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
1free plans on this page
$4.16/molowest paid tier
7 Oct 2026last checked
Data recovery software, ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going. 1 of the 25 on this page can be tried for free.
- 76 iCare Data Recovery
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 77 AnyRecover
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 78 DataRecovery
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 79 Atola Insight Forensic
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 80 Recover My Files
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 81 DiskWarrior
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 82 Recovery Toolbox for CD FreeFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 83 Starus RAID Restore
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 84 FoneDog iOS Data RecoveryPaid from $39.95/mo
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 85 AS Data RecoveryPaid from $150/mo
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 86 Leawo Data Recovery for MacPaid from $69.99/mo
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 87 UNDELETE 360Paid from $39/mo
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 88 Klennet 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
- 89 OpenSuperClone
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 90 321Soft Data Recovery Express
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 91 System MechanicPaid 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
- 92 FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 93 9DataRecovery
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 94 RecuperaBit
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 95 Aidfile Recovery
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 96 Windows Backup
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 97 Kernel for Linux Data Recovery
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 98 JpegDigger
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 99 Scalpel
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: yes
- 100 7-Data Recovery Suite
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Recovery sources | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | iCare Data Recovery | 6.4 | No | — | Yes | — | Hard drives, external hard drives, USB flash drives, SD/microSD/SDHC/SDXC, XD-picture, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, Android phones, digital cameras, laptops and desktops | Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP; Pro also lists Windows Server |
| 77 | AnyRecover | 6.4 | No | — | No | — | hard drives, SSDs, USB drives, external disks, SD cards, memory cards, cameras, camcorders, iOS devices, Android devices | Windows, macOS |
| 78 | DataRecovery | 6.2 | No | — | Yes | — | storage devices; disk image files | Linux |
| 79 | Atola Insight Forensic | 6.2 | No | — | No | — | Hard drives, SSDs, removable media, flash drives, memory cards and RAID arrays | Windows |
| 80 | Recover My Files | 6.2 | No | — | No | — | Hard drives, external USB drives, USB sticks, camera cards, hardware/software RAID (JBOD, RAID 0/1/5), iPods, MP3 players, Dictaphones, disk images | Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10 (32-bit and 64-bit documented) |
| 81 | DiskWarrior | 6.2 | No | — | — | $59.95one-time | Mac OS Extended volumes; internal and external volumes; Fusion Drives; Flash/SSD drives; Time Machine volumes; RAID volumes; disk images; FileVault volumes | macOS / OS X, including OS X Mountain Lion through macOS Tahoe for supported external Mac OS Extended disks |
| 82 | Recovery Toolbox for CD Free | 6.2 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray and other optical discs recognized by Windows | Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10/11; Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016 and above |
| 83 | Starus RAID Restore | 6.1 | No | — | No | — | RAID arrays, single- and multi-disk volumes, DAS/NAS devices, virtual disk images, memory-card file systems | Windows (including Windows Server 2000–2019) |
| 84 | FoneDog iOS Data Recovery | 6.1 | No | $39.95/mo | No | — | iPhone; iPad; iPod touch; iTunes backups; iCloud backups | Windows; macOS |
| 85 | AS Data Recovery | 6.1 | No | $150/mo | No | $150one-time | Internal HDD, external HDD, SSD, USB, SD cards, CF cards, IMG/RAW disk images, VMDK and VHDX virtual disks | Windows 10/11; Windows Server 2016 and later |
| 86 | Leawo Data Recovery for Mac | 6.1 | No | $69.99/mo | — | $69.99one-time | Mac hard drives; USB drives; SD cards; digital cameras; mobile phones (iPhone excluded); MP3 players; MP4 players; Trash Bin; other storage devices | macOS |
| 87 | UNDELETE 360 | 6.1 | No | $39/mo | Yes | $39one-time | Hard drives, flash drives, USB external drives, ZIP drives, FireWire drives, digital camera cards, digital cameras, floppy drives, USB flash drives, Windows network shares | Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003/2008, Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| 88 | Klennet Recovery | 6.1 | No | $49/mo | — | $399one-time | physical disks, partitions, USB flash drives, SD cards, NAS arrays, RAID volumes, and disk images | Windows 10 and later |
| 89 | OpenSuperClone | 6.0 | No | — | Yes | — | files; block devices; USB-attached drives; SATA-attached drives; PATA-connected drives; NVMe SSDs | Linux |
| 90 | 321Soft Data Recovery Express | 6.0 | No | — | Yes | $29.95one-time | hard drives, external hard drives, USB flash drives, SD cards, memory sticks, CompactFlash cards, other storage devices | Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP |
| 91 | System Mechanic | 6.0 | No | $4.16/mo | No | $44.95one-time | hard drives, CDs/DVDs, cameras, MP3 players, flash drives, memory cards, music players, digital media | Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP SP3 |
| 92 | FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery | 5.9 | No | — | No | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, iTunes backups, iCloud backups | Windows, macOS |
| 93 | 9DataRecovery | 5.9 | No | — | Yes | — | SD cards, USB flash drives, SSDs, external devices, hard disks, memory cards, digital cameras | Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 or later |
| 94 | RecuperaBit | 5.9 | No | — | — | — | disk images, partitions, real devices | OS Independent |
| 95 | Aidfile Recovery | 5.9 | No | — | Yes | $69.95one-time | Hard disks, external hard drives, USB flash drives, SD cards, CF cards, memory sticks, camera cards, Zip disks, floppy disks, and RAID drives | Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2012 |
| 96 | Windows Backup | 5.9 | No | — | Yes | — | internal drives, external drives, USB devices, SD cards, flash drives | Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| 97 | Kernel for Linux Data Recovery | 5.8 | No | — | No | — | Linux partitions and file systems; USB, SATA, ZIP, SCSI, EIDE, PAN, FireWire, and DE drives | Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, 98, NT, 95, and Windows Server |
| 98 | JpegDigger | 5.8 | No | — | Yes | — | logical drives; physical drives; disk images; memory cards; hard drives | Windows |
| 99 | Scalpel | 5.8 | No | — | Yes | — | disk images | Linux, Windows, macOS |
| 100 | 7-Data Recovery Suite | 5.8 | No | — | Yes | $49.95one-time | DE HDD, SATA HDD, SCSI HDD, FireWire HDD, SSD, USB HDD, external HDD, hardware RAID, floppy drive, USB flash drive, CompactFlash card, Secure Digital card, memory card/memory stick, Micro card, Zip drive, iPod, and other storage devices | Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 |
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