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Best Data Recovery Software in 2026

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When data is lost or deleted, recovery software varies in the sources and recovery options it lists. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, TestDisk, and Disk Drill lead this ranking, with DMDE and Active@ File Recovery next. Compare recovery sources and operating-system support, then check for capabilities such as bootable recovery, file preview, memory card recovery, and RAID recovery. Free-plan availability and the free recovery limit offer points of comparison before considering the paid-from price. The right features to weigh depend on the storage and recovery situation you need to address.

130ranked
16free plans on this page
$5.75/molowest paid tier
12 Oct 2026last checked

Recognised 40% · Phone app 26% · Documented 20% · Free plan 14% of the score

  1. 1 EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 9.7$8.33/mo Recovery sources: hard drives, external disks, SSDs, USB drives, micro cards, memory cards, camcorders, digital cameras, music players, video players, RAID, NAS, CF/SD cards, Zip drives, pen drivesOperating systems: Windows 11/10/8/7; Windows Server 2025/2022/2019/2016/2012/2008/2003; macOS 13.x-10.6Free recovery limit: 2 GB
  2. 2 Dr.Fone Toolkit iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.4$8.33/mo Recovery sources: iOS devices, Android devices, cloud backups, local backups, supported broken phonesOperating systems: Windows, macOS
  3. 3 Disk Drill No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.2$7.42/mo Recovery sources: Internal and external hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, SD/CF cards, memory cards, digital cameras, virtual hard drives, RAID arrays, disk imagesOperating systems: macOS 10.15+; Windows 10+Free recovery limit: 100 GB
  4. 4 DiskDigger Android only RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.2$19.99/mo Recovery sources: Hard disks, USB flash drives, memory cards, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, and supported virtual or raw disk imagesOperating systems: Windows, Linux, macOS
  5. 5 TestDisk No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.1Free Recovery sources: hard drives; USB drives; memory cards; disk images; DAS; SAN; Linux RAID devicesOperating systems: Windows; macOS; Linux; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; SunOS
  6. 6 MiniTool Power Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.1$7.42/mo Recovery sources: hard drive, external disk, SSD, USB drive, RAID, memory card, digital camera, camcorder, CD/DVD, pen driveOperating systems: Windows 11/10/8.1/8 and Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012/2012 R2/2008/2008 R2/2003Free recovery limit: 1 GB
  7. 7 DoYourData Recovery iPhone only RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.1$5.75/mo Recovery sources: hard drives, external drives, USB drives, memory cards, formatted partitionsOperating systems: Windows, macOSFree recovery limit: 1 GB
  8. 8 PhotoRec No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.0Free Recovery sources: hard disks; CD-ROMs; memory cards; USB memory drives; DD raw images; EnCase E01 imagesOperating systems: Windows; Linux; macOS; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; Solaris; other Unix systems
  9. 9 AOMEI FastRecovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.0Free Recovery sources: HDD, SSD, USB flash drive, SD card, memory card, PC, laptop, camera, Recycle Bin, lost partition, crashed PCOperating systems: Windows 11, 10, 8, 8.1, 7 SP1, Windows ServerFree recovery limit: 500 GB
  10. 10 Ontrack EasyRecovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.9Free Recovery sources: SSD; hard drives; memory cards; USB hard drives; flash drives; optical media; RAIDOperating systems: Windows; macOSFree recovery limit: 1 GB
  11. 11 RecoverHelper iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.9Free
  12. 12 GNU ddrescue No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.8Free Recovery sources: Files, devices, partitions, optical media (CD-ROMs/DVDs), kernel-supported devices including ATA, SATA, SCSI, floppy disks, and flash media cards such as SDOperating systems: POSIX systems recommended; Cygwin support is discussed in the manual
  13. 13 Recuva No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.8₹990/mo Recovery sources: Windows computer, Recycle Bin, memory cards, USB drives, external hard drives, digital camera cards, music players, virtual hard drivesOperating systems: Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista and XP
