Disk Drill vs Ontrack EasyRecovery

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.

Ontrack EasyRecovery is file recovery software for Windows and macOS. Its Windows version is intended to recover files lost through deletion, reformatting, drive damage, and other common data-loss situations. It supports internal and external drives, SSDs, RAID, USB drives, memory cards, and optical media. Quick Scan searches faster; Deep Scan searches more extensively. The software lists bootable recovery, memory card recovery, RAID recovery, and file previews. Version 15 adds full-screen previews for recoverable videos and previews of files inside ZIP and archive formats. The product page also describes repair for damaged or corrupt photos and videos, with those repair features included in Premium. The Free plan costs nothing and allows up to 1 GB of recovery, with eligible files under 25 MB. Depending on the plan, capabilities include disk imaging, drive cloning, commercial-use licensing, and additional file-system support.