Instant Zip

Instant Zip is designed for situations when you need to quickly include a large, variate collection of files into a ZIP archive that can be easily shared with others or sent via email.

The application focuses on speed and ease of use, rather than looks and therefore, its interface is not so appealing. However, it is very intuitive and the usage shouldn’t pose any problem, even to beginners.

Instant Zip aims to provide you with a comfortable way to generate ZIP archives, without having to go through complicated configuration options. Things are kept as simple as possible.

You can import several types of files into the main window of the application and then select just the ones you want to include in the archive. All that’s left is to set the name of the output ZIP file and the archive is created almost instantly.

As expected, the duration of the compression process depends directly on the number of files you want to include in the archive and their size.

On the downside, Instant Zip does not keep the list of the imported files once the compression process is finished, so if it turns out that one file is missing from the archive, the only solution is to go back to the start.

Also, shell integration is one element that would make Instant Zip even more accessible and therefore, add it extra value.

Although it could use some improvements, Instant Zip does a decent job when it comes to easily creating a ZIP archive. Despite the fact that there is an abundance of similar applications out there that can do the same thing, the ease of use make it worth your while.