DiskDigger vs DiskGenius
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| Figure | DiskDigger | DiskGenius |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $19.99/mo | $8.32/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 5 |
| Spec score · Photo Recovery Software | 8.5 (#7) | 8.9 (#4) |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 8.5 (#10) | 8.8 (#6) |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 8.1 (#23) | 8.8 (#6) |
| Spec score · Photo recovery software | 8.1 (#22) | 8.7 (#5) |
| File systems | The maker lists FAT, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, ReFS, ext4, and HFS+ among supported file systems. | The published guide lists FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, and EXT4 support. |
| Headquarters | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States | The company profile gives Qinhuangdao Yizhishu Software Development Co., Ltd. in Qinhuangdao Economic and Technological Development Zone, Hebei, China as the location. |
Plans
DiskDigger
- Personal license$19.99 a month
- DiskDigger personal license$14.99, paid once
DiskGenius
- Free EditionFree
- Free EditionFree
- Professional One-Month$69.90 a month
- Professional One-Year$99.90 a year
- Professional Lifetime$129.90, paid once
In their own words
DiskDigger
DiskDigger recovers deleted files from computer-readable media, including hard drives, USB drives, memory cards, optical discs and floppy disks. It combines filesystem-based recovery with free-space scanning, and supports file systems including FAT, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, ReFS, ext4 and HFS+. Recoverable items can be viewed in lists or thumbnails; previews are available for images, documents, some audio files and ZIP archives. Advanced scanning covers E01/EWF, VMDK, VHD/VHDX, VDI, QCOW2 and raw binary disk images.
The product is available for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android. Windows users can scan and preview without paying, but must purchase a personal license to save recovered files; commercial use requires a commercial license. Linux use is free, while Linux and macOS builds are described as experimental beta versions. Android's free version recovers photos and videos, with video recovery requiring root; other file types and FTP uploads are available in Pro, and non-photo recovery requires root. DiskDigger says it sends no analytics or telemetry. Recovery may fail if deleted contents have been overwritten or files are fragmented.
DiskGenius
DiskGenius is a Windows application for data recovery, partition management, backup and restore, and disk utilities. Its recovery features cover deleted, formatted, missing, RAW, and lost-partition data, including data on RAID arrays. Users can preview recoverable files and save selected files to another drive, or create a WinPE USB for recovery if Windows will not start. Supported recovery sources include virtual disks made with VMware, VirtualBox, Parallels Desktop, and Hyper-V. Partition tools resize, create, format, delete, hide, split, and wipe partitions, and convert between GPT and MBR. Disk and partition cloning, Windows migration, and image backups are also included, alongside utilities for bad-sector checks and repair, secure wiping, disk-health monitoring, and UEFI boot entries. The free edition has feature differences from paid editions. Paid plans start at $69.90 per month; yearly and lifetime licenses are also listed. Version 6.2.0.1829 is listed as the latest version and does not support Windows XP.