Disk Drill vs SysTools SD Card Recovery
Disk Drill
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| Figure | Disk Drill | SysTools SD Card Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7.42/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 8 | 1 |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 9.0 (#3) | 7.5 (#37) |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 9.1 (#4) | 7.4 (#38) |
| Founded | 2011 | 2007 |
| Headquarters | New Castle, Delaware, USA | New Delhi, India |
| Integrations | The Mac edition can scan Time Machine backup disks and snapshots, and the Windows comparison lists NAS and Linux scanning via SSH. | The product instructions describe connecting an SD card to a PC, including through a memory-card reader; no software integrations are listed on the product page. |
| Purpose | Disk Drill scans storage devices to find and recover deleted, lost, or damaged files. | The software recovers deleted, corrupted, and formatted data from SD and memory cards. |
| Support | CleverFiles says its technical support team operates in CES and EST time zones and provides do-it-yourself recovery support worldwide. | SysTools lists live chat, email, and phone as support channels, and describes chat as available 24/7. |
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.
SysTools SD Card Recovery
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