WinRAR is a powerful compression tool with many integrated additional functions to help you organize your compressed archives.
WinRAR puts you ahead of the crowd when it comes to compression. By consistently creating smaller archives, WinRAR is often faster than the competition. This will save you disc space, transmission costs AND valuable working time as well.
WinRAR supports all popular compression formats (RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, ACE, TAR, GZip, UUE, ISO, BZIP2, Z and 7-Zip).
WinRAR is ideal for multimedia files. WinRAR automatically recognizes and selects the best compression method. The special compression algorithm compresses multimedia files, executables and object libraries particularly well.
WinRAR allows you to split archives into separate volumes easily, making it possible to save them on several disks for example.
WinRAR is also ideal, if you are sending data through the web. Its 128 bit password encryption and its authenticated signature technology will give you the peace of mind you have been looking for.
WinRAR is shareware, meaning you have the chance to thoroughly test it. The program can be used absolutely free of charge for 40 days!
WinRAR licenses are valid for all available language and platform versions. If you have purchased several licenses, you can even mix versions to meet your own personal needs.
Features Comparison
Looking for reasons why you should use WinRAR instead of the other compression software on the market?
WinRAR 3.80 vs. WinZIP 12 comparison
WinRAR 3.80
WinZIP 12
SFX Module
Advanced SFX Module
Basic Zip SFX Function
SFX Module ZIP archive format
SFX Module RAR for MSDOS
SFX Module RAR for Win32 Command line
SFX Module RAR for Win32 Graphical user interface
Price
Single user license price
USD 29.00
USD 29.95*
Email support
Free for licensed users
Multiuser Support costs 18% of purchase price per year extra
* NO advanced SFX options available
** Upgrades for SFX module cost another USD 9.95 per year extra
Multilanguage Support
Language versions
~45
7
Unicode Support
Multi OS Support
RAR is available for Windows, DOS, OS/2, Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX and Pocket PC
Only on Windows
Compression Features
Standard ZIP compression
Standard RAR compression
Solid compression
Compression Options
Add and replace files
Add and update files
Freshen existing files only
Synchronize archive contents
Use High precision modification time
Extract archives with "keep broken files"
Put each file to separate archive
Set compression dictionary size
Convert archive to sfx
Test archives
Show archive info
Add archive comment
Create multi split archives (volumes)
Pause after each volume
Set size of every volume
Average Compression Rates (in % of original size) ZIP 2.0 Standard
Text
15 - 30%
20 - 45%
Word files
22%
29%
English text
14,8%
26,8%
Bitmap file
19%
29,5%
3D CAD files
26%
38%
User Interface
Wizard
Drag & Drop support
File management mode
Archive management mode
Search Archive Content
Creating compression profiles
Favorite Folders
Specify toolbar buttons
Security Options
Protecting archives from damage
Reconstruction of missing split archives
Protect archives against accidental modification
Add authenticity information
Integration with virus scanners
Blocking of suspect file types
advanced options
only warning for .exe files (SR-1)
Does not allow to run *.pif" files
asks
Does not run files having 5 or more continuous spaces
asks
Password protection
Encrypt file names
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
Support of NTFS file security
Supported Archive Types
Extract
RAR, ZIP CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZIP, ACE, UUE, BZIP2, JAR, ISO, Z, 7-ZIP and other MIME-types
