--- title: "WinZip Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of WinZip. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if WinZip is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/encryption/winzip-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Encryption Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/encryption/) / [WinZip](https://www.softwareadvice.com/encryption/winzip-profile/) / WinZip Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/encryption/winzip-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/encryption/winzip-profile/alternatives/) # WinZip User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.5/5 - Total reviews: 53 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.8/5 - Customer support: 4.0/5 - Value for money: 4.5/5 - Functionality: 4.4/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 33 reviews (62%) - 4 stars: 13 reviews (25%) - 3 stars: 6 reviews (11%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 1 reviews (2%) ### Most mentioned pros - It is fast, small, simple, and does everything I need; it even has a mobile version! - I have been using winzip almost as long as I've been using computers, the software is amazing easy to use, intuitive and great for file management and creation. - What i like on this software is not only it can compress files but also secured them and encrypt them so you will have peace on mind that your data will not be compromise while transferring them online. ### Most mentioned cons - It has a somewhat outdated interface that has not changed much over the years, and there have been no major updates to improve the software, so it can be understood as a basic software without much development. - The cost does not match the quality of the service. - Unzipping files is confusion... ## WinZip customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 53 (page 1). ### Zip with WinZIP - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: VK S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Human Resources - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Good. You can use it free of cost. User friendly and get good customer support #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It will complete your work in fraction of minutes, user friendly. #### Cons Absolutely No. Nothing to mention least about this product --- ### Basic software for file compression - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Marcos Alberto U. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It is a basic software that every computer should have since its capabilities are necessary when handling files, either to compress or pack them, although Windows handles a function similar to this program, without a doubt this one is much better. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It does its job quite well, is very easy to use and supports most of the available file compression formats, integrates very well with the operating system and offers encryption options to protect your files. #### Cons It has a somewhat outdated interface that has not changed much over the years, and there have been no major updates to improve the software, so it can be understood as a basic software without much development. --- ### Easy to use, easy to get and install and free. - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Juan O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer & Network Security - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to use, easy to obtain and install and free, it does its job correctly. compress and decompress the files you need. Simplifies file sharing. It is designed for the Windows operating system. #### Cons The biggest disadvantage of this software is the security of the files and the computer where it is installed. It has several known vulnerabilities that can be exploited for attacks. --- ### WinZap, to compress and keep your files archived.. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. WinZip is a powerful software to archive, compress or combine multiple of your files together at one place. I like it a lot for it ease of use. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros WinZip is a powerful utility software to compress and or archive your files and folders. It works very fast yet still compresses your files efficiently. It has a simple a intuitive graphics user interface which makes it easy to use. Not only you can easily extract archived files just by right clicking it and selecting to extract, you can also use it to create self extracting .zip files that eztacts it self just by double clicking. It supports all popular and widely used compression formats like .Zip, ,TAR, LHA, Rar etc. Also it integrates with Microsoft softwares very well. #### Cons The only thing that come in my mind against winZip is its price tag and in-availability of a free version except for limited check version to try befor buying it. --- ### WinZip review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Prabhakar T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Hardware - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It's wonderful software for everyone #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is very usefull for company and indipendent users #### Cons Extracting method is exitment It's working any interpretation it's never disturbed operating systems #### Reasons for choosing WinZip Because of friendly user --- ### compress large files - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Carlos M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros The most easy way to compress a file or a couple of files into a compressed zip extension #### Cons Some problems related to ISO files usage, being difficult to open them. --- ### Your data is compressed & secure - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. No issues at work whatsoever. At home, I had periods when I had WinZip, and when I hadn't. During latter periods I would sometimes have issues opening password protect WinZip attachments, but not always. It may depends on a verison. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros For home or work, if you would like to quickly email or download large file - WinZip is a great solution. It will both compress your file(s), and provide you with an option to password protect it. Emails often have a maximum size, so WinZip comes very handy. And unlike various file sharing devices it can just seat in your email server, in case you ever need it later. #### Cons If your correspondent does not have this software, it may be complicated for them to unzip. --- ### Powerful and reliable Tool - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mark P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Environmental Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered So far it is one of the best tool we are using since way way back we needed a compression tool. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros What i like on this software is not only it can compress files but also secured them and encrypt them so you will have peace on mind that your data will not be compromise while transferring them online. #### Cons Only the price. make it a little bit cheaper so all users level can afford it. --- ### WinZip - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: May 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered software can do what it claims and what is marketed, however, it can cater limited users only, UI is easy to navigate but can still be improved. still useful app. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to use, UI is not complicated, buttons are familiar. #### Cons files are not the secured, does not offer free trial. --- ### Best download today. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Music - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. my overall experience has been most satisfying. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros i think this program speaks for itself in being top of the line in extractors. #### Cons i dont feel like anything is missing from this software at all. --- ### WinZip - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Llevo utilizando WinZip prácticamente desde que salió al mercado hace ya casi 20 años y solo tengo buenas palabras ya que revolucionó el sistema de compresión por su entorno gráfico y la facilidad para ello. Así que todo genial. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Desde siempre hace ya muchos años llevo utilizando esta herramienta potente y segura para gestión de archivos, compresión y archivación y es de lo mejor del mercado, año tras año mejorando. Una interfaz muy sencilla de utilizar, sencillez de uso, potencia y muchas opciones disponibles. Es multiplataforma , rápido y efectivo. Puede generar archivos autoextraíbles con seguridad de cifrado de acceso. Una gran compresión reduciendo el tamaño y tiene modalidad de prueba gratuita. #### Cons Por decir algo, en versiones superiores es algo alto de precio pero muy a nivel profesional. Por lo demás no veo contras --- ### No es un gran programa, pero es imprescindible - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Winzip no es un programa con grandes pretensiones, pero sabe que es un básico entre tu software habitual, y por eso no se esfuerza en mejorar. Justito de calidad, pero no puede faltar #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Winzip es necesario en todos los PCs, ya que facilita la compresión de diversos archivos, así como la descompresión de los recibidos. Tiene diversas opciones, aunque el usuario medio siempre optará por usar las mismas. Es muy útil para lo simple que es #### Cons Tiene muchas funcionalidades que pasan desapercibidas porque no las comunican lo suficiente. Pienso que si trabajaran más ese aspecto, el programa ganaría en calidad. Además su interfaz está desfasada, sigue siendo la misma desde que tengo memoria #### Reasons for switching to WinZip Por el tipo de archivos que maneja --- ### Molte le opzioni e possibilità ma non tutte disponibili nella versione standard - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Andrea C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Photography - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Winzip è la scelta giusta se si ha necessità delle funzioni più evolute, se al contrario si ha bisogno solo delle funzionalità base esistono altre soluzioni. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Moltissime le opzioni messe a disposizione dal programma, sicuramente il più completo sul mercato. #### Cons Le tre versioni a pagamento forse sono un po' troppe. L'occupazione di spazio del programma sul proprio computer non sono proprio indifferenti. La versione gratuita è a tempo, a differenza della concorrenza più famosa. --- ### La Excelencia de WinZip - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alberto V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Management Consulting - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros El producto es muy fácil de manejar, es intuitivo y tiene una capacidad alta de compresión. #### Cons Estimo que lo que le falta es su capacidad para quitar las contraseñas de archivos en lotes. #### Reasons for choosing WinZip Porque es un producto fácil de manejar. #### Reasons for switching to WinZip WinZIP me parece muy bueno. --- ### Winzip es un programa muy necesario - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: maria jesus r. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Warehousing - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Muy buena, nunca he tenido problemas con ningún archivo y me gusta más que otros programas del mismo tipo aunque como he dicho, a veces necesito descargarme otros programas para comprimir en otros formatos. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Winzip es el primer programa que suelo instalar. Aunque hay muchos otros en el mercado para mí, winzip es el más sencillo y rápido.He utilizado otros programas pero son más lentos. Además es gratuito. #### Cons Solo comprime en formato Winzip y al final siempre necesito tener otros programas para comprimir. #### Reasons for switching to WinZip Me gusta mucho la interfaz y es más rapido. --- ### Super recomendo - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered gosto bastante dele. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros cumpre o que promete. muito boa a usabilidade e o design dele. #### Cons poderia ser mais acessivel, poderia dezipar outros formatos --- ### Buon prodotto, ma occhio alla compatibilità. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Lorenzo L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Renewables & Environment - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros E' stato il primo software di ampia diffusione per compattare i file. In un'epoca in cui gli spazi di archiviazione erano molto modesti aveva una profonda ragione strategica #### Cons Col tempo non si è mai aggiornato, è rimasto sempre focalizzato sulla sua estensione di file (.zip) e quando sono entrati sul mercato prodotti migliori è stato relegato in un angolo --- ### The GOAT of file compression softwares - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer & Network Security - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I prefer winzip to many of the other competitors and would recommend this app to thhose who need a file compressor. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I have been using winzip almost as long as I've been using computers, the software is amazing easy to use, intuitive and great for file management and creation. I'd recommend it to anyone using encrypted or password protected files and compressed files. #### Cons I have no complaints about this app. I've never needed customer support, but I assume they are as good as the app itself. --- ### The Tried & True Pioneer For A Reason! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Percival F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Online Media - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered WinZip has been a great tool, and I switch between it and 7zip regularly based on my needs and mood. Being one of the first tools of it's kind, it is well maintained and does exactly what your every day user would need. It's not fancy or flashy, and it is going to do the absolute most for a tool of it's kind, but it will absolutely get most jobs done well. Mobile compression/unzipping really impressed me, and I use that regularly as there are few competitors, and those that there are, are very lacking. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is fast, small, simple, and does everything I need; it even has a mobile version! It is easy enough to navigate, and can handle large files well! It's a great compression/unzipping tool for the average PC user. #### Cons The UI could be more user friendly, especially on mobile, and in terms of size, it can't handle quite what I have found that 7z can. --- ### Winzip Compactação rápida e segura - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Elisa S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Quando tive contato a primeira vez com este software, achei muito complexo e pensei que não iria me adaptar a ele, mas com o uso diário e a necessidade em aprender a usá-lo porque era necessário no meu dia a dia eu fui percebendo que ele é mais simples do que se pode imaginar e hoje não uso outra ferramenta, só ele. Super recomendo. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros o que eu mais gostei foi de saber que tem como proteger seus arquivos com senha no zip, achei super legal, uma compactação simples e de maneira bem rápida. #### Cons Nada a reclamar, ele tem tudo que o usuário precisa para uma compactação. --- ### Great for sending large files - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Emmeline C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Publishing - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Excellent for sending large files and compressing them to a more manageable size, very convenient. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Brilliant software for downloading and opening compressed large files #### Cons No cons, nothing to complain about, great software. --- ### Winzip Review - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Shirita C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mental Health Care - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I deleted the software because I wasn't satisfied, yet I continue to get pop ups every time I turn on my computer asking me to upgrade! Uggh! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros The ability to compress large size documents and securely send them to my business partners. #### Cons The cost does not match the quality of the service. --- ### WinZip un programma essenziale per estrarre file e comprimere - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Rinaldo M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered La mia esperienza complessiva con WinZip è completamente positiva lo utilizzo da anni ormai è non mi ha mai deluso, è riuscito ad estrarre ogni file senza problemi. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros WinZip mi ha colpito molto il fatto dell'installazione del software, occupa pochissimo spazio sul disco e consente di comprimere file di grandi dimensioni, dovevo passare file di grandi dimensioni in GB è riuscito a comprimere consentendomi di inviare il tutto in modo semplicissimo, e senza che i file al suo interno siano danneggiati che dire ottimo. Lo utilizzo anche quando devo inserire password per i file condivisi funziona tutto alla meraviglia ottimo! #### Cons La cosa che non ho apprezzato molto è che quando si comprime un file di grandi dimensioni anche avendo un computer di ultima generazione impiega un del tempo per la compressione dei file #### Reasons for switching to WinZip Ho entrambi installati sul PC, non ho fatto un vero e proprio cambio di software, però anche questo programma è molto buon per estrarre file zip --- ### Descomprime tus archivo - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: April 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Lo puedes usar de forma gratuita, también comprime imágenes para ahorrar mas espacio lo que facilita su transferencia a través de Internet, ahorra espacio en disco y acelera la transferencia de archivos; Descompresión de archivos lo que permite acceder a archivos comprimidos recibidos de otros usuarios o descargar archivos comprimidos de Internet; Encriptación de archivos, integración con servicios en la nube, compatibilidad con varios formatos de archivo entre otros. #### Cons Si quieres algo más avanzado hay que pagar así podrás acceder a todas la funcionalidad del software --- ### The once-upon-a-time king of archiving software has lost his crown, in my humble opinion. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Martin D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Awkward to install - it failed the first time; and to use some of the features you have to download more modules which need to be installed separately. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It's undoubtedly a powerful piece of software with a lot of useful tools, such as file conversion and encryption. #### Cons It's too expensive for what it does. There are plenty of open source options which will do most if not all of the same things. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/encryption/winzip-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- WinZip Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice