Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

tomkaten reviewed v15.50.7800 on Jan 14, 2015

The very 1st TC is from 1993. I doubt Speed Commander is older than that.

A good program IMO, adds stuff compared to TC but most of it is useless to me and it's nowhere near as fast as TC.

TuxmanXP reviewed v15.10.7400 on May 31, 2014

Given that SpeedCommander existed years before Total/Windows Commander, I'm amazed by TC's fanboy commants about how SpeedCommander is a knockoff ... :-)

(And no, no one can expect a developer to speak all languages fluently enough. Less English nationalism please!)

Output Overboard reviewed v15.10.7400 on Dec 10, 2013

I've used a free version of this program for years and find that it works very well.
Lots of options and modern UI.
-1 for being way too expensive.

Standard $54.93
Pro $82.43

YIKES!

pjafrombbay reviewed v15.00.7340 on Oct 9, 2013

This looks to be quite an ordinary piece of software compared to Xplorer2 (http://fileforum.betanew...l/XplorerA/1125310745/1). Xplorer2 not only seems to be much better but is available as a free version or a USD19.95 paid version. I have used Xplorer2 for many years and highly recommend it.

Regards,
Peter

DKDude reviewed v14 Beta 1 on Aug 4, 2011

From homepage of the program.
Unit Price: USD 62.11
Total: USD 62.11
[Info] includes 19% sales tax/VAT to USD 52.19: USD 9.92
Delivery: License key

Does not match what this site say's it costs, nearly twice as expensive.

Support forum german only.

dejavu reviewed v14 Beta 1 on Aug 3, 2011

Excellent Explorer Alternative Made In German!

krgood reviewed v14 Beta 1 on Aug 3, 2011

Take a look at DirOpus from GPSoft. Nothing better, IMHO...

Balderstrom reviewed v13.00.5900 on Oct 28, 2009

More customizable visually than Total Commander, and a better overall appearance than most comparable Commander's (TC included). The configuration options are very well organized,

Development seems more active/frequent than TC, but if you are used to some of the hardcore Total Commander features (Like ToolBar or Menu editing to name a few) then you'll find this application lacking.

Seems better than XYPlorer, which still lacks basic FTP and which only begrudgingly added DualPane recently.

As others have noted, no English help file -- there is an English forum that has some support, but one shouldn't have to go to a forum to ask basic feature-usage questions.

4+ If you're German.

Reverb reviewed v13.00.5875 RC on Oct 6, 2009

Another good file manager along the ranks of Total Commander and X2plorer. Has built-in Zip, FTP/FTPS/SFTP and advanced file renaming capabilities. With the plethora of File Manager/Explorer replacements out there boasting similar features it's difficult to pick a reason why you should use this one. I was a big user of Norton Commander back in the DOS days and that is what drew me to it. I prefer it to TC but definitely this is not as powerful as X2plorer - just easier to use.

Haven't tried Directory Opus so I can't compare but as Second Shadow pointed out all their support forums are in German.

Second Shadow reviewed v13.00.5825 Beta 1 on Aug 19, 2009

Basically, if you don't speak/read/write German, you're pretty much SOL as far as Support goes with this software.

Just take a look at their Support Forum:
http://forum.speedprojec...rumdisplay.php?&f=6

95% of it is in German.

Nein, danke.

DKDude reviewed v12.30 on Aug 18, 2009

Looks good, but.
The program lacks a "compare files" and a few other things including an English help-file, not everyone speak German.

Last but not least the price is way higher than what it claims on this site, it says 37.95$ but it is, 37.95€ / 59.12$.

Much to much for this program IMHO.

McAleck reviewed v12.10.5270 on Oct 6, 2008

another cheap TC knock-off. why do people bother trying to best what's already bestest and will always be?

vesku reviewed v12.10.5270 on May 11, 2008

This is by far the best file manager i have tried. In Windows XP i still use AB Commander, but in Vista this program is more stable.

Especially i like the clearness of the interface and the customizability and the look and feel. Visually it is in my opinion the best. It's of course a subjective thing, but for my eyes this is the best choice (colors, icons, bold file/folder names etc.). It's commands are versatile and absolutely logical.

