PhotoRec vs Recoverit
PhotoRec
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| Figure | PhotoRec | Recoverit |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $8.33/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Data recovery software | 8.7 (#11) | 7.6 (#70) |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 8.6 (#8) | 6.9 (#47) |
| Spec score · Photo recovery software | 8.6 (#8) | 7.0 (#41) |
| Spec score · Photo Recovery Software | 8.3 (#12) | 7.0 (#41) |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 8.2 (#16) | 6.9 (#48) |
| Spec score · File recovery tools | 8.4 (#4) | 7.0 (#10) |
| Founded | 1998 | 2003 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Memory card recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Operating systems | Windows; Linux; macOS; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; Solaris; other Unix systems | Windows,macOS |
| RAID recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Recovery sources | hard disks; CD-ROMs; memory cards; USB memory drives; DD raw images; EnCase E01 images | computer/laptop,internal hard disk,external hard drive,USB flash drive,camera,memory card,SD card,NAS,Linux devices,disk images,RAID arrays |
Plans
Recoverit
- Monthly Plan$99.95 a month
- Annual Plan$99.95 a year
- Perpetual Plan$99.95, paid once
In their own words
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.
Recoverit
Recoverit is a data-recovery application for Windows and macOS. It can scan computers and laptops, internal hard disks, external hard drives, USB flash drives, cameras, memory cards, SD cards, NAS devices, Linux devices, disk images, and RAID arrays. Listed functions include memory-card recovery, RAID recovery, bootable recovery, and file previews. Recoverit offers a free plan and paid plans. The Monthly Plan costs $99.95 a month, renews automatically, can be cancelled at any time, and covers two Windows PCs. The Annual Plan costs $99.95 a year with the same automatic-renewal and cancellation terms and also covers two Windows PCs. The Perpetual Plan is listed at $99.95 a month, uses a one-time payment, and covers two Windows PCs. Recoverit’s maker was founded in 2003. The listed operating systems are Windows and macOS.