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Best File Compression Software in 2026

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In short: Accessibility Test Framework for Android is ranked #1 of 34 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of B1 Archiver and Keka. The best-ranked option with a free plan is B1 Archiver.

Choosing file compression software starts with the archives you need to create or open and the devices or workflows you use. Compare supported archive formats, encryption, and repair features, then consider split archives, portable versions, and command-line tools. Supported platforms can help narrow down where each option runs. Keka, B1 Archiver, and ZArchiver appear among the first entries in this ranking, which includes 29 products. Check free-plan availability and published starting prices under “Paid from” alongside the features that matter to you.

34 file compression software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.

34ranked
10free plans on this page
4 Oct 2026last checked

Recognised 40% · Phone app 26% · Documented 20% · Free plan 14% of the score

  1. 1 Accessibility Test Framework for Android Android only RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.8Free Archive formats: Brotli compressed data format (.br)
  2. 2 B1 Archiver Android only RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.8Free Archive formats: Creates B1 and ZIP; extracts more than 40 archive formatsArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  3. 3 Keka iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.3 Archive formats: Create: 7Z, ZIP, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZIP, DMG, ISO, BROTLI, ZSTD, LRZIP, AAR, WIM; extract: 7Z, ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZIP, DMG, ISO, BROTLI, ZSTD, LRZIP, LZMA, EXE, CAB, WIM, MSI, PAX, JAR, WAR, IPA, XIP, APK, APPX, XPI, WPRESS, IS3, CPGZ, CPIO, CPT, SPKArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  4. 4 RAR for Android Android only RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.9Free Archive formats: Create: RAR, ZIP. Extract: RAR, ZIP, ZIPX, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, 7z, ISO, ARJArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  5. 5 ZArchiver Android only RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.8 Archive formats: Create: 7z, ZIP, BZip2, GZip, XZ, LZ4, TAR, Zstandard; extract: 7z, ZIP, RAR, RAR5, BZip2, GZip, XZ, ISO, TAR, ARJ, CAB, LZH, LHA, LZMA, XAR, TGZ, TBZ, Z, DEB, RPM, ZIPX, MTZ, CHM, DMG, CPIO, CRAMFS, IMG, WIM, ECM, LZIP, Zstandard, EGG, ALZArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  6. 6 StuffIt Expander iPhone only RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.7 Archive formats: Mac: StuffIt, ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP, and more; Windows: SITX, ZIP, ZIPX, SIT5, RAR; iOS: StuffIt and ZIP
  7. 7 Bandizip No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.4Free Archive formats: Creates ZIP, 7Z, ZIPX, EXE (SFX), TAR, TGZ, LZH, ISO, GZ, XZ; extracts 7Z, ACE, AES, ALZ, ARJ, BH, BIN, BR, BZ, BZ2, CAB, MSI, DAA, DEB, EGG, GZ, IMG, ISO, ISZ, LHA, LZ, LZH, LZMA, PMA, RAR, RAR5, SFX, TAR, TBZ/TB2, TGZ, TLZ, TXZ, UDF, WIM, XPI, XZ, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, ZPAQ, PEA, UU, UUE, XXE, ASAR, ZSTD, NSIS, LZ4Archive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  8. 8 PowerArchiver No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.4Free Archive formats: 60+; creates ZIP, ZIPX, 7Z, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, CAB, BH, JAR; extracts RAR, ACE, ARJ, ISO, MSI, DMG, RPM, CPIO, LHA, ZOO, and moreArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  9. 9 7-Zip No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3Free Archive formats: Create/extract: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, WIM; extract: APFS, AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, XAR, ZArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  10. 10 IZArc No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3Free Archive formats: ZIP, 7-Zip, CAB, TAR, BZip2, GZip, LHA, YZ1, RARArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  11. 