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# Comparison
Here's how Picocrypt compares to other popular encryption tools.
| | Picocrypt | VeraCrypt | 7-Zip (GUI) | NordLocker | BitLocker | AxCrypt |
| -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- |
| Free |✅ Yes |✅ Yes |✅ Yes |🟧 Partially |🟧 Partially |🟧 Partially |
| Open Source |✅ GPLv3 |✅ Multi |✅ LGPL |❌ No |❌ No |❌ No |
| Cross-Platform |✅ Yes |✅ Yes |❌ No |❌ No |❌ No |❌ No |
| Size |✅ 2MB |❌ 20MB |✅ 2MB |❌ 60MB |✅ Included |🟧 8MB |
| Portable |✅ Yes |✅ Yes |❌ No |❌ No |✅ Yes |✅ Yes |
| Permissions |✅ None |❌ Admin |❌ Admin |❌ Admin |❌ Admin |❌ Admin |
| Ease-Of-Use |✅ Easy |❌ Hard |✅ Easy |🟧 Medium |🟧 Medium |✅ Easy |
| Key Derivation |✅ Argon2 |🆗 PBKDF2 |❌ SHA256 |✅ Argon2 |❓ Unknown |🆗 PBKDF2 |
| Data Integrity |✅ Always |❌ No |❌ No |✅ Always |❓ Unknown |✅ Always |
| Reed-Solomon |✅ Yes |❌ No |❌ No |❌ No |❌ No |❌ No |
| Compression |✅ Yes |❌ No |✅ Yes |❌ No |✅ Yes |✅ Yes |
| Telemetry |✅ None |✅ None |✅ None |❌ Analytics |❓ Unknown |❌ Accounts |
| Audited |🟧 Planned |✅ Yes |❌ No |❓ Unknown |❓ Unknown |❌ No |
| | Picocrypt | VeraCrypt | 7-Zip (GUI) | BitLocker | Cryptomator | NordLocker | AxCrypt |
| -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- |
| Free |✅ Yes |✅ Yes |✅ Yes |🟧 Partially |✅ Yes |🟧 Partially |🟧 Partially |
| Open Source |✅ GPLv3 |✅ Multi |✅ LGPL |❌ No |✅ GPLv3 |❌ No |❌ No |
| Cross-Platform |✅ Yes |✅ Yes |❌ No |❌ No |✅ Yes |❌ No |❌ No |
| Size |✅ 2MB |❌ 20MB |✅ 2MB |✅ Included |❌ 50MB |❌ 60MB |🟧 8MB |
| Portable |✅ Yes |✅ Yes |❌ No |✅ Yes |❌ No |❌ No |✅ Yes |
| Permissions |✅ None |❌ Admin |❌ Admin |❌ Admin |❌ Admin |❌ Admin |❌ Admin |
| Ease-Of-Use |✅ Easy |❌ Hard |✅ Easy |🟧 Medium |🟧 Medium |🟧 Medium |✅ Easy |
| Key Derivation |✅ Argon2 |🆗 PBKDF2 |❌ SHA256 |❓ Unknown |✅ Scrypt |✅ Argon2 |🆗 PBKDF2 |
| Data Integrity |✅ Always |❌ No |❌ No |❓ Unknown |✅ Always |✅ Always |✅ Always |
| Reed-Solomon |✅ Yes |❌ No |❌ No |❌ No |❌ No |❌ No |❌ No |
| Compression |✅ Yes |❌ No |✅ Yes |✅ Yes |❌ No |❌ No |✅ Yes |
| Telemetry |✅ None |✅ None |✅ None |❓ Unknown |✅ None |❌ Analytics |❌ Accounts |
| Audited |🟧 Planned |✅ Yes |❌ No |❓ Unknown |✅ Yes |❓ Unknown |❌ No |
# Features
Picocrypt is a very simple tool, and most users will intuitively understand how to use it in a few seconds. On a basic level, simply dropping your files, entering a password, and hitting Start is all that's needed to encrypt your files. Pretty simple, right?