DoYourData Recovery vs TestDisk
DoYourData Recovery
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TestDisk
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| Figure | DoYourData Recovery | TestDisk |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5.75/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 18 | 1 |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 9.3 (#1) | 8.5 (#12) |
| Spec score · Data recovery software | 8.8 (#8) | 8.7 (#10) |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 9.0 (#4) | 7.8 (#27) |
| Founded | DoYourData says it was established in 2013. | 1998 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Memory card recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Operating systems | Windows,macOS | Windows; macOS; Linux; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; SunOS |
| Partition recovery | It can search for deleted hard-drive partitions and recover their files. | It can fix partition tables and recover deleted partitions. |
| File preview | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says personal information is used to complete purchases and deliver software and that the company will not sell, distribute, or rent purchase information to third parties. | The maker says TestDisk does not connect to the internet or send information about the user, computer, or data. |
| Recovery sources | hard drives,external drives,USB drives,memory cards,formatted partitions | hard drives; USB drives; memory cards; disk images; DAS; SAN; Linux RAID devices |
| Support | The support page says email questions are answered as soon as possible within 24 hours. | Users can request support through the forum by posting a problem description, the testdisk.log file, and information about previous partitions. |
Plans
DoYourData Recovery
- 1 Month License$49 a month
- 1 Year License$69 a year
- Lifetime License$89, paid once
- Technician Lifetime License$499, paid once
- Do Your Data Recovery FreeFree
- 1 Month License$49 a month
- Mac Pro 1 Month License$49 a month
- Windows Pro 1 Month License$49 a month
- iPhone Recovery Mac Lifetime License$59, paid once
- iPhone Recovery Windows Lifetime License$59, paid once
In their own words
DoYourData Recovery
DoYourData Recovery scans storage devices for files lost through deletion, formatting, partition loss, drive crashes, logical errors, or RAW drives. It supports hard drives, external drives, USB drives, memory cards, formatted partitions, PCs, HDDs, SSDs, cameras, RAID, and servers. Listed file systems include NTFS/NTFS+, exFAT, FAT12/16/32, ReFS, and EXT2/3/4. The software can recover documents, images, videos, audio, emails, archives, and other file types, and provides file preview. The free version can scan and preview recoverable files and save up to 1GB; the listed free plan is for Windows. Paid options include $49 a month, $69 a year, or $89, paid once, each as a one-time payment with no auto-renewal and covering two PCs. The Technician Lifetime License is $499 as a one-time purchase for 100+ PCs and business usage. The vendor says recovery is read-only and will not overwrite original lost data. Separate products are listed for Mac and iPhone; iPhone recovery is available for Windows and Mac.
TestDisk
TestDisk is free, open-source software for recovering lost partitions and helping disks boot again when faulty software or human error causes the problem. It can repair partition tables, recover deleted partitions, rebuild or restore FAT and NTFS boot sectors, fix FAT tables, and repair an MFT using its mirror. For file recovery, it can undelete files from FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2, or copy files from deleted FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions. Listed partition-recovery formats also include APFS, HFS+, XFS and ZFS. It works with hard drives, USB drives, memory cards, disk images, DAS, SAN and Linux RAID devices. The portable application is used by extracting its files; no installer is required. Listed operating systems include Windows, macOS, Linux, DOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and SunOS. TestDisk is licensed under GNU GPL v2 or later. The maker says it does not connect to the internet or send information about the user, computer or data. The download page lists version 7.2 dated February 22, 2024, and 7.3-WIP as beta.