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Best Data Recovery Software in 2026

Updated

130 data recovery software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.

130ranked
8free plans on this page
$1.23/molowest paid tier
2 Oct 2026last checked

Data recovery software, ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going. 8 of the 25 on this page can be tried for free.

  1. 26 Aiseesoft Data RecoveryPaid from $10/mo
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.4easy start
  2. 27 Puran File RecoveryFree plan
    • Free to practise on: yes
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.4easy start
  3. 28 IsoBusterFree plan
    • Free to practise on: yes
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.4easy start
  4. 29 SalvageData Data Recovery SoftwareFree plan
    • Free to practise on: yes
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: yes
    7.4easy start
  5. 30 R-Linux
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.3easy start
  6. 31 Macrorit Data RecoveryPaid from $59.90/mo
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.3easy start
  7. 32 Aryson Windows Data Recovery SoftwarePaid from $39/mo
    • Free to practise on: yes
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.3easy start
  8. 33 Windows File Recovery
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: not on record
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.2easy start
  9. 34 Hetman Partition Recovery
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: yes
    7.2easy start
  10. 35 Glarysoft File Recovery ProPaid from $4.16/mo
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.2easy start
  11. 36 IObit UninstallerPaid from $1.23/mo
    • Free to practise on: yes
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.2easy start
  12. 37 GNU ddrescue
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: not on record
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.1easy start
  13. 38 GetDataBack ProPaid from $79/mo
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.1easy start
  14. 39 DiskInternals Partition Recovery
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: yes
    7.1easy start
  15. 40 DiskInternals RAID RecoveryPaid from $149/mo
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.1easy start
  16. 41 Active@ Uneraser
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.1easy start
  17. 42 Bitwar Data RecoveryPaid from $5.83/mo
    • Free to practise on: yes
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.1easy start
  18. 43 DiskDiggerPaid from $19.99/mo
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: yes
    7.0easy start
  19. 44 Mac Data Recovery GuruFree plan
    • Free to practise on: yes
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.0easy start
  20. 45 R-PhotoFree plan
    • Free to practise on: yes
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    7.0easy start
  21. 46 Dr.Fone ToolkitPaid from $8.33/mo
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    6.9easy start
  22. 47 Kernel for Windows Data RecoveryPaid from $49/mo
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    6.9easy start
  23. 48 Active@ UNDELETEPaid from $19.99/mo
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    6.9easy start
  24. 49 PhoneRescue
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: yes
    • Runs where you work: not on record
    6.8easy start
  25. 50 BreadCrumb
    • Free to practise on: not on record
    • Free trial: not on record
    • Well documented: not on record
    • Runs where you work: yes
    6.8easy start
Compare all 25 in a table
#PlatformScoreFree planFromFree planPaid fromRecovery sourcesOperating systems
26Aiseesoft Data Recovery7.4No$10/moYes$60one-timeComputer drives and partitions, hard drives (including SSDs), USB/flash drives, memory cards (including SD, CompactFlash, Memory Stick), digital cameras/camcorders, drones using microSD, dashcams, removable drivesWindows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP (SP2 or later); Mac 10.7 and above
27Puran File Recovery7.4Free planFreeYes—Hard disks, pen drives, memory cards, mobile phones, CDs, DVDs, and other storage media detected as drives by WindowsWindows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8, 10, and 11
28IsoBuster7.4Free planFreeYes—CD, DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD, hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, memory cards, floppy disks, Zip, Jaz, Clik, MiniDisc, Hi-MD, and image filesWindows 7, 8, 10, 11; 32-bit versions also support Windows XP SP3 and Vista
29SalvageData Data Recovery Software7.4Free planFreeYes—hard drives, USB flash drives, SD cards, connected storage devicesWindows, macOS, Linux
30R-Linux7.3No—Yes—Hard disks; CDs; DVDs; floppy disks; Compact Flash cards; USB drives; ZIP drives; Memory Sticks; other removable mediaLinux; Windows
