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On the recordRead 7 Oct 202616 facts
PECompact
Talbott, Tennessee, USA
Plans and prices
One Product
$429one-time
One publicly distributed application; any number of its distinct modules
Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
Three Products
$689one-time
Up to three publicly distributed applications
Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
Unlimited Products
$1,498one-time
Unlimited applications by the same developer
Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
On the record
- Compatibility
- The product page describes compatibility with native 32-bit PE modules and Windows versions from Windows 95 through Windows 10.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Compression
- The maker says PECompact preprocesses PE code and data to improve compression compared with general archivers.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- DEP and signing
- The product page says PECompact supports DEP and code signing after compression.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Included utilities
- PECompact comes with PESuite utilities, including tools to change a PE subsystem and trim or realign a PE.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Bitsum says it discourages use by non-developers and requires prospective trial users to verify they are legitimate software authors.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Limits
- PECompact does not support PE+ (PE64) modules, device drivers, or some .NET assemblies.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Maker and founding
- Bitsum LLC (doing business as Bitsum Technologies) says it was founded in 2002 by Jeremy Collake.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Overlay emulation
- Overlay emulation can allow compression of installer and self-extracting archive executables that otherwise could not be compressed.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- Its plugin framework supports CODEC, API Hook, and Loader plugins, and users can create their own plugins.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PECompact compresses Windows native executable files (PEs).bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Security compatibility
- Bitsum says it works with antivirus and antimalware companies so security products can scan PECompact-compressed executables.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Bitsum lists [email protected] as its direct support email.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Trial conditions
- Trial downloads require applicants to provide company or DBA name, website address, and an email from their domain; trial-compressed software must not be distributed.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Trial limitations
- The trial omits many plugins and some utilities; Bitsum says applicants can contact them to request access to omitted items.bitsum.com · read 7 Oct 2026