Disk Drill vs R-Linux
Disk Drill
cleverfiles.com
R-Linux
r-studio.comSide by side
| Figure | Disk Drill | R-Linux |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7.42/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 1 |
| Spec score · Data recovery software | 9.1 (#2) | 8.2 (#30) |
| Spec score · Partition Recovery Software | 9.1 (#2) | 7.6 (#20) |
| Spec score · Partition recovery software | 9.2 (#2) | 8.1 (#13) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Memory card recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Operating systems | macOS 10.15+; Windows 10+ | Linux; Windows |
| File preview | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | Disk Drill scans storage devices to find and recover deleted, lost, or damaged files. | R-Linux is a free file recovery utility for Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 file systems used in Linux and several Unixes. |
| RAID recovery | Yes | No |
| Recovery sources | Internal and external hard drives,SSDs,USB flash drives,SD/CF cards,memory cards,digital cameras,virtual hard drives,RAID arrays,disk images | Hard disks; CDs; DVDs; floppy disks; Compact Flash cards; USB drives; ZIP drives; Memory Sticks; other removable media |
| Support | CleverFiles says its technical support team operates in CES and EST time zones and provides do-it-yourself recovery support worldwide. | R-Tools Technology provides technical support information and a way to inquire about technical issues on its Technical Support page. |
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
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.
R-Linux
R-Linux is a free file-recovery utility for Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4 file systems, with host versions for Linux and Windows. It can recover files after virus attacks, power failures, partition reformatting or deletion, and from disks with bad sectors. Recovery sources include hard disks, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, Compact Flash cards, USB drives, ZIP drives, Memory Sticks, and other removable media. Memory-card recovery and file preview are supported, but RAID recovery is not. IntelligentScan can search devices with unknown file systems for known file types. R-Linux can create compressed, split, and password-protected disk or partition images, scanning while images are created; compressed images work with R-Drive Image. Bad-sector disks can be copied to an image for processing. Recovered files can be saved to any host-accessible disk, including network disks. Help documentation lists Linux mdadm and LVM/LVM2 volumes. The Linux version requires a kernel 2.6-or-newer RPM or DEB distribution, X.Org X server 1.7.6 or newer, and root privileges.