  14. 14 EaseUS MobiSaver No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.8$39.95/mo Recovery sources: iOS devices, Android internal memory, Android SD cards, iTunes backups, iCloud backupsOperating systems: Windows and macOS
  15. 15 Wise Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.8$6.66/mo Recovery sources: HDDs, SSDs, external hard drives, floppy disks, USB flash drives, memory cards, digital cameras, local drives, mobile phones, and other removable devicesOperating systems: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XPFree recovery limit: 2 GB
  16. 16 R-Linux No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.7Free Recovery sources: Hard disks; CDs; DVDs; floppy disks; Compact Flash cards; USB drives; ZIP drives; Memory Sticks; other removable mediaOperating systems: Linux; Windows
  17. 17 Hasleo Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.6Free Recovery sources: Hard Drive; External Disk; USB Drive; Digital Camera; Memory Card/Stick; Music Player; RAID; CF/SD Card; Pen Drive; Micro Card; SSD; Floppy Drive; Camcorder; Video Player; Other Storage MediaOperating systems: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, and Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2003, 2000Free recovery limit: 2 GB
  18. 18 Orion File Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.6$25/mo Recovery sources: hard drives, external drives, portable drives, USB drives, flash drives, memory cardsOperating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
  19. 19 R-Studio No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.4$49.99/mo Recovery sources: Local disks, removable disks, hard drives, flash drives, SD memory cards, USB memory sticks, network disks, disk imagesOperating systems: Windows, macOS, LinuxFree recovery limit: 1,024 GB
  20. 20 Recoverit No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.4$8.33/mo Recovery sources: computer/laptop, internal hard disk, external hard drive, USB flash drive, camera, memory card, SD card, NAS, Linux devices, disk images, RAID arraysOperating systems: Windows, macOS
  21. 21 DMDE No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.3 Recovery sources: disks, partitions, memory cards, RAID arrays, disk images, VHD/VHDX imagesOperating systems: Windows, Linux, macOS, DOS
  22. 22 Active@ File Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.3$29.95/mo Recovery sources: HDD, SSD, external disks, USB drives, USB Flash disks, floppy disks, memory cards, SD, MMC, CompactFlash, CD/DVD/Blu-ray, RAID arrays, disk imagesOperating systems: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, WinPE
  23. 23 AnyRecover iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.3 Recovery sources: hard drives, SSDs, USB drives, external disks, SD cards, memory cards, cameras, camcorders, iOS devices, Android devicesOperating systems: Windows, macOS
  24. 24 UFS Explorer No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.2$69.95/mo Recovery sources: internal and external hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, SD cards, memory cards, disk images, virtual disks, NAS devices and RAID systemsOperating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux
  25. 25 iBoysoft Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.2$8.33/mo Recovery sources: Internal hard drives, external hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, SD cards, CF cards, memory cards, digital cameras and other disk-based storage devicesOperating systems: Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP and Windows Server 2019/2016/2012/2008/2003; macOS 27/26/15/14/13/12/11/10.15/10.14/10.13/10.12/10.11Free recovery limit: 1 GB
Compare all 25 in a table
#AppScoreFree planFromFree planPaid fromRecovery sourcesOperating systems
1EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard9.7Free plan$8.33/moYes$69.95one-timehard drives, external disks, SSDs, USB drives, micro cards, memory cards, camcorders, digital cameras, music players, video players, RAID, NAS, CF/SD cards, Zip drives, pen drivesWindows 11/10/8/7; Windows Server 2025/2022/2019/2016/2012/2008/2003; macOS 13.x-10.6
2Dr.Fone Toolkit8.4$8.33/moNo$115.95one-timeiOS devices, Android devices, cloud backups, local backups, supported broken phonesWindows, macOS
3Disk Drill8.2Free plan$7.42/moYesFreeInternal and external hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, SD/CF cards, memory cards, digital cameras, virtual hard drives, RAID arrays, disk imagesmacOS 10.15+; Windows 10+
4DiskDigger8.2$19.99/moYes$19.99one-timeHard disks, USB flash drives, memory cards, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, and supported virtual or raw disk imagesWindows, Linux, macOS
5TestDisk8