Comparison of download managers
This comparison contains download managers, and also file sharing applications that can be used as download managers. For pure file sharing applications see the Comparison of file sharing applications.
Note: Download managers in purple are no longer in development.
General information
| Manager | Latest stable release | License / Price | Adware, Malware & Spyware | CLI | GUI | Web | Linux | Windows | Mac OS X |
| 4K Video Downloader | 4.4.7.2307 | / Freemium | |||||||
| BitComet | / freeware | ||||||||
| DownloadStudio | 10.0.4.0 | ||||||||
| DownThemAll! | |||||||||
| FlashGet | 3.7.0.1195 | / Freeware | |||||||
| Folx | |||||||||
| Free Download Manager | / Freeware after version 5.0 and newer | ||||||||
| Free Studio | 6.6.35.323 | / Freeware | |||||||
| Freemake Video Downloader | 3.8.0 | / Freeware | Offers to install sponsored software upon installation changing default search engine and browsers homepage | ||||||
| GetRight | / $49.95 for Pro | ||||||||
| Go!Zilla | 5.03 | / $19.95 | |||||||
| Internet Download Accelerator | 6.19.1.1641 | / Freeware, $9.95 single/$24.95 family pack for Pro | |||||||
| Internet Download Manager | 6.31 Build 3 | / $24.95 lifetime for 1 PC | |||||||
| JDownloader | 2 | ||||||||
| JDownloader | 0.9.581 | ||||||||
| JDownloader | 0.7.3-3 | ||||||||
| KGet | |||||||||
| MiniDM | 2.5.1 | / Freeware | |||||||
| MLDonkey | |||||||||
| Shareaza | |||||||||
| Manager | Latest stable release | License / Price | Adware, Malware & Spyware | CLI | GUI | Web | Linux | Windows | Mac OS X |
Protocol support
| Manager | HTTP | HTTPS | FTP | SFTP | MMS | RTSP | Metalink | Magnet link | Podcast | RTMP | BitTorrent | eDonkey |
| 4K Video Downloader | ||||||||||||
| BitComet | ||||||||||||
| Download Accelerator Plus | ||||||||||||
| DownloadStudio | ||||||||||||
| DownThemAll! | ||||||||||||
| FlashGet | ||||||||||||
| Folx | ||||||||||||
| Free Download Manager | ||||||||||||
| Freemake Video Downloader | ||||||||||||
| Free Studio | ||||||||||||
| GetRight | ||||||||||||
| Go!Zilla | ||||||||||||
| Internet Download Accelerator | ||||||||||||
| Internet Download Manager | ||||||||||||
| JDownloader | ||||||||||||
| Jigdo | ||||||||||||
| KGet | ||||||||||||
| MiniDM | ||||||||||||
| MLDonkey | ||||||||||||
| Shareaza | ||||||||||||
| Manager | HTTP | HTTPS | FTP | SFTP | MMS | RTSP | Metalink | Magnet link | Podcast | RTMP | BitTorrent | eDonkey |
Features
| Manager | Web browser integration | Resuming | Download acceleration | URLs per file | Mirror search | Auto dial/hangup | Categorized downloads | Cookies import | Speed limit | File browser | ZIP preview | Add-on support | Scheduler | Checksum verification | Remote Access/Control | Modified Time-stamp preserved |
| 4K Video Downloader | ||||||||||||||||
| BitComet | ||||||||||||||||
| Download Accelerator Plus | ||||||||||||||||
| DownloadStudio | ||||||||||||||||
| DownThemAll! | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| FlashGet | ||||||||||||||||
| Folx | ||||||||||||||||
| Free Download Manager | ||||||||||||||||
| Free Studio | ||||||||||||||||
| Freemake Video Downloader | ||||||||||||||||
| GetRight | ||||||||||||||||
| Go!Zilla | ||||||||||||||||
| Internet Download Accelerator | ||||||||||||||||
| Internet Download Manager | ||||||||||||||||
| JDownloader | ||||||||||||||||
| Jigdo | ||||||||||||||||
| KGet | ||||||||||||||||
| MiniDM | ||||||||||||||||
| MLDonkey | ||||||||||||||||
| Shareaza | ||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Web browser integration | Resuming | Download acceleration | URLs per file | Mirror search | Auto dial/hangup | Categorized downloads | Cookies import | Speed limit | File browser | ZIP preview | Add-on support | Scheduler | Checksum verification | Remote Access/Control | Modified Time-stamp preserved |