What are the best archivers?

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Best archivers?	Price	Platforms	Last Updated
92 7-Zip	Free	Windows, Unix-like (only CLI)	Jun 22, 2019
-- Peazip	-	Windows, Unix-like	Mar 26, 2019
-- Winrar	-	Windows	Jul 7, 2019
-- Bandizip	-	WIndows, macOS	Jul 12, 2019
-- ExtractNow	0	-	Apr 30, 2019

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Bandizip

Platforms:WIndows, macOS

BetterZip

Top Pro

Cleans up Archives for better cross OS interoperability

Remove Mac specific files from archives for archives that look and behave well on Windows. See More

Top Con

Limited create / edit archive formats

BetterZip can create archives with these formats: ZIP, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TXZ (new), 7-ZIP, and — using the external commandline utility — RAR. See More

Top Pro

Direct Mode

Allows editing an archive without decompressing Direct Mode lets you add files to archives without additional steps like saving. This is especially useful for large archives. You can also directly delete files from archives, rename files inside an archive, and move them around – all without recompressing. See More

Top Con

Not free

Top Pro

Presets and automated workflows

Powerful features allow automation of common tasks. For example archives with applications in them can be extracted to the desired Application folder, then the archive itself will be placed in the trash, and BetterZip will exit all with the click of a button. Applescript can also be used to do more complicated tasks. See More

Top Con

Only available for macOS

Top Pro

Quick Look functionality

Quick Look is great, it lets you look inside the archive fast to see how it is organized or if there are any suspicious files you would rather not have extracted. See More

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ArcThemALL!

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Free and open source

TUGZip

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Winzip

Top Con

Not free

There is no free version of WinZip. See More

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Platforms:Windows

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