The following is a comparison of notable file system defragmentation software.
Program | Author | License | Supported file systems | Supported platforms | GUI | CLI | Script | Scheduler | Boot time | Stable release |
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Ashampoo Magical Defrag | Ashampoo | Commercial | NTFS | Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | v3.0.2 (February 2, 2010) | ||||
Auslogics Disk Defrag | Auslogics | Shareware | FAT16, FAT32, NTFS | Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | Yes | v3.2.1.10 (May 11, 2011) | |||
Contig | Windows Sysinternals | Freeware | NTFS | Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, and higher | No[1] | Yes | No | No[note 1] | No | v1.6 (February 1, 2011)[1] |
Defraggler | Piriform | Freeware | FAT32, NTFS, exFAT | Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | v2.07.346 (September 13, 2011) |
Diskeeper | Diskeeper Corporation | Commercial[2] | FAT16, FAT32, NTFS | Microsoft Windows XP and higher | Yes[2] | Yes[3] | Yes[4] | Yes[note 2] | Yes[5] | 2011 (March 22, 2011) |
DiskTune | DIY DataRecovery | Freeware | FAT16, FAT32, NTFS | Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | v1.1.31 | ||||
mst Defrag | mst Software | Commercial[2] | NTFS | Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | v3.6 | |
MyDefrag | Jeroen Kessels | Freeware | FAT16, FAT32, NTFS | Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | v4.3.1 (May 21, 2010) |
O&O Defrag | O&O Software | Commercial[2] | FAT16, FAT32, NTFS | Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | v14.1.431 (February, 2011) | |
PerfectDisk | Raxco Software | Commercial[2] | FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT | Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, Home Server, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | Yes | Yes | v12 (June 8, 2011) | ||
UltimateDefrag | DiskTrix | Commercial | FAT32, NTFS | Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | Yes | Yes | v3.0.100.39 (25 April 2011) | ||
UltraDefrag | Dmitri Arkhangelski, Justin Dearing, Stefan Pendl | GNU GPL | FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, UDF | Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | v4.4.0 (September 24, 2010) |
Vopt | GoldenBow | Commercial | FAT32, NTFS | Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | Yes | v9.21 (August 25, 2009) | |||
WinContig | Marco D'Amato | Freeware | FAT16, FAT32, NTFS | Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and 7 (including 64-bit versions) | Yes | Yes | v1.0.0 | |||
Program | Author | License | Supported file systems | Supported platforms | GUI | CLI | Script | Scheduler | Boot time | Stable release |