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
0free plans on this page
$35/molowest paid tier
7 Oct 2026last checked
Data recovery software, ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going. 0 of the 25 on this page can be tried for free.
- 101 iBeesoft Data 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
- 102 PC-3000 Express System
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 103 recoverjpeg
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 104 RS RAID Retrieve
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: yes
- 105 NTFS Undelete
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 106 Kernel for Mac Data 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
- 107 Unstoppable Copier
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 108 GiliSoft Data RecoveryPaid from $99.95/mo
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 109 Jihosoft iPhone Backup ExtractorPaid from $35/mo
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 110 Magic Partition Recovery
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: yes
- 111 SecureRecovery Data Recovery Software
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 112 BitBroom
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 113 Magic RAID Recovery
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 114 RollBack RxPaid from $83.90/mo
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 115 DiskInternals Linux 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
- 116 Magic Photo Recovery
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: yes
- 117 Magic Uneraser
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: yes
- 118 deep-recover
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 119 Starus File Recovery
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 120 btrfs restore
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 121 FreeUndelete
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 122 Recovery Toolbox File Undelete Free
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 123 Starus Partition 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
- 124 Foremost
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 125 Magic Rescue
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | iBeesoft Data Recovery | 5.8 | No | — | Yes | — | HDD, SSD, external hard drives, USB drives, SD cards, CompactFlash cards, digital cameras, RAID, NAS, players, and ZIP drives | Windows |
| 102 | PC-3000 Express System | 5.8 | No | — | — | — | SATA HDD; PATA (IDE) HDD; USB HDD; SSHD; HDD images; VMDK; VHD; VHDX; DMG | Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows 10; Windows 11 |
| 103 | recoverjpeg | 5.8 | No | — | Yes | — | memory cards; USB drives; disks; filesystem images; peripherals | Unix |
| 104 | RS RAID Retrieve | 5.8 | No | — | — | — | RAID arrays, NAS and DAS devices, connected disks, virtual machine disk formats, forensic images | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 105 | NTFS Undelete | 5.7 | No | — | No | — | IDE/ATA/SCSI hard drives, SSD drives, flash drives, external USB storage devices, digital camera cards, CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia, Secure Digital memory cards | Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| 106 | Kernel for Mac Data Recovery | 5.7 | No | — | No | $69one-time | IDE, EIDE, SCSI, SATA drives; iPod; USB drives; Mac hard disks; HFS/HFS+ volumes | Windows 365, 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, NT, 98, 95, Windows Server 2022 and older versions |
| 107 | Unstoppable Copier | 5.7 | No | — | Yes | — | Disks with physical damage, bad sectors, scratches, or read errors | Windows; Linux (x86 and x86_64 version listed) |
| 108 | GiliSoft Data Recovery | 5.7 | No | $99.95/mo | — | $99.95one-time | internal drives; external disks; USB flash drives; SD cards; microSD cards; CF cards | Windows |
| 109 | Jihosoft iPhone Backup Extractor | 5.7 | No | $35/mo | No | $35one-time | iTunes backups; iCloud backups | Windows; macOS |
| 110 | Magic Partition Recovery | 5.7 | No | — | No | — | HDD, SSD, SSHD, USB flash drives, external USB disks, memory cards, SD cards, CompactFlash cards, internal device storage, virtual disk images, NAS, SAN, remote systems over SSH | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 111 | SecureRecovery Data Recovery Software | 5.7 | No | — | No | $39.95one-time | HDD, SSD, flash drives, binary image files, NAS drives, external drives, RAID arrays, memory cards, USB flash drives, iPhone and Android phones | Windows XP or newer; macOS 10 and newer |
| 112 | BitBroom | 5.6 | No | — | Yes | — | — | — |
| 113 | Magic RAID Recovery | 5.6 | No | — | No | — | RAID arrays; hard disks; SSDs; USB drives; memory cards | Windows |
| 114 | RollBack Rx | 5.6 | No | $83.90/mo | No | $83.90one-time | hard drives, partitions, whole drives, snapshots, RAID arrays | Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows Server |
| 115 | DiskInternals Linux Recovery | 5.6 | No | — | Yes | — | Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 partitions; disk images | Windows |
| 116 | Magic Photo Recovery | 5.6 | No | — | No | — | HDD, SSD, SSHD, USB flash drive, external USB disk, memory card, SD/SDHC/SDXC card, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, MMC, xD card, internal device storage, digital camera, virtual machine disk image | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 117 | Magic Uneraser | 5.6 | No | — | No | — | HDD, SSD, SSHD, internal disks, external USB drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, SD cards, CompactFlash cards, digital cameras, MP3 players, USB-connected devices | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 118 | deep-recover | 5.5 | No | — | Yes | — | USB sticks, SD cards, hard drive images, disk images | — |
| 119 | Starus File Recovery | 5.5 | No | — | No | — | Hard disks, SSD drives, USB drives, USB flash memory, memory cards, and certain MP3 players and digital cameras connected by USB | Windows; the product page lists Windows 7 and older versions |
| 120 | btrfs restore | 5.5 | No | — | Yes | — | Btrfs filesystem device | Linux |
| 121 | FreeUndelete | 5.5 | No | — | Yes | — | NTFS drives | Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016 |
| 122 | Recovery Toolbox File Undelete Free | 5.5 | No | — | Yes | — | Windows Recycle Bin; internal HDD; external hard drive; NTFS drives | Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10/11; Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016 and above |
| 123 | Starus Partition Recovery | 5.5 | No | — | No | $100one-time | hard drives, SSD drives, USB drives, memory cards, MP3 players, digital cameras | Windows |
| 124 | Foremost | 5.4 | No | — | Yes | — | raw data, disk image files | Linux |
| 125 | Magic Rescue | 5.4 | No | — | Yes | — | Block devices, including drives or partitions | Unix-like systems (the project specifies a C library and a UNIXish system to build; Linux support is not separately enumerated) |
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