31Macrorit Data Recovery7.3No$59.90/moYes$59.90one-timeInternal and external hard drives; partitions; CD/DVD; SD cards; USB drives; disk images; RAID 0/5/6 arrays; Mac storage devices; Time Machine drivesWindows 11, 10, 7, 8.1, 8, XP, and Windows Server; macOS High Sierra, Sierra, and OS X
32Aryson Windows Data Recovery Software7.3Free plan$39/moYes$39one-timeHard drives, SSDs, USB and pen drives, memory cards and SD cards, DVDs, CDs, physical drives, digital cameras, virtual disks, music and video players, RAID, ZIP drives, Recycle Bin, magnetic storage devices, and SuperDisksWindows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, 98, NT, 95, and Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003
33Windows File Recovery7.2No—Yes—internal drives, external drives, USB devices, SD cards, flash drivesWindows 10, Windows 11
34Hetman Partition Recovery7.2No—No—HDD, SSD, SSHD, USB flash drives, external USB disks, SD/SDHC/SDXC and microSD cards, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, disk images, forensic images, virtual machine disks, supported encrypted volumesWindows, macOS, Linux
35Glarysoft File Recovery Pro7.2No$4.16/moYes$19.95one-timeHard drives, floppy drives, partitions, removable devices, USB flash drives, external hard drives, SD cards, CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia cards, digital cameras, and drone camerasWindows 11, 10, 8, 7, 2000, XP, Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
36IObit Uninstaller7.2Free plan$1.23/moYes—Specific locations or devices; hard drives are referenced as a data-loss scenarioWindows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
37GNU ddrescue7.1No—Yes—Files, devices, partitions, optical media (CD-ROMs/DVDs), kernel-supported devices including ATA, SATA, SCSI, floppy disks, and flash media cards such as SDPOSIX systems recommended; Cygwin support is discussed in the manual
38GetDataBack Pro7.1No$79/moNo$79one-timeHard drives, SSDs, USB drives, flash drives, SD cards, floppy disks, volumes, drive images, RAID virtual imagesWindows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Server 2008-2022
39DiskInternals Partition Recovery7.1No—No$39.95one-timeHDDs, SSDs, external drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, disk images and supported virtual/forensic containers; readable logical sources exposed from RAID, NAS, SAN, or Windows Dynamic Disks; remote Ext2/3/4 over SFTPWindows (application); Linux and macOS file systems supported as sources; application may run on Linux or macOS through Wine
40DiskInternals RAID Recovery7.1No$149/moYes$149one-timeRAID arrays; hardware and software RAIDs; NAS arrays; virtual disk images; forensic disk imagesWindows
41Active@ Uneraser7.1No—Yes—HDD, SSD, external disks, USB drives, memory cards, digital cameras, disk images, RAID arraysWindows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000; Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003
42Bitwar Data Recovery7.1Free plan$5.83/moYes—PC/laptop, hard drive, external disk, SSD, USB drive, Micro Card, memory card, camcorder, digital camera, music player, video player, other devicesWindows, macOS
43DiskDigger7.0No$19.99/moYes$19.99one-timeHard disks, USB flash drives, memory cards, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, and supported virtual or raw disk imagesWindows, Linux, macOS
44Mac Data Recovery Guru7.0Free planFreeYes—APFS drives, HFS+ drives, ExFAT media, FAT32 media, camera cards, USB media, disk images, foldersmacOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
45R-Photo7.0Free planFreeYes—Internal and external HDD, SSD, NVMe devices, USB memory sticks, SD and CompactFlash memory cards, virtual disks, Windows Storage Spaces, and undamaged RAID arraysWindows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11
46Dr.Fone Toolkit6.9No$8.33/moNo$115.95one-timeiOS devices, Android devices, cloud backups, local backups, supported broken phonesWindows, macOS
47Kernel for Windows Data Recovery6.9No$49/moYes$49one-timeHDD, SSD, USB flash drive, external HDD, iPod, memory card, micro card, Secure Digital card, Compact Flash card, memory stick, Zip drive, floppy drive, FireWire HDD, SATA HDD, DE HDD, SCSI HDD, RAIDWindows 365, Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008, 2003 R2, 2003
48Active@ UNDELETE6.9No$19.99/moYes$19.99one-timeHDD, SSD, external disks, USB drives, memory cards, digital cameras, removable devices, CD/DVDs, ZIP drives, floppy disks, disk images and RAID arraysWindows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 and 2022; WinPE
49PhoneRescue6.8No—No—iOS devices, iTunes backups, iCloud backups, Android phones and tabletsWindows, macOS
50BreadCrumb6.8No—Yes—Block devices; raw and split disk images; EWF/E01; QCOW2; VMDK; NTFS; ext2/3/4; FAT12/16/32; exFAT; HFS+/HFSX; APFSLinux, macOS, Windows

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