What is WinRAR?

WinRAR is a powerful archive management solution that excels in data backup, reduces the size of email attachments, and provides users with the ability to open and extract files from RAR, ZIP, and numerous other formats sourced online, in addition to creating new archives in both the RAR and ZIP formats. Users can initially try WinRAR through a downloadable trial before deciding to purchase the software. With benefits such as enhanced compression capabilities, intuitive user interfaces, and reasonable pricing, all necessary features are readily available. Our website offers a seamless payment process through credit cards, bank/wire transfers, faxes, and checks. A single license permits the use of the RAR archiver on one specific computer. Additionally, users can customize their WinRAR experience by downloading and installing theme archives to modify the interface. The software remains committed to integrating with Microsoft's updates for Windows 11 and now includes support for Gz archives that feature lengthy comments. Moreover, WinRAR is capable of extracting .zst and .zipx files that use the Zstandard compression technique and efficiently resets the file cache prior to any archive testing to optimize performance. As a continuously evolving tool, WinRAR not only broadens its support for various archive formats but also enhances its usability, ensuring a better experience for all users. This adaptability is key to maintaining its relevance in an ever-changing digital landscape.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
$29 one-time payment
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Rarlab
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
www.rarlab.com

Product Details

Deployment
Windows
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

WinRAR Categories and Features

WinRAR Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: Jimmy E.
    Position: Software Engineer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    Easy to create new compressed files in seconds.

    Date: May 10 2023
    Summary

    WinRAR has provided a very good experience for our entire company due to the ease it has given us when decompressing new files, in addition, WinRAR has managed to decompress many files for the company without having to pay additional fees, since we have not subscribed to any WinRAR plan to use it for free. WinRAR has made it possible for us to create new compressed files in different formats such as .rar or .zip, it also allows us to create .iso images using various files. I believe that in general, WinRAR has behaved correctly and has provided effectiveness in compressing new files in a very short time, in addition, it has made it possible for us to download new compressed files and open them either with or without integrated passwords.

    Positive

    The first thing I liked about WinRAR is that this platform has excellent compatibility for most of the devices nowadays, except for iOS devices, this platform is available for all types of Windows versions, also for any number of Bits, other One good thing is that it is freely available and you will be able to unzip and zip new files without paying additional fees. WinRAR also has a system for decompressing files in a fairly short time, although it all depends on the computer you are using and its capacity. Another positive aspect is that WinRAR allows you to access compressed files with keys, it allows you to add custom and long keys to each compressed file that you have created, in addition, it allows you to considerably reduce the weight of a group of files, which makes it easier to transport or transfer these files to other devices.

    Negative

    WinRAR does not allow you to detect threats that exist inside any compressed file, which exposes you a lot and exposes a lot of user information when trying to download new files that are compressed. Every time you use WinRAR to open new compressed files downloaded on any network, you must make sure that you do not open any type of virus that directly affects your computer, when using this platform you are very exposed to receiving viruses, since it does not have any antivirus implemented. Another negative aspect is that this platform has a high consumption on most computers, this can affect the general operation of each computer depending on the number of files you are decompressing.

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  • Reviewer Name: Ylia A.
    Position: Project Manager
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    Very simple platform to use to compress and decompress files easily.

    Date: Sep 09 2022
    Summary

    winRAR has really provided me with very beneficial features, to be able to compress various files and store them without consuming so much storage space. This platform has been key to compress important files and documents for my company, and after that, store your files within a cloud storage space. With the help of this platform we have been able to Prime a lot of documents and files and thus consume very little space within our cloud storage plan, this platform has really been very beneficial for me for my company. I loved the experience I had with this platform, the interface is extremely comfortable despite the fact that it cannot be modified, the general use is quite simple and anyone without previous experience can use it.

    Positive

    winRAR is a key platform if you are looking for a service that helps you compress files and achieve lower weight. This platform is quite easy to use, the main thing that I like about this platform is the speed with which it is able to create a compressed file, every time I select a large number of files or folders and select the compress button, the The process takes approximately five minutes, although it depends a lot on the number of files selected. Another thing that I like about this platform is that all the compressed files that you block with a key cannot be compromised in any way, these compressed files are totally safe, obtaining this key is relatively impossible, which helps improve the file security what have you understood. In addition, I also love the accessibility that this platform has to open the files of each archive, you can access the images that are inside that archive or the files embedded within it.

    Negative

    Really the only negative thing about this platform is the fact that every time you go to unzip a file that is quite large, this application consumes a lot of computer resources, causing it to sometimes become a bit slow while running. performs the compression process, in addition, I have also noticed that the process of decompressing a .rar file is quite slow, despite the fact that I have a computer with very good characteristics, the process is still slow, taking approximately 10 or 20 minutes to decompress a file correctly. The whole of this platform works great, the only thing that has to be optimized is the time it takes to uncompress a file.

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