PeaZip Review

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Overview

PeaZip was released first time in 2006 and is a free open source program to create and extract archives and compressed files. It has a good speed of extraction, but at compression it works pretty slow. Is very good regarding the number of extraction formats and is average at compression formats.

Compression Speed
2.18/10

Our tests showed that this program is one of the slowest regarding the speed of creating a ZIP archive. This is the major drawback of this program.

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8.39

8.10

7.13

4.87

4.85

4.39

4.23

3.17

2.94

2.41

* PeaZip in not included in the above chart because is weaker than these competitors

Extraction Speed
6.52/10

It extracts files pretty fast, above the average of top competitors.

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PeaZip

8.63

8.39

8.36

6.75

6.65

6.52

6.26

6.15

3.51

Compression Formats
5.23/10

It covers all major types of archives, such as .zip, .7z and .gz.

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PeaZip

7.78

6.41

6.27

6.01

5.23

5.16

5.10

4.90

4.77

3.99

Extraction Formats
9.09/10

Is very capable when we talk about extraction formats and is better than competition.

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PeaZip

9.09

8.36

7.58

7.56

7.50

7.44

7.42

7.39

7.36

7.35

Features
7.78/10

PeaZip comes with a variety of options and features. It has a standalone interface where is easy to navigate and open archives, add new files or folders for compression, sort files and enable/disable toolbars. Is able to test archives to find errors.

It includes a password manager and a password generator (also supports keyfile passwords). If you use a regular password for an archive, this can be decrypted with a specialized software, but using a keyfile ensures a higher level of restriction because users need to have that keyfile to open the archive.

Is able to convert an existing archive to another format, accepts multi-volume split (split an archive in multiple parts based on a maximum file size), also allows you to change default theme and opacity.

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PeaZip

8.89

7.78

6.67

5.56

Pro

protection with key file (in addition to password)
multiple themes included, change colors and opacity
supports a wide range of archives (creation and extraction)

Cons

slow speed of compression

Conclusion
6.85/10

This free utility includes advanced features, it supports a large number of formats and password protection with key file. Is an useful software and the only drawback is the low speed when you generate an archive.