11 NanaZip No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3Free Archive formats: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, WIM, APFS, AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, XAR, Z, Brotli, Lizard, LZ4, LZ5, Zstandard, UFS/UFS2, .NET Single File, Electron ASAR, ROMFS, ZealFS, WASM, CB7, CBZ, CBRArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  12. 12 PeaZip No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3Free Archive formats: Creates 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/LPAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ/BCM, RAR conditionally, TAR, UPX, WIM, and ZIP/ZIPX; extracts 200+ typesArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  13. 13 WinZip PDF Pro No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.0Free
  14. 14 ALZip No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4 Archive formats: ALZ, EGG, ZIP, LZH, TAR, JAR; extracts split ALZ, EGG, ZIP, RAR, and ACE archivesArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  15. 15 Ark No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4 Archive formats: tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar, 7z, xz, rpm, cab, deb, xar, AppImageArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  16. 16 bzip2 No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4 Archive formats: BZ2 (.bz2), BZ (.bz), TBZ2 (.tbz2), TBZ (.tbz)Archive encryption: NoSplit archives: No
  17. 17 Mousepad No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4 Archive formats: 7z, ARJ, bzip2, gzip, LHA, LZMA, RAR, TAR, TAR.BZ2, TAR.GZ, TAR.LZMA, ZIP, DEB, RPMArchive encryption: Yes
  18. 18 8 Zip No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Archive formats: ZIP, 7z, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, RAR, ZipX, ISO, ARJ, CAB, CHM, MSI, NSISArchive encryption: Yes
  19. 19 Engrampa No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Archive formats: 7z, ACE, ALZ, AR, ARC, ARJ, CAB, CPIO, DEB, EPUB, ISO, JAR, EAR, WAR, LHA, RAR, CBR, RPM, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BR, TAR.BZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.Z, TAR.LRZ, TAR.LZ, TAR.LZO, TAR.7Z, TAR.XZ, BIN, SIT, ZIP, CBZ, ZOO, GZ, BR, BZ, BZ2, Z, LRZ, LZ, LZO, RZ, XZ, ZSTArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  20. 20 File Roller No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Archive formats: 7z, ace, alz, ar, arj, cab, cpio, deb, dmg, iso, jar, ear, war, lha, rar, cbr, rpm, tar, tar.gz, tar.br, tar.bz, tar.bz2, tar.bz3, tar.Z, tar.lrz, tar.lz, tar.lzo, tar.7z, tar.xz, tar.zst, snap, squashfs, sit, zip, cbz, zoo, gz, br, bz, bz2, bz3, Z, lrz, lz, lzo, rz, xz, zstArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  21. 21 FileOptimizer No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3
  22. 22 lrzip No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Archive formats: LRZ; TAR-compressed LRZ via lrztarArchive encryption: Yes
  23. 23 lzip No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Archive formats: lzip (.lz)Split archives: Yes
  24. 24 p7zip No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Archive formats: 7z, APFS, APM, AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, ISO, LZH, RAR, SquashFS, TAR, WIM, XZ, ZIP, ZstandardArchive encryption: YesSplit archives: Yes
  25. 25 The Unarchiver No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Archive formats: ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, 7z, TAR, Gzip, Bzip2, LZMA, XZ, CAB, MSI, NSIS, EXE, ISO, BIN, MDF, NRG, CDI, StuffIt, StuffIt X, DiskDoubler, Compact Pro, PackIt, Cpio, Compress, ARJ, ARC, PAK, ACE, Zoo, LZH, ADF, DMS, LZX, PowerPacker, LBR, Squeeze, Crunch, XAR, RPM, DEB, AR, ALZip, WARC, NSA, SAR, NDS, SWF, PDFArchive encryption: Yes

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Questions about this list

Which file compression software is ranked first on Samsung Mobile US Press?

Accessibility Test Framework for Android is ranked #1 of 34 with a score of 7.8. B1 Archiver is second and Keka third.

How many of these have a free plan?

10 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How is this list ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.

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