DMDE vs PhotoRec
DMDE
dmde.com
PhotoRec
cgsecurity.orgSide by side
| Figure | DMDE | PhotoRec |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 1 |
| Spec score · Data recovery software | 7.6 (#71) | 8.7 (#11) |
| Spec score · File recovery tools | 7.4 (#8) | 8.4 (#4) |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 7.4 (#38) | 8.2 (#16) |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 7.2 (#40) | 8.6 (#8) |
| Spec score · Photo Recovery Software | 7.4 (#35) | 8.3 (#12) |
| Spec score · Photo recovery software | 7.2 (#37) | 8.6 (#8) |
| Founded | 2006 | 1998 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Memory card recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Operating systems | Windows,Linux,macOS,DOS | Windows; Linux; macOS; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; Solaris; other Unix systems |
| RAID recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Recovery sources | disks,partitions,memory cards,RAID arrays,disk images,VHD/VHDX images | hard disks; CD-ROMs; memory cards; USB memory drives; DD raw images; EnCase E01 images |
Plans
DMDE
- Express — 1 MonthPrice not published
- Express — 1 Year$20 a year
- Standard — Perpetual$48, paid once
- Professional — Perpetual, 1 OS Family$95, paid once
- Professional — Perpetual, All OS Families$133, paid once
In their own words
DMDE
DMDE is a data recovery utility for disks, partitions, memory cards, RAID arrays, disk images, and VHD/VHDX images. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and lists DOS among its supported operating systems. Recovery features include memory-card and RAID recovery, bootable recovery, and file preview. Paid options vary by license term and operating-system coverage: Express has a one-month option with no listed price and a one-year option at $20 a year, billed as a one-time purchase for a time-limited license. Standard Perpetual is listed at $48 a month, and Professional Perpetual at $95 a month for one OS family or $133 a month for all OS families. Each listed paid plan covers one PC. The maker is DMDE, founded in 2006.
PhotoRec
PhotoRec is a free file recovery program for retrieving lost videos, documents, archives, and pictures from storage media and disk images. It searches the underlying data instead of relying on the file system, which can help after file-system damage or reformatting. It recognizes more than 480 file extensions across about 300 file families, and listed file systems include FAT, NTFS, exFAT, ext2/ext3/ext4, and HFS+.
Supported sources include hard disks, CD-ROMs, memory cards, USB drives, raw disk images, and EnCase E01 images. PhotoRec runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, DOS, several BSD systems, Solaris, and other Unix systems. It accesses the recovery drive or card in read-only mode; recovered files should go to a different partition. The portable download runs after extracting its archive, without an installer. QPhotoRec provides a graphical interface, while PhotoRec can also run from scripts or batch files with command-line options. The maker says it usually cannot recover original filenames and does not work well with ReiserFS.