CardRecovery vs Disk Drill
CardRecovery
cardrecovery.com
Disk Drill
cleverfiles.comSide by side
| Figure | CardRecovery | Disk Drill |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $7.42/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 8 |
| Spec score · Photo Recovery Software | 8.2 (#14) | 9.1 (#2) |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 8.1 (#18) | 9.0 (#3) |
| Spec score · Photo recovery software | 7.5 (#29) | 9.2 (#2) |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 7.4 (#37) | 9.1 (#4) |
| Founded | 1998 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Bradenton, Florida, United States | New Castle, Delaware, USA |
| Purpose | CardRecovery recovers lost, deleted, corrupted, or formatted photos and video files from memory cards. | Disk Drill scans storage devices to find and recover deleted, lost, or damaged files. |
| Recovery limitation | The maker cautions that recovery is not always possible and recommends trying the evaluation version first. | The maker says recovery from physically damaged storage that Windows cannot recognize requires hardware repair first. |
| Support | The maker advertises free technical support and provides a support form and support email address. | CleverFiles says its technical support team operates in CES and EST time zones and provides do-it-yourself recovery support worldwide. |
Plans
CardRecovery
- CardRecovery single-user license$39.95, paid once
- CardRecovery single-user license$39.95, paid once
Disk Drill
- BasicFree
- PRO Subscription$89 a year
- PRO Lifetime License$149, paid once
- EnterprisePrice not published
- Disk Drill BasicFree
- Disk Drill EnterprisePriced on request
- Disk Drill PRO Lifetime LicensePrice not published
- Disk Drill PRO One-Year SubscriptionPrice not published
In their own words
CardRecovery
CardRecovery has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Disk Drill
Disk Drill scans storage devices to find and recover deleted, lost, or damaged files. It runs on macOS 10.15 or later and Windows 10 or later, and supports internal and external drives, SSDs, USB drives, memory cards, cameras, RAID arrays, virtual disks, and disk images. The free Basic edition scans storage and previews recoverable files; Windows users can recover up to 100 MB without upgrading. PRO provides unlimited data recovery and recovery methods including Quick & Deep Scan and Lost Partition Search. It also covers both supported operating systems under one license, with activation on up to three devices by one user. The free edition includes Recovery Vault metadata protection and byte-level backups. PRO costs $89 a year for an annual subscription or $149 as a one-time purchase for a lifetime license. PRO is for personal use, while Enterprise is listed for multiple users and includes priority technical support and forensic data export. PRO purchases are non-refundable except where consumer protection laws require refunds.