PECompact
bitsum.com
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- PECompact compresses Windows native executable files (PEs).Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- Intended users
- Bitsum says it discourages use by non-developers and requires prospective trial users to verify they are legitimate software authors.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- Support
- Bitsum lists [email protected] as its direct support email.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- Headquarters
- Talbott, Tennessee, USARead 28 Sep 2026 · bitsum.com
- Founded
- 2002Read 28 Sep 2026 · bitsum.com
- Compatibility
- The product page describes compatibility with native 32-bit PE modules and Windows versions from Windows 95 through Windows 10.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- Compression
- The maker says PECompact preprocesses PE code and data to improve compression compared with general archivers.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- DEP and signing
- The product page says PECompact supports DEP and code signing after compression.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- Included utilities
- PECompact comes with PESuite utilities, including tools to change a PE subsystem and trim or realign a PE.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- Limits
- PECompact does not support PE+ (PE64) modules, device drivers, or some .NET assemblies.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- Maker and founding
- Bitsum LLC (doing business as Bitsum Technologies) says it was founded in 2002 by Jeremy Collake.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- Overlay emulation
- Overlay emulation can allow compression of installer and self-extracting archive executables that otherwise could not be compressed.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- Plugins
- Its plugin framework supports CODEC, API Hook, and Loader plugins, and users can create their own plugins.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- Security compatibility
- Bitsum says it works with antivirus and antimalware companies so security products can scan PECompact-compressed executables.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- 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.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
- Trial limitations
- The trial omits many plugins and some utilities; Bitsum says applicants can contact them to request access to omitted items.Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
Plans and prices
One Product $429, paid once One-time license; includes one year of free updates, and the last version released during that period can be used indefinitely. One publicly distributed application; any number of its distinct modules Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
Three Products $689, paid once One-time license; includes one year of free updates, and the last version released during that period can be used indefinitely. Up to three publicly distributed applications Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
Unlimited Products $1,498, paid once One-time license; includes one year of free updates, and the last version released during that period can be used indefinitely. Unlimited applications by the same developer Read 7 Oct 2026 · bitsum.com
Where Specifiction places it
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