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PeaZip vs PowerArchiver: catalog facts
PeaZip	PowerArchiver
Free Free and open source under LGPLv3; a portable package that needs no installation is…	Paid Paid editions with a free download to try; Enterprise costs $59.95 per seat.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Command line
Works with 200+ archive types and variants and handles spanned archives Native application on Windows, Linux, macOS and BSD, with a portable package	Opens more than 60 archive formats AES-256 encryption, with FIPS 140-2 in Enterprise
The interface is busy compared with the plain 7-Zip window Creating RAR archives is not possible; RAR is read-only, as it is in other free tools	Paid, with a confusing range of editions Many extras are only in higher tiers
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: LGPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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