DiskDigger vs Hetman Photo Recovery
DiskDigger
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| Figure | DiskDigger | Hetman Photo Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $19.99/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 9 |
| Spec score · Photo Recovery Software | 8.5 (#7) | 8.8 (#5) |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 8.5 (#10) | 8.7 (#8) |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 8.1 (#23) | 8.6 (#10) |
| Spec score · Photo recovery software | 8.1 (#22) | 8.7 (#6) |
| File systems | The maker lists FAT, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, ReFS, ext4, and HFS+ among supported file systems. | It supports FAT, exFAT, NTFS, ReFS, APFS, HFS+, Ext2/3/4, XFS, Btrfs, ReiserFS, ZFS, and UFS across Windows, Linux, and macOS. |
| Headquarters | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Purpose | DiskDigger recovers deleted files from computer-readable media such as hard drives, USB drives, memory cards, CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. | 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 methods | Its unified scan combines filesystem-based recovery with free-space scanning, also called carving. | Fast Scan uses file-system metadata, while Full Analysis scans storage sector by sector and can search by file signatures. |
Plans
DiskDigger
- Personal license$19.99 a month
- DiskDigger personal license$14.99, paid once
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
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.
Hetman Photo Recovery
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