Download Accelerator Plus is one of the fastest download managers available. With over 300 million installations, DAP stands as one of the most preferred free download manager. DAP also has a premium version which boasts to have a ten-channel acceleration while the free version limits at four. With the integration of DAP Link Checker, you can get all the information about the download before you download it. Browser integration, video preview and DAPster which waits and executes the download from hosting sites like hotfile.com and fileflyer.com are some of the DAP features.
FlashGet is simple yet powerful download manager. FlashGet is completely free and 100% clean (no adware or spyware). Personally I felt Flashget uses lowest system resources while effectively downloading files from internet. FlashGet claims to have MHT (Multi-server Hyper-threading Transportation) technique which supports various protocols and has document management features.
Free Download Manager is an open source download manager and is easy-to-use. FDM says that it can download files and also complete websites at 6 times faster than the traditional download. It comes with a translucent drop box element on the screen which can be used for drag-and-drop for starting downloads. Browser integration, Batch downloading support for downloading a set of files, flash video download are some of the features of FDM.