The program has so many useful features that it is not possible to list them here, please see the author's website.

dpcdpc11 reviewed v12.10.5270 on Feb 7, 2008

this is a poor attempt to duplicate TC... it's really poor in features...
and about XYplorer... dude.. plssss... it's pretty patetic compared to TC... if you're a professional PC user then u know what i'm talking about... the power of TC is really amazing..
and this XYplorer of ur's isnt even free... rather than buy this crap i've rather use CubicExplorer that's free and pretty cool.

guti reviewed v12.10.5270 on Feb 6, 2008

Pretty good, it looks much faster than 12.01, at least under x64.

lzvk25 reviewed v12.10.5250 on Jan 23, 2008

Nice file manager, unfortunately the author does not care about the non-german speaking customers. A translation for the help file was requested several years ago and the one thing he came up was a 'Google Translation' for the 'What's New' page in his forum. Therefore, half of the features of this file manager are still unknown for us non-german customers.

shodan816 reviewed v12.01.5170 on Dec 1, 2007

SpeedCommander has a lot of nice features, etc., but for anyone looking for a truly top notch Window Explorer replacement, you really owe it to yourselves to download and try XYplorer (xyplorer.com) It's a truly portable,
multi-tabbed file manager with options far too numerous to list here. You simply have to try it for yourself and test it's many, many capabilities. I have tried almost all of them, and XYplorer is on the top of my list by a long shot...

Tao2005 reviewed v12.01.5170 on Nov 30, 2007

Well I'll agree with all the other ratings on this page. However, I will stick with TC and WNC.
Sense I have both on my PC, I use WNC more then TC.

Though both offer great features. WNC is loaded with more features. TC is like NC for DOS. Both have endless upgrades, as long as the EULA doesn't change.

The only thing I see going for this program, is it's price. However I would try others before concidering this.

I used TC when it was WC. Then I went to WNC and stuck with it.

Morfiene reviewed v12.00.5130 Beta 3 on Sep 21, 2007

Quote: "tc better? give me one good reason why the tc is better? "

Can you say "same functionality at a better price and free updates"* plus if you look closer at TC its quite customizable to meet your personal needs. Ok so thats two.

SC looks to be quite good, but I'll stay with TC for the price I've already paid and the developers continuing development.

I'll give it a four just because of the price.

*Edit: I noticed TC has been upped in price since I purchased. But the free updates out does a $18 upgrade everytime a major version comes out.

ninjeratu reviewed v12.00.5130 Beta 3 on Sep 20, 2007

Hmm.
Non-standard installer.
Fast and with a nice default layout.
Quite customizable.
Nice Vista-esque path handling.
Able to open tabs in the different panes.
Very nice, clean menues that are easy to navigate.
Filters are intuitive and easy to understand, but bulky to use (you never use them because it takes longer to set the filters than find the files).
Feels more solid than xplorer2.
The compression and FTP functions are basic and somewhat limited. I'd never use them anyway, I use stand-alone programs for that.
It's far too expensive for a program like this.
To be honest you can just open two Explorer windows with folders .. for free.

I thought I'd dislike it, but I gave it 10 minutes to customize fonts and colors and whatnot and now it's really nice.

Since it's quite a mess to integrate filemanagers like this into the shell and replace Explorer (it is possible to do though) I find most filemanagers to be more of novelty value than anything else.
Still, this is one of the better file managers I've tested.

guti reviewed v12.00.5110 Beta 2 on Sep 2, 2007

Best file manager.
Quite expensive, but it is worth the pay.

Hanschke reviewed v12.00.5100 Beta 1 on Aug 20, 2007

tc better? give me one good reason why the tc is better?

i dont think so and so use the newest beta and believe me you will never go back.

sorry that i dont found an english changelog but if the final will release there will be one and you will see that the new features will kill the tc and the plugins we can use since v11.

now with v12 we get like dopus a configurable status bar and much more...

Black Mamba reviewed v11.10 Build 4590 on Mar 31, 2006

Excellent file manager, definitely one of the best.

Ergo reviewed v11.0 Build 4430 on Dec 19, 2005

It can only compare to Total Commander... Total Commander is still much better.

guti reviewed v11.0 Build 4430 on Nov 4, 2005

It finally has replaced my xplorer2 1.4.
It could probably include more english feedback, and a bit more of speed, but quite good job.

lzvk25 reviewed v10.1 on May 28, 2004

Very nice application, however it still needs some improvements. First, some documentation in English, since not everybody reads German. Second, possibility of adding "plugins" and Third add more kinds of servers to the FTP, specially MVS.

herpie reviewed v9.20.940 on Sep 3, 2003

The best filemanager in the market. Really is very good.

ilikedirtthe2nddd reviewed v9.1.930 on Feb 25, 2003

the best filemanager i have ever used. and i tried them all: 2xexplorer, turbonavigator, total commander... none of them reaches this app. (well, totalcommander does in features, but not in ease of use/interface)