R-Studio vs TestDisk
R-Studio
r-studio.com
TestDisk
cgsecurity.orgSide by side
| Figure | R-Studio | TestDisk |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $49.99/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 1 |
| Spec score · Data recovery software | 8.7 (#9) | 8.7 (#10) |
| Spec score · Partition recovery software | 8.3 (#11) | 8.5 (#5) |
| Spec score · Photo Recovery Software | 8.1 (#16) | 7.9 (#23) |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 8.0 (#20) | 7.8 (#27) |
| Spec score · RAID Data Recovery Software | 7.9 (#10) | 7.8 (#12) |
| Spec score · Partition Recovery Software | 8.0 (#14) | 7.8 (#18) |
| Spec score · SD card recovery software | 8.1 (#24) | 8.5 (#12) |
| Spec score · Photo recovery software | 8.1 (#23) | 8.5 (#12) |
| Bootable recovery | Emergency version runs from USB or compact disc when the operating system cannot start | Yes |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Memory card recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Operating systems | Windows,macOS,Linux | Windows; macOS; Linux; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; SunOS |
| File preview | Yes | Yes |
| RAID recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Recovery sources | Local disks,removable disks,hard drives,flash drives,SD memory cards,USB memory sticks,network disks,disk images | hard drives; USB drives; memory cards; disk images; DAS; SAN; Linux RAID devices |
Plans
R-Studio
- R-Studio FAT$49.99 a month
- R-Studio NTFS$59.99 a month
- R-STUDIO$79.99 a month
- R-Studio T80+$80 a month
- R-Studio Corporate$179.99 a month
- R-Studio Technician$899.99 a month
In their own words
R-Studio
R-Studio is a family of disk recovery software for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It can recover data from local and removable disks, hard drives, flash drives, SD memory cards, USB memory sticks, network disks, and disk images. Listed functions include memory card recovery, RAID recovery, bootable recovery, and file preview. Network recovery works over LAN, TCP/IP networks, and the Internet, with network data encrypted using 3DES. Options cover different recovery needs: R-Studio FAT supports FAT/exFAT recovery, R-Studio NTFS supports NTFS/ReFS recovery, and R-STUDIO includes local recovery, file preview, and disk imaging. Corporate licensing includes network recovery. Technician adds forensic mode, Internet recovery, portable use, and an unrestricted bootable disk. Demo mode evaluates R-Studio and R-Studio Emergency, but recovery is limited to files smaller than 1024KB each. Licenses are listed as permanent; transferable licenses can move between computers, one at a time, and keys are specific to Windows, Linux, or Mac products. Listed plans are R-Studio FAT at $49.99 a month, R-Studio NTFS at $59.99 a month, R-STUDIO at $79.99 a month, R-Studio T80+ at $80 a month, R-Studio Corporate at $179.99 a month, and R-Studio Technician at $899.99 a month. Technical support is available before purchase.
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.