AOMEI Partition Assistant vs GNOME Disks

AOMEI Partition Assistant is Windows software for creating, deleting, merging, splitting, resizing, and moving hard drive partitions. It also lists operating-system migration to an SSD, system disk cloning, conversion between MBR and GPT, and bootable media creation. The software supports storage devices recognized by Windows, including HDDs, SSDs, USB disks, NVMe drives, RAID, and NAS. Listed operating systems range from Windows 7 through Windows 11 and Windows Server 2008 R2 through Server 2025. For ReFS, Ext2/3, ExFAT, and other unknown file systems, the listed operations are limited to format, delete, and wipe. Standard is freeware. Professional Yearly costs $49.95 per year for one license covering two PCs; Professional Lifetime costs $59.95 per once for two PCs, with lifetime use and upgrades. Other editions cover family PCs, servers, unlimited company systems, or billable technician services. A demo lets users simulate operations, and upgrading to the full version activates all features. The maker describes it as suitable for home users and IT professionals.

GNOME Disks is a free Linux utility for managing disks and block devices. It can inspect, format, partition, and configure storage, while showing a visual breakdown of volumes and partitions on a selected device. Supported examples include hard drives, USB drives, DVD-RWs, and SD cards. The utility displays SMART data, benchmarks physical disks, and creates images of USB sticks. It can check filesystems for damage and restore them to usable states. Formatting removable disks can wipe their contents, and disk utilities can completely erase data. GNOME Disks is available as bootable media. The app-specific content is licensed under GPL-2.0+, and Kai Lüke is listed as maintainer. Online help and an issue tracker are provided for support and feedback. Its Free plan costs nothing and includes inspection, formatting, partitioning, configuration, SMART data, benchmarking, and USB imaging.