GetRight
GetRight/Lightning Download Comparison
GetRight® vs. Lightning Download™
Both GetRight and Lightning Download are designed and programmed by Headlight software. There are many similarities between the programs. Neither one is 'better' than the other, they are just different, and each serves a slightly different need.If you are an advanced computer user, who downloads a lot of things, try GetRight.
If you are just starting out or don't download files very often, try Lightning Download.
If GetRight seems too complicated, try Lightning Download.
If Lightning Download doesn't do everything you want it to, try GetRight.
Both GetRight and Lightning Download are designed and programmed by Headlight software. There are many similarities between the programs. Neither one is 'better' than the other, they are just different, and each serves a slightly different need.
Generally Speaking, GetRight is more advanced, and has many more features. GetRight is our primary focus, and new features will appear here first. Lightning Download is smaller and simpler, but still has all the features that everyone except the most advanced and technical users would ever want. Also Lightning's default settings are a little more agressive about accelerating downloads. However, GetRight can be configured to do nearly identical acceleration.
Here is a list of features available in each program. All the basic downloading features are in both. Lightning has some advanced features, GetRight has many more.
So, to sum things up:
| Feature | GetRight | Lightning Download |
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| • | Resume Downloads | Yes | Yes |
| • | Browser Integration *Native support for Internet Explorer and Netscape 4.x. *Plugin support for Netscape6-7, Mozilla, Opera. |
Yes | Yes |
| • | Automatic Downloading | Yes | Yes |
| • | Automatic Search for Alternate Servers | Yes | Yes |
| • | FileMirrors Support | Yes | Yes |
| • | Scheduled Downloading | Yes | Yes |
| • | Download History | Yes | Yes |
| • | Download Priority and ordering | Yes | Yes |
| • | Easy Organization by file type, category, etc. | Yes | Yes |
| • | Advanced Organization by file server, date, etc. | Yes | No |
| • | Speed Limit to reduce bandwidth for downloads | Yes | No |
| • | Auto Login for FTP and Basic HTTP | Yes | Yes |
| • | Auto Login for Web Forms | Yes | Yes |
| • | Supports Browser Cookies | Yes | Yes |
| • | Configure Maximum connections per server | Yes | No |
| • | Dial and Redial Modem | Yes | Yes |
| • | Turn off Computer when Done | Yes | Yes |
| • | Verify Links | Yes | Yes |
| • | Automatic Virus Scan when Download Finishes | Yes | Yes |
| • | Send Yourself an Email when Download Finishes | Yes | No |
| • | Hidden Download Windows | Yes | No |
| • | Keep a Log File of Downloads | Yes | No |
| • | Accelerate Downloads Without Mirrors | 1-4 segments | |
| • | Accelerate Downloads With Mirrors | 1-10 segments | |
| • | Server Searching, basic (Leeching) | Yes | Yes |
| • | Server Searching, advanced (Synchronization) | Yes | No |
| • | "GetRight Browser" | Yes | No |
| • | Daily Downloads--Download or sychronize with a server every day | Yes | No |
| • | Simple and Advanced Configurations | Yes | Yes |
| • | 'Power-Downloader' Features to make even the most scrupulous computer-geek happy! | Yes | Somewhat |
| • | Price *Subject to change | $25.00 | $19.95 |
