The Best Download Accelerators for Windows

The Best Download Accelerators For Windows.

Features Of Download Accelerators:

• Boosts the download speed enormously by a multiple times
• Finds mirrors in case of primary server downtime
• Resumes Downloads. Couldn’t really imagine your temper when your downloads halts at 99%
• Easy Management and Organizing of Downloads
• Works with multiple connections unlike conventional Downloads.

Here are some of the best Download Accelerators.

1.Download Accelerator Plus

Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) like another download accelerators, works by chopping(fining) the file into smaller chunks(parts) and allowing multi threaded download.

It can boost the download speed upto 500%, It has a link checker which can save you a lot of time checking all the mirrors by trial and error.

Overall, it performs great in boosting the download speed as well as managing the files. It has an intrusive resume feature and feature to block pop-ups from file hosting sites like Rapidshare. But few users consider it bit pricey while few of it’s competitors offer the software for free.

License: Proprietary software                       Standard: Freeware


Premium: Commercial software                      For Mac: Trialware

2.Orbit Downloader

Orbit Downloader is cool Download Accelerator tool, Not only because it’s completely free, but it also has additional capabilities of grabbing flash files, videos from youtube, Metacafe e.t.c beside it’s core functionality.

Details

Orbit Downloader is a download manager for Microsoft Windows. One of the main features of the program is its ability to grab and download embedded Flash Video files from sites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, etc.Orbit Downloader also accelerates and increases downloads speed by acting as a peer-to-peer client, utilizing bandwidth of other users.

Orbit Downloader supports downloading from HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Metalink, RTSP, MMS and RTMP protocols. Orbit Downloader supports Internet Explorer, Maxthon, Mozilla Firefox and Opera web browsers.

Recently orbit downloader has begun to display built-in Ads inside the program main window at the bottom left corner and also display ads when download finishes dialogue box appears.

Upon Installation, it integrates itself with your web browser. But there were many complaints on Firefox compatibility problems.

Platform:IA-32             License: Adware

3.Internet Download Manager

Internet Download Manager is a tool dedicated to the management of downloads, which improves the files transference speed.

Internet Download Manager can segment in a dynamic and extraordinary way the information that it is being downloaded. This application is having a resuming capability.

It is having a system that increases the download speed, detects corrupt links and restores discontinuous or lost links.

With a friendly and easy to use interface, Internet Download Manager is compatible with most browsers.

Trial Version Limitations:It is limited for 30 days.

Details Software name Internet Download Manager License typeShareware Available languages   en
Category:	Download managers
File Size:	4.35 MB
Developer:	Internet Download Manager
Internet Download ManagerChecked against Virus and Spyware:Yes Internet Download ManagerCompatible Operating Systems: Win 98,2000,Me,Windows Xp,Windows Vista,Windows 7] Free Download Manager                                                                                                                      Initial release :  2004; 8 years ago                                                                    Stable release:  3.9 (Build 1249)  (28 May 2012; 46 days ago)[1] [±] Preview release: [±] Development status: Active Written in: C++ Operating system:  Windows XP SP1 and later Platform Hardware: IA-32 Software: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape, Apple Safari, SeaMonkey Available in :Albanian, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Vietnamese, etc. Type : Download manager and BitTorrent client License:  GPL version 3 The GUI presents several tabs that organise types of downloads and allow access to different features in the program. Download information view that shows each downloads progress bar, file preview,  community opinions if any are written for that download and a log showing connection status. HTTP & FTP download support. Batch downloading support for downloading a set of files. BitTorrent support. Metalink support, for easy downloading from mirrors. Flash video download from sites like Youtube and Google Video Resuming broken downloads, if permitted by server. Download throttling via three fully customizable traffic modes, light, medium and heavy. Import list of urls from clipboard. Remote control through Internet.