windows and Mac editions that combines compression, encryption and backup, and needs purchase after a 21-day trial.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
The Unarchiver
macOS extractor that opens archive formats Finder cannot.
ezyZip
A browser-based tool for creating ZIP files and extracting ZIP, RAR, 7z and other archives.
Archive Extractor
A browser-based tool from 123apps that extracts files from more than 70 archive formats.
Commander One
A dual-pane file manager for macOS with FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, cloud storage and archive support.
