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
10free plans on this page
$1.23/molowest paid tier
7 Oct 2026last checked
Input list Data recovery software 25 channels on this page · 133 of 200 spec lines stated by the makers
Ch Tool Free planPaid fromRecovery sourcesOperating systemsFree recovery limitMemory card recoveryRAID recoveryBootable recovery Spec sheet Score
26 Hetman Partition Recovery Free planNoPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesHDD, 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 volumesOperating systemsWindows, macOS, LinuxFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryNoBootable recoveryNo 6/8spec lines stated 7.5
27 Aiseesoft Data Recovery Free planYesPaid from$60one-timeRecovery sourcesComputer 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 drivesOperating systemsWindows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP (SP2 or later); Mac 10.7 and aboveFree recovery limit200 GBMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryYesBootable recoveryYes 8/8spec lines stated 7.5
28 R-Linux Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesHard disks; CDs; DVDs; floppy disks; Compact Flash cards; USB drives; ZIP drives; Memory Sticks; other removable mediaOperating systemsLinux; WindowsFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryNoBootable recoverynot stated 5/8spec lines stated 7.4
29 Macrorit Data Recovery Free planYesPaid from$59.90one-timeRecovery sourcesInternal and external hard drives; partitions; CD/DVD; SD cards; USB drives; disk images; RAID 0/5/6 arrays; Mac storage devices; Time Machine drivesOperating systemsWindows 11, 10, 7, 8.1, 8, XP, and Windows Server; macOS High Sierra, Sierra, and OS XFree recovery limit1 GBMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryYesBootable recoveryYes 8/8spec lines stated 7.4
30 Lazesoft Data Recovery Free planYesPaid from$39.99one-timeRecovery sourcesInternal hard drives; external hard drives; SSDs; USB drives; flash drives; memory cards; iPod; iPhone; RAID disk arraysOperating systemsWindows 7, 8/8.1, 10, 11; Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025Free recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryYesBootable recoveryYes 7/8spec lines stated 7.4
31 SalvageData Data Recovery Software Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourceshard drives, USB flash drives, SD cards, connected storage devicesOperating systemsWindows, macOS, LinuxFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryYesBootable recoverynot stated 5/8spec lines stated 7.4
32 R-Undelete Free planYesPaid from$54.99one-timeRecovery sourcesHDD, SSD, USB/NVMe storage devices, memory cards, virtual disks, undamaged RAIDs, Windows Storage SpacesOperating systemsWindows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000Free recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryYesBootable recoverynot stated 6/8spec lines stated 7.3
33 Windows File Recovery Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesinternal drives, external drives, USB devices, SD cards, flash drivesOperating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11Free recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoverynot statedBootable recoverynot stated 4/8spec lines stated 7.2
34 GetDataBack Pro Free planNoPaid from$79one-timeRecovery sourcesHard drives, SSDs, USB drives, flash drives, SD cards, floppy disks, volumes, drive images, RAID virtual imagesOperating systemsWindows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Server 2008-2022Free recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryYesBootable recoveryYes 7/8spec lines stated 7.2
35 Glarysoft File Recovery Pro Free planYesPaid from$19.95one-timeRecovery sourcesHard drives, floppy drives, partitions, removable devices, USB flash drives, external hard drives, SD cards, CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia cards, digital cameras, and drone camerasOperating systemsWindows 11, 10, 8, 7, 2000, XP, Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)Free recovery limit2 GBMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoverynot statedBootable recoverynot stated 6/8spec lines stated 7.2
36 DiskInternals RAID Recovery Free planYesPaid from$149one-timeRecovery sourcesRAID arrays; hardware and software RAIDs; NAS arrays; virtual disk images; forensic disk imagesOperating systemsWindowsFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryNoRAID recoveryYesBootable recoverynot stated 6/8spec lines stated 7.2
37 Active@ Uneraser Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesHDD, SSD, external disks, USB drives, memory cards, digital cameras, disk images, RAID arraysOperating systemsWindows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000; Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003Free recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryYesBootable recoveryYes 6/8spec lines stated 7.2
38 Puran File Recovery Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesHard disks, pen drives, memory cards, mobile phones, CDs, DVDs, and other storage media detected as drives by WindowsOperating systemsWindows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8, 10, and 11Free recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoverynot statedBootable recoveryYes 5/8spec lines stated 7.2
