MPRESS vs PECompact
MPRESS
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| Figure | MPRESS | PECompact |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Executable Packers | 7.6 (#13) | 7.9 (#9) |
| Compression | MPRESS uses the LZMAT compression library and offers optional LZMA compression. | The maker says PECompact preprocesses PE code and data to improve compression compared with general archivers. |
| Purpose | MPRESS is an executable packer that compresses programs and libraries. | PECompact compresses Windows native executable files (PEs). |
Plans
PECompact
- One Product$429, paid once
- Three Products$689, paid once
- Unlimited Products$1,498, paid once
In their own words
MPRESS
MPRESS is an executable packer for compressing programs and libraries on Windows and macOS. It supports PE32, PE32+,.NET, and MAC-DARWIN executable formats, using the LZMAT compression library with optional LZMA compression. It can compress code, data, and resources, and strip relocation, debug information, exceptions, and other information. For.NET executables it supports Framework targets 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 without requiring the.NET Framework to be installed. A command-line interface can be used from batch files or make files. The README describes in-place decompression and says it has no memory overhead or other drawbacks; it also says compressed programs run without runtime performance penalties and may start faster from slow removable media or a network. MPRESS's compatibility list names Windows 9x, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, and Windows 8, along with mac-darwin-i386, mac-darwin-x86_64, mac-darwin-ub, and Mac OS 10.3 and 10.4. The listed plan costs nothing.