Aerate AlternativesImage Optimizers and other similar apps like Aerate

Aerate is described as 'Effortlessly compress your images without loss of quality. Aerate offers an industry leading default mode, as well as new fast and extreme presets. Switch between modes quickly using the new compression slider' and is a Image Optimizer in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Aerate for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Wordpress apps. The best Aerate alternative is ImageMagick, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Aerate are Caesium Image Compressor, ImageOptim, FileOptimizer and RasterFox.

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  1. ImageMagick icon
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    ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (about 100) including GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, TIFF, and DPX.

    81 ImageMagick alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Xfce
     
  2. Caesium Image Compressor lets you compress your pictures up to 90% without visible quality loss. Providing a simple yet effective interface with a real-time preview and multiple image processing at the same time, everyone will be able to reach the best result.

    129 Caesium Image Compressor alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  3. ImageOptim icon
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    ImageOptim is excellent for publishing images on the web (easily shrinks images “Saved for Web” in Photoshop). It's useful for making Mac and iPhone/iPad applications smaller (if you configure Xcode to allow better optimization).

    110 ImageOptim alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. FileOptimizer icon
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    FileOptimizer is a lossless file size optimizer supporting AIR, APK, APNG APPX, BMP, CBZ, DOCX, DLL, EPUB, EXE, GIF, GZ, ICO, JAR, JPEG, MNG, MP3, MPP, PNG, PPTX, ODT, OGG, OGV, PDF, PUB, SCR, SWF, TIF, VSD, WEBP, XAP, XLSX, and ZIP file formats among others.

    60 FileOptimizer alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Wine
     
  5. RasterFox icon
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    Compress images with pixel-perfect precision using advanced algorithms that preserve quality while dramatically reducing file sizes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  6. Saving images for web/email/other media with the best compression ratio and quality is a difficult task if you don’t have the right tools. Choosing the right format then choosing the right parameters are the key factors of smaller files.

    101 RIOT - Radical Image Optimization Tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • GIMP
    • XnView
    • IrfanView
     
  7. TinyPNG icon
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    Using advanced lossy compression, TinyPNG reduces PNG file sizes by 50-80%, preserving full transparency and minimizing quality loss. Ideal for web designers, it increases website speed, saves bandwidth, and offers tools like a Photoshop plugin and API for seamless integration.

    113 TinyPNG alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Wordpress
     
  8. PNGGauntlet icon
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    -Combines PNGOUT, OptiPNG, and DeflOpt to create the smallest PNGs -No image quality is lost — only file size -Converts JPG, GIF, TIFF, and BMP files to PNG -Ultra-configurable

    PNGGauntlet is a .NET program that uses Ken Silvermans PNGOUT, OptiPNG and DeflOpt to optimize PNG fil.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. OptiPNG icon
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    OptiPNG is a command-line PNG optimizer that recompresses image files to a smaller size, without losing any information. This program also converts external formats (BMP, GIF, PNM and TIFF) to optimized PNG, and performs PNG integrity checks and corrections.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Oxipng icon
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    Oxipng is a multithreaded lossless PNG compression optimizer in Rust. It can be used via a command-line interface or as a library in other Rust programs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Squoosh
     
  11. GraphicsMagick icon
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    GraphicsMagick is the swiss army knife of image processing. Comprised of 282K physical lines (according to David A. Wheelers SLOCCount) of source code in the base package (or 952K including 3rd party libraries) it provides a robust and efficient collection of tools and libraries...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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