Disk Drill vs FonePaw SD Card Recovery
Disk Drill
cleverfiles.comFonePaw SD Card Recovery
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| Figure | Disk Drill | FonePaw SD Card Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7.42/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 3 |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 9.0 (#3) | 7.6 (#32) |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 9.1 (#4) | 7.3 (#39) |
| Company history | CleverFiles says it was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2011 and now operates from New Castle, Delaware. | FonePaw says it was founded in 2014 and specializes in data recovery, transfer, backup, system repair, and multimedia tools. |
| Headquarters | New Castle, Delaware, USA | Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Purpose | Disk Drill scans storage devices to find and recover deleted, lost, or damaged files. | 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
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
FonePaw SD Card Recovery
- One-Month LicensePrice not published
- One-Year LicensePrice not published
- Single-User LicensePrice not published
In their own words
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.
FonePaw SD Card Recovery
FonePaw SD Card Recovery has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.