PST Walker vs Recovery Toolbox for Outlook

PST Walker is a Windows program for opening Outlook PST, OST, MSG, and EML files without Outlook, with tools for recovering deleted items and folders. It searches Outlook items by keyword, Boolean queries, filters, and recent searches. Users can export or convert items to PST, MBOX, MSG, EML, and CSV formats. Recovery includes deleted or purged emails, contacts, and calendar entries, as well as Outlook Rules and Alerts. The maker says conversion processes files locally without uploading file data to its or third-party servers. A free demo limits export to 15 emails per folder; the full version allows unlimited export. The listed Lite License costs $32.95 a year, Pro costs $64.95, paid once, Business $99.95, paid once, Technician $169.95, paid once, Standard $249.95, paid once, and Floating $449.75, paid once. Enterprise pricing is custom. Licenses are one-time purchases without automatic recurring charges, though maintenance expiration ends updates and support for perpetual licenses. Supported systems include Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 7, and Windows Server 2012–2025, with.NET Framework 4.7.2 or later required.

Recovery Toolbox for Outlook restores mailbox items from damaged PST and OST files, including email, contacts, calendars and attachments. It supports ANSI PST files from Outlook 97 through XP and Unicode PST files from Outlook 2007 onward, including Outlook 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 and Microsoft 365. Converter mode can export OST data to PST or extract it into MSG, EML, VCF or TXT files. The software can read password-protected and encrypted files, even when encrypted and unencrypted data are mixed. Recovered mailboxes can be divided into user-defined PST files to address the legacy 2 GB ANSI limit. The demo allows users to preview recovered items and save up to five objects per folder. The full Windows version recovers files offline; a browser service is available on Windows, iOS, macOS and Android. Uploaded files are removed from that service after 30 days. It has no PST/OST size limit, charges by the original file's gigabytes, and requires payment before the recovered PST can be downloaded. Personal License costs $39 as a one-time purchase.