The best replacement for compress is hot compress.

The best alternatives to compress are rated as following:
★★★★★  hot compress
★★★★  gzip
★★★★  cold compress
★★★  encrypt first
★★  resize
★  warm compress
★  pvelite
★  warm
★  hot
★  cold
  not to compress
  heating pad
  normalize
  heating pads

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