Disk Drill vs Hetman Photo Recovery
Disk Drill
cleverfiles.comHetman Photo Recovery
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| Figure | Disk Drill | Hetman Photo Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7.42/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 9 |
| Spec score · Photo recovery software | 9.2 (#2) | 8.7 (#6) |
| Spec score · Photo Recovery Software | 9.1 (#2) | 8.8 (#5) |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 9.0 (#3) | 8.7 (#8) |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 9.1 (#4) | 8.6 (#10) |
| Founded | 2011 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | New Castle, Delaware, USA | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| License and updates | PRO licenses are personal and non-transferable, and include software updates and upgrades according to the chosen subscription or lifetime term. | The purchased version can be used without a time limit, but versions released after update coverage ends require a new license key. |
| Purpose | Disk Drill scans storage devices to find and recover deleted, lost, or damaged files. | Hetman Photo Recovery recovers deleted and lost photos and camera RAW images from storage devices after deletion, formatting, partition loss, or file system damage. |
| Recovery limitation | The maker says recovery from physically damaged storage that Windows cannot recognize requires hardware repair first. | Signature-based recovery may find image content without its original filename or folder structure when file system records are unavailable. |
| Recovery methods | PRO includes Quick & Deep Scan, Lost Partition Search, and other recovery methods. | Fast Scan uses file-system metadata, while Full Analysis scans storage sector by sector and can search by file signatures. |
| Support | CleverFiles says its technical support team operates in CES and EST time zones and provides do-it-yourself recovery support worldwide. | Hetman advertises 24/7 support by email, live chat, and phone, while its support page says replies are targeted within one business day. |
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
Hetman Photo Recovery
- HomePriced on request
- OfficePriced on request
- BusinessPriced on request
- Home Edition$47.95, paid once
- Office Edition$137.95, paid once
- Commercial Edition$237.95, paid once
- Business versionPrice not published
- Home versionPrice not published
- Office versionPrice 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.
Hetman Photo Recovery
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