ALZip vs File Roller
ALZip
altools.comFile Roller
apps.gnome.orgSide by side
| Figure | ALZip | File Roller |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · File Compression Software | 8.1 (#5) | 7.4 (#20) |
| Formats | The product page says ALZip supports about 40 formats, including ALZ and EGG, and lists formats it can create and extract. | The project lists support for formats including 7z, RAR, ZIP, tar, ISO, and compressed single files. |
| Purpose | ALZip is a file compression and extraction program. | File Roller is an archive manager for the GNOME environment. |
| Support | The official product page links to online help and FAQs, and the business page lists phone and email contacts for business inquiries. | The project directs users to its issue tracker and the GNOME Discourse File Roller tag. |
Plans
In their own words
ALZip
ALZip is a file compression and extraction program published by ESTsoft. It handles about 40 formats, including ALZ, EGG, ZIP, LZH, TAR, and JAR, and can extract split ALZ, EGG, ZIP, RAR, and ACE archives. Listed features include encryption, split archives, command-line tools, multithreaded ZIP compression, solid and split EGG archives, and Unicode compression. In icon view, users can preview image thumbnails without extracting an archive; linked image viewing requires installing ALSee. ALZip can warn when an archive contains a suspected malicious file and extract it to a safe folder. The PC version can use ALYac to scan compressed files for risks. The product page recommends Windows 11 and 10 for PC and describes a Linux version with similar functions; an Android app is also linked. ESTsoft claims extraction speed can increase by up to 700%, with results depending on format, PC, and environment. The Personal plan costs nothing for qualifying domestic individual users using it noncommercially. Business, education, and public-sector licenses are sold separately, with prices available through the business shopping mall.
File Roller
File Roller has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.