39 IsoBuster Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesCD, DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD, hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, memory cards, floppy disks, Zip, Jaz, Clik, MiniDisc, Hi-MD, and image filesOperating systemsWindows 7, 8, 10, 11; 32-bit versions also support Windows XP SP3 and VistaFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryYesBootable recoverynot stated 5/8spec lines stated 7.2
40 RecoverHelper Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesnot statedOperating systemsnot statedFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoverynot statedRAID recoverynot statedBootable recoverynot stated 1/8spec lines stated 7.2
41 Dr.Fone Toolkit Free planNoPaid from$115.95one-timeRecovery sourcesiOS devices, Android devices, cloud backups, local backups, supported broken phonesOperating systemsWindows, macOSFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoverynot statedRAID recoverynot statedBootable recoverynot stated 4/8spec lines stated 7.1
42 Aryson Windows Data Recovery Software Free planYesPaid from$39one-timeRecovery sourcesHard 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 SuperDisksOperating systemsWindows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, 98, NT, 95, and Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003Free recovery limit2 GBMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryYesBootable recoverynot stated 7/8spec lines stated 7.1
43 IObit Uninstaller Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesSpecific locations or devices; hard drives are referenced as a data-loss scenarioOperating systemsWindows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XPFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoverynot statedRAID recoverynot statedBootable recoverynot stated 3/8spec lines stated 7.1
44 Microsoft Quick Assist Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesinternal drives, external drives, USB devices, SD cards, flash drivesOperating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11Free recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoverynot statedBootable recoverynot stated 4/8spec lines stated 7.1
45 GNU ddrescue Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesFiles, devices, partitions, optical media (CD-ROMs/DVDs), kernel-supported devices including ATA, SATA, SCSI, floppy disks, and flash media cards such as SDOperating systemsPOSIX systems recommended; Cygwin support is discussed in the manualFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoverynot statedBootable recoverynot stated 4/8spec lines stated 7.0
46 PhoneRescue Free planNoPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesiOS devices, iTunes backups, iCloud backups, Android phones and tabletsOperating systemsWindows, macOSFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoverynot statedRAID recoverynot statedBootable recoverynot stated 3/8spec lines stated 7.0
47 Kernel for Windows Data Recovery Free planYesPaid from$49one-timeRecovery sourcesHDD, 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, RAIDOperating systemsWindows 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, 2003Free recovery limit2 GBMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryYesBootable recoverynot stated 7/8spec lines stated 7.0
48 Active@ UNDELETE Free planYesPaid from$19.99one-timeRecovery sourcesHDD, SSD, external disks, USB drives, memory cards, digital cameras, removable devices, CD/DVDs, ZIP drives, floppy disks, disk images and RAID arraysOperating systemsWindows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 and 2022; WinPEFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoveryYesBootable recoveryYes 7/8spec lines stated 7.0
49 Bitwar Data Recovery Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesPC/laptop, hard drive, external disk, SSD, USB drive, Micro Card, memory card, camcorder, digital camera, music player, video player, other devicesOperating systemsWindows, macOSFree recovery limit1 GBMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoverynot statedBootable recoverynot stated 5/8spec lines stated 7.0
50 BreadCrumb Free planYesPaid fromnot statedRecovery sourcesBlock devices; raw and split disk images; EWF/E01; QCOW2; VMDK; NTFS; ext2/3/4; FAT12/16/32; exFAT; HFS+/HFSX; APFSOperating systemsLinux, macOS, WindowsFree recovery limitnot statedMemory card recoveryYesRAID recoverynot statedBootable recoverynot stated 4/8spec lines stated 6.9
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Tool | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Recovery sources | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Hetman Partition Recovery | 7.5 | No | — | 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 volumes | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 27 | Aiseesoft Data Recovery | 7.5 | No | $10/mo | Yes | $60one-time | Computer 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 drives | Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP (SP2 or later); Mac 10.7 and above |
| 28 | R-Linux | 7.4 | No | — | Yes | — | Hard disks; CDs; DVDs; floppy disks; Compact Flash cards; USB drives; ZIP drives; Memory Sticks; other removable media | Linux; Windows |
| 29 | Macrorit Data Recovery | 7.4 | No | $59.90/mo | Yes | $59.90one-time | Internal and external hard drives; partitions; CD/DVD; SD cards; USB drives; disk images; RAID 0/5/6 arrays; Mac storage devices; Time Machine drives | Windows 11, 10, 7, 8.1, 8, XP, and Windows Server; macOS High Sierra, Sierra, and OS X |
| 30 | Lazesoft Data Recovery | 7.4 | Free plan | — | Yes | $39.99one-time | Internal hard drives; external hard drives; SSDs; USB drives; flash drives; memory cards; iPod; iPhone; RAID disk arrays | Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10, 11; Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025 |
| 31 | SalvageData Data Recovery Software | 7.4 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | hard drives, USB flash drives, SD cards, connected storage devices | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 32 | R-Undelete | 7.3 | Free plan | $54.99/mo | Yes | $54.99one-time | HDD, SSD, USB/NVMe storage devices, memory cards, virtual disks, undamaged RAIDs, Windows Storage Spaces | Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000 |
| 33 | Windows File Recovery | 7.2 | No | — | Yes | — | internal drives, external drives, USB devices, SD cards, flash drives | Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| 34 | GetDataBack Pro | 7.2 | No | $79/mo | No | $79one-time | Hard drives, SSDs, USB drives, flash drives, SD cards, floppy disks, volumes, drive images, RAID virtual images | Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Server 2008-2022 |
| 35 | Glarysoft File Recovery Pro | 7.2 | No | $4.16/mo | Yes | $19.95one-time | Hard drives, floppy drives, partitions, removable devices, USB flash drives, external hard drives, SD cards, CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia cards, digital cameras, and drone cameras | Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, 2000, XP, Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) |
| 36 | DiskInternals RAID Recovery | 7.2 | No | $149/mo | Yes | $149one-time | RAID arrays; hardware and software RAIDs; NAS arrays; virtual disk images; forensic disk images | Windows |
| 37 | Active@ Uneraser | 7.2 | No | — | Yes | — | HDD, SSD, external disks, USB drives, memory cards, digital cameras, disk images, RAID arrays | Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000; Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003 |
| 38 | Puran File Recovery | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | Hard disks, pen drives, memory cards, mobile phones, CDs, DVDs, and other storage media detected as drives by Windows | Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8, 10, and 11 |
| 39 | IsoBuster | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | CD, DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD, hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, memory cards, floppy disks, Zip, Jaz, Clik, MiniDisc, Hi-MD, and image files | Windows 7, 8, 10, 11; 32-bit versions also support Windows XP SP3 and Vista |
| 40 | RecoverHelper | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | — | — |
| 41 | Dr.Fone Toolkit | 7.1 | No | $8.33/mo | No | $115.95one-time | iOS devices, Android devices, cloud backups, local backups, supported broken phones | Windows, macOS |
| 42 | Aryson Windows Data Recovery Software | 7.1 | Free plan | $39/mo | Yes | $39one-time | Hard 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 SuperDisks | Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, 98, NT, 95, and Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003 |
| 43 | IObit Uninstaller | 7.1 | Free plan | $1.23/mo | Yes | — | Specific locations or devices; hard drives are referenced as a data-loss scenario | Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP |
| 44 | Microsoft Quick Assist | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | internal drives, external drives, USB devices, SD cards, flash drives | Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| 45 | GNU ddrescue | 7.0 | No | — | Yes | — | Files, devices, partitions, optical media (CD-ROMs/DVDs), kernel-supported devices including ATA, SATA, SCSI, floppy disks, and flash media cards such as SD | POSIX systems recommended; Cygwin support is discussed in the manual |
| 46 | PhoneRescue | 7.0 | No | — | No | — | iOS devices, iTunes backups, iCloud backups, Android phones and tablets | Windows, macOS |
| 47 | Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 7.0 | No | $49/mo | Yes | $49one-time | HDD, 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, RAID | Windows 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 |
| 48 | Active@ UNDELETE | 7.0 | No | $19.99/mo | Yes | $19.99one-time | HDD, SSD, external disks, USB drives, memory cards, digital cameras, removable devices, CD/DVDs, ZIP drives, floppy disks, disk images and RAID arrays | Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 and 2022; WinPE |
| 49 | Bitwar Data Recovery | 7.0 | Free plan | $5.83/mo | Yes | — | PC/laptop, hard drive, external disk, SSD, USB drive, Micro Card, memory card, camcorder, digital camera, music player, video player, other devices | Windows, macOS |
| 50 | BreadCrumb | 6.9 | No | — | Yes | — | Block devices; raw and split disk images; EWF/E01; QCOW2; VMDK; NTFS; ext2/3/4; FAT12/16/32; exFAT; HFS+/HFSX; APFS | Linux, macOS, Windows |
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