AxCrypt vs. BestCrypt vs. WinZip SafeShare vs. Xecrets Ez Comparison Chart

Massive data breaches are now spreading at an alarming rate. Confidential information and personal records are getting leaked, lost, and stolen. Use data encryption to protect your data from both physical and virtual threats. No information security strategy is complete unless data is properly protected at the source where it is stored. Data encryption secures the confidentiality of sensitive data to address the risks of data leaks and data theft, while also ensuring regulatory compliance. BestCrypt volume encryption 5 provides increased resilience against brute-force attacks, which are one of the simplest and most effective ways for a hacker to breach your system. Now users are able to customize the parameters of the scrypt key derivation algorithm, offering extra security against these password-iterating attacks. Data shelter, our new utility, also provides an additional layer of protection to data-in-use, which helps secure files when you are viewing or modifying them.

Xecrets Ez is an easy to use personal desktop application for file encryption available for Windows, Mac and Linux. It is compatible with AxCrypt, in fact it is based on the exact same code, but is less complex and is entirely focused on delivering the core functionality needed without the bells and whistles. For personal daily use it's a great alternative to AxCrypt at a significantly lower cost. Xecrets Ez does not require installation, privileges or Internet. It allows you to encrypt, decrypt and open files for editing with single clicks or drag and drop with a clean and simple user interface. It is a fully integrated frontend to Xecrets Cli, an open source and free command line program that does all the heavy lifting with encryption, decryption and secure wiping. The command line can also be downloaded and used separately for scripting and integration into other software.