AOMEI FastRecovery vs FonePaw SD Card Recovery
AOMEI FastRecovery
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| Figure | AOMEI FastRecovery | FonePaw SD Card Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 17 | 3 |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 9.0 (#2) | 7.6 (#32) |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 9.1 (#3) | 7.3 (#39) |
| File systems | The overview lists NTFS, FAT 16, FAT 32, and exFAT, and says only NTFS supports both Quick Scan and Deep Scan. | The product FAQ lists exFAT, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ReFS, HFS+, Encrypted HFS, HFSX, APFS, BTRFS, XFS, BFS, and EXT4 as supported memory-card file systems. |
| File types | The first release supported recovery of more than 200 data types, including documents, images, video, audio and email formats. | The product page says it can restore more than 1,000 file types, including photos, videos, audio, documents, archives, Outlook data, and other files. |
| Operating systems | Supported systems include Windows 7 through Windows 11 and Windows Server 2008 R2 through Server 2022. | The product page lists Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP and Mac OS X 10.7 or higher, with macOS Sonoma supported. |
| Purpose | AOMEI FastRecovery recovers data lost through deletion, formatting, system crashes, and virus attacks on Windows computers. | The software is designed to recover files lost from memory cards after deletion, formatting, corruption, damage, transfer interruption, improper removal, power outage, malware, or RAW file-system errors. |
Plans
AOMEI FastRecovery
- FreeFree
- ProfessionalPrice not published
- ProfessionalPriced on request
- Technician$99 a month
- FastRecovery FreeFree
- FastRecovery Professional — Monthly$39.95 a month
- FastRecovery Professional Monthly$39.95 a month
- FastRecovery Professional — Yearly$59.95 a year
- FastRecovery Professional Yearly$59.95 a year
- FastRecovery Professional — Lifetime$69.95, paid once
FonePaw SD Card Recovery
- One-Month LicensePrice not published
- One-Year LicensePrice not published
- Single-User LicensePrice not published
In their own words
AOMEI FastRecovery
AOMEI FastRecovery is a Windows application for recovering data lost through deletion, formatting, system crashes or virus attacks. Listed recovery sources include HDDs, SSDs, USB flash drives, SD and memory cards, PCs, laptops, cameras, the Recycle Bin, lost partitions and crashed PCs. It supports Quick Scan and Deep Scan; the latter takes longer and scans sector by sector. Users can preview files and filter results by type and size. The overview lists NTFS, FAT 16, FAT 32 and exFAT file systems, but only NTFS supports both scan modes. Supported Windows versions include Windows 11, 10, 8/8.1, 7, Vista and multiple Windows Server versions through Server 2022. The Free plan scans storage devices, previews full files and recovers up to 500 MB. BitLocker-encrypted partitions are supported. Recovery of unallocated space is unsupported, and physically damaged disks cannot be recovered if the computer does not detect them. Professional and Technician licenses offer unlimited recovery; Technician is listed at $99 a month, billed monthly.
FonePaw SD Card Recovery
FonePaw SD Card Recovery has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.