When comparing WinRAR vs TeraCopy, the Slant community recommends TeraCopy for most people. In the question“What are the best archiving tools for a data hoarder?” TeraCopy is ranked 5th while WinRAR is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose TeraCopy is:
It deletes files much much faster than built in Windows file manager.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Recovery record
Extra padding on RAR files for more resiliency when data is transmitted, or at rest.
Pro Create and repair (proprietary) RAR format
Pro Can be used after trial period
Pro Faster file deletion
It deletes files much much faster than built in Windows file manager.
Pro Can check files for copy errors
TeraCopy can automatically check/verify the copied files for errors, by calculating their CRC or other checksum/hash value.
Pro Seamless shell integration
Pro Skips badly copied files
TeraCopy skips badly copied files during the copying process, and then displays them at the end of the transfer "Verify" with checksum/hash, so you can see which files to re-copy. See also, OpenHashTab for Windows and DeadHash for Windows, Linux, Android.
Cons
Con Expensive
Con Ugly, old icon
It still looks like you are using Windows 3.1.
Con Annoying reminder popup to buy license on each program launch
Con Sometimes clashes with 7 zip
From my experience, TeraCopy does not do well in conjunction with 7zips.
It seems to error on some systems when you do a drag-and-drop extract.