Orion File Recovery vs PhotoRec
Orion File Recovery
nchsoftware.com
PhotoRec
cgsecurity.orgSide by side
| Figure | Orion File Recovery | PhotoRec |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $25/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 1 |
| Spec score · Data recovery software | 8.7 (#12) | 8.7 (#11) |
| File systems | Orion supports FAT and NTFS file systems. | The page lists FAT, NTFS, exFAT, ext2/ext3/ext4, and HFS+ among file systems from which PhotoRec can recover files. |
| Founded | 1993 | 1998 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Memory card recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Operating systems | Windows 7,Windows 8,Windows 8.1,Windows 10,Windows 11 | Windows; Linux; macOS; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; Solaris; other Unix systems |
| Recovery sources | hard drives,external drives,portable drives,USB drives,flash drives,memory cards | hard disks; CD-ROMs; memory cards; USB memory drives; DD raw images; EnCase E01 images |
| Storage media | It can scan hard drives, flash drives, and memory cards. | Supported media include hard disks, CD-ROMs, memory cards, USB drives, raw disk images, and EnCase E01 images. |
| Support | NCH provides a help manual, FAQ, bug reporting, user forum, and a contact path for technical support. | Users can seek help on the PhotoRec forum, send suggestions to the developer, or submit a bug report. |
Plans
Orion File Recovery
- FreeFree
- Plus Home$25 a month
- Plus Commercial$35 a month
- Plus Commercial QuarterlyPrice not published
- Orion File RecoveryFree
In their own words
Orion File Recovery
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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.