PowerArchiver Free is freeware version of PowerArchiver (Free for personal use). All of the core functions are still there and you can create and extract every archive as in full PowerArchiver, and quite few other things are there too:

Key Features:

• Our own ZIP/ZIPX engine with full support for ZIPX (LZMA, PPMD, JPEG, WavPack, BZ2). Fully supports ZIPX archives created by WinZip 12/13/14. Unicode support, full AES encryption support (both versions of AES spec), unlimited file/size support.
• Full 7-Zip support is still there together with unique support for updating solid archives via re-compression.
• Full format support: ZIP, RAR, 7-ZIP, CAB, ACE, LHA (LZH), TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, BH, XXE, UUE, yENC, and MIME (Base 64), ARJ, ARC, ACE, ZOO plus ISO, BIN, IMG and NRG, just as regular PowerArchiver.
• Plugin support (.wcx from Total Commander)
• Wonderful shell extensions are 100% in.
• Windows 7 support – jump lists, taskbar progress and taskbar icon overlays work beautifully.
• 7 different tools: Encrypt, Convert, Batch Zip, Multi Extract, SFX Wizard, Repair ZIP etc – all completely free.
• Explorer View mode which turns PA into File Manager
• PowerArchiver Backup with ability to create backup scripts compress them to zip format, encrypt, filter by: filename, folder, size, date.
• All of features that we take for granted like drag and drop, configurable interface, MRU’s everywhere…

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This new version is mainly designed for Windows 7 and takes full advantage of its new features. It has enhanced security too, by automatically wiping any files that were temporarily extracted from your encrypted Zip files.

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• DiskInternals ZIP Repair – Repair damaged zip files for Free

DiskInternals ZIP Repair is a free and easy to use tool, which helps repair zip structure and extract the contents of the archive. It has a robust recovery wizard that protects the loss of important data in case of zip archive damages. Its smart algorithm swiftly recovers zip files from internal errors and saves its contents to a new archive.

It also fixes Zip files showing errors like “Cannot open file: it does not appear to be a valid archive”. Zip Repair scans, extracts and move all the intact files to a new archive. ZIP Repair performs at a revving speed and demonstrates high accuracy of the recovery. The program supports all major zip capabilities.

Supports All Microsoft Windows

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So, I’ve compiled a list of 10 Best Free Alternatives to WinRar and WinZip which are highly powerful and functional like them. Continue to check the list below: 

7-Zip

7-Zip is one of the simplest and best file archiver with a high compression ratio. It can compress to the .7z format, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR. It has the ability to decompress or unpack many formats like: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, UDF, MSI, DMG, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, etc..

It integrates with the Windows shell (explorer). It provides Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats. 7-Zip works on All Windows, Linux/Unix. Portable version also available.

PeaZip

PeaZip is available as portable and installable software for 32 and 64 bit Windows and Linux. It can create and extract multiple archives at once, create self-extracting archives. It has secure deletion feature, can verify file checksum and hash, and supports multiple strong encryption standards.

IZArc

IZArc can easily create achieves and allows to Add, Delete, Extract or Convert archives. You can drag and drop files from IZArc to extract them anywhere you want. IZArc can also open CD image files like ISO, BIN, CDI and NRG. It is also possible to convert such files from one type to another (BIN to ISO, NRG to ISO).

It integrates in Windows Explorer context menu. It has many useful features like Virus Scan, Zip encryption,Repair broken archive, Multilanguage support and more..

TUGZip

TUGZip is a powerful freeware archiving utility for Windows that provides support for a wide range of compressed, encoded and disc-image files. Encrypt archives using 6 different algorithms. Blowfish (128-bit), DES (56-bit), Triple DES (168-bit) and Rijndael (128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit).

It can extract multiple archives at once and Repair corrupted ZIP and SQX archives.

ZipGenius

ZipGenius lets you compress files to almost any kind of archive. It supports more than 20 compressed archive formats, including CD/DVD-ROM image files. The famous formats supported are: ZIP, RAR, 7-zip, CAB. ACE, ARJ, LHA, RPM, TAR.

ZipGenius allows you to preview pictures in a compressed archives as thumbnails. You can change the look of ZipGenius sidebar, icons, etc using the integrated skins.

WobZip

WobZip is a free online service to unzip or uncompress a file on the fly. It can unzip the files from your computer or a URL. It doesn’t requires any installation to use.

ExtractNow

ExtractNow is a simple utility that allows you to extract multiple archives quickly and easily. It is not a complete archival solution. It supports 2 most popular compression formats, ZIP and RAR.

Zipeg

Zipeg is the easiest way to open RAR and ZIP files. Zip thru photo archives, see thumbnails, select and extract what you need. It opens formats like: ZIP, RAR, 7z, ARJ, LHA, TGZ, TAR and many many more. Supports Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard.

Universal Extractor

Universal Extractor is a program to extract files from any type of archive, whether it’s a simple zip file, an installation program, or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package. It’s main function is to extract files from installation packages and it doesn’t replace WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc.

jZip

jZip is a powerful and reliable compression utility based on 7-Zip archiving technology. It can Create, open and extract Zip, TAR, GZip and 7-Zip. Open and extract from RAR and ISO.

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New Features are:

• New features and enhancements for photo and image compression, management, and sharing. more »
• Ability to create smaller Zip files and support for additional Archive formats. more »
• Encryption security features to customize password requirements and the types of encryption available. more »
• An improved user experience with various interface enhancements and refinements to help you (or your users) work smarter, faster, and safer. more »

WinZip will now compress your JPEG files (digital photos or graphic images) by 20 to 25% and still without any loss of photo quality or data integrity.

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