MiniTool Power Data Recovery vs TestDisk
MiniTool Power Data Recovery
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TestDisk
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| Figure | MiniTool Power Data Recovery | TestDisk |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7.42/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 14 | 1 |
| Spec score · Data recovery software | 9.1 (#3) | 8.7 (#10) |
| Spec score · Photo recovery software | 9.1 (#3) | 8.5 (#12) |
| Spec score · Partition recovery software | 9.1 (#3) | 8.5 (#5) |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 9.1 (#5) | 8.5 (#12) |
| Spec score · Photo Recovery Software | 8.7 (#6) | 7.9 (#23) |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 8.6 (#9) | 7.8 (#27) |
| Spec score · Partition Recovery Software | 8.7 (#6) | 7.8 (#18) |
| Bootable recovery | Personal and business licenses include a WinPE bootable builder for system crashes. | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Memory card recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Operating systems | Windows 11/10/8.1/8 and Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012/2012 R2/2008/2008 R2/2003 | Windows; macOS; Linux; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; SunOS |
| File preview | Yes | Yes |
| RAID recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Recovery sources | hard drive,external disk,SSD,USB drive,RAID,memory card,digital camera,camcorder,CD/DVD,pen drive | hard drives; USB drives; memory cards; disk images; DAS; SAN; Linux RAID devices |
Plans
MiniTool Power Data Recovery
- FreeFree
- Personal Monthly Subscription$69 a month
- Personal Yearly Subscription$89 a year
- Personal Ultimate$129, paid once
- Business Standard$159, paid once
- Business Deluxe$199, paid once
- Business Enterprise$399, paid once
- Business Technician$499, paid once
- Personal Annual Subscription$89 a year
- Personal Ultimate Perpetual License$129, paid once
In their own words
MiniTool Power Data Recovery
MiniTool Power Data Recovery is a Windows and Mac utility for recovering files from storage devices and data-loss situations. Listed sources include hard drives, external disks, SSDs, USB drives, RAID, memory cards, cameras, camcorders, CDs, DVDs, and pen drives. It covers deletion, formatting errors, operating-system crashes, virus attacks, RAW partitions, and drive failure. The feature list includes file preview, bootable recovery, memory-card recovery, and RAID recovery; RAID-5 support is listed under dynamic disk volumes. The Windows version supports PCs, servers, HDDs, SSDs, USB drives, SD cards, and memory cards, while the Mac version covers Mac computers and compatible external devices. The free home-user license limits recovery to 1 GB. The Personal Monthly Subscription costs US$69 per month for one PC and renews automatically unless canceled. The product page lists a 30-day money-back guarantee. Personal plans provide email support; business plans provide email and phone support.
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.