Battle Preferred Download Manager?

[JakeXPMan]

Want to find a quicker download if possible... which software or extension have you found manages your downloads well and also fastest?


Look forward to trying one out... Thanks !

 

[Alkajak]

Thread approved. I will add choices to the poll if additional products are named. Please keep it on-topic so I can keep the thread open.

 

[enaph]

My vote goes to IDM.
I have tried several download managers and IDM seems to be the lightest and fastest one but unfortunately it's paid and it's interface is a bit too "old school"
You can also try Ant Download Manager

http://antdownloadmanager.com/index.php

or FDM 5.1 BETA

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17363

 

[songoku316]

my vote for Internet download manager amazing speed very good support and very light , the only bad expensive

 

[Butterfly]

It's not on your poll but JDownloader is an excellent free, open-source, feature rich downloader. Very fast and can do many things like solve captchas for you, skip ad based short URLs, automatically extract multi-part archives and more. Highly recommend it, it made my downloading experience miles better.

 

[Jrs30]

I've used several, IDM was the best I found! Down any site, so far not found a site that the IDM do not download, easy settings, compatible with many browsers.
In a way the interface is good, you can download "buttons", because the standard is not very pleasant.
It sure is a download manager that much worth paying!
It has many options, IDM has less polluted interface, has many download managers full of advertisements.
My vote was for IDM ( Internet Download Manager ). After using several IDM pleased me a lot!

 

[darko999]

I have used IDM and FDM, my vote goes to the first one. It integrated better with my browser and it's download speed always hit my max speed connection in seconds, where on FDM it did take more time to actually hit my max connection speed. FDM is still a good pick, but IDM will always be a step ahead in terms of overall performance.

 

[Gdant]

For the paid versions, IDM is the best as standalone software.
For free versions, fdm is the best to use as standalone software but if you want to use specific browser based extensions then goto DownloadThemALL or turbocharged download manager (of slimjet browser).
I have been using DTA and turbocharged download manger for 2 years and I never felt incomplete or slow download though I have used IDM and FDM before but just tweak DTA settings little to get most out of it.
Finally it is user dependent and needs which user wants to choose.

 

[King Alpha]

Paid - Internet Download Manager
Free - EagleGet

IDM is the best download manager but I voted for EagleGet because it's FREE.

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

I have used IDM in the past and chose it over the others because of the amount of features.
A bonus I later realized was the speeds I got with using it.
Results may vary based on your config, but I think that IDM is worth a "look see"
PeAcE

 

[jamescv7]

Eagleget is another good alternative download manager from now, since its been totally reliable on browsers; also their media grabber can be useful to gather videos without any fuss.

But of course with such respect, IDM is the overall winner here. Likely for me the origin and cause to start producing same program type from competitors.

Make sure that the number one important where browser compatibility is consistent to avoid unnecessary click operation. The purpose of Download manager is ease and reduce interruption.

 

[Reethu]

EagleGet is better than IDM and the rest because

1. It is totally free
2. It does everything that IDM performs (creating multiple custom queue's, media capture, smart scheduler, download categories, automatically refresh expired download links, multi-threaded downloads, custom browsers support, batch download, automatic malware checker, file integrity verifier, proxy support, flexible notifications, media conversion, speed limiter, export/import tasks)
3. Better at media detection than IDM, because it can download using Video Sniffer, Media Grabber and Brower extension.
4. Unlike IDM, it has drag'n drop support of download tasks on it's interface to set priority.
5. Has custom skins and theme's support which IDM does not have.

The Mac & Linux version of EagleGet is on the works, and it's also getting a revamped download engine soon. The only downside of EagleGet is it's stability, but with the new engine it should be good.

IDM is in the past, EagleGet is the future. Hopefully it remains freeware.

 

[CMLew]

I voted others since I only tried Orbit Downloader so far. Used that back in 2011. Stopped using it last year as I felt I don't really need it on my system.

Link
Orbit Downloader: the ultra file & social media (YouTube etc..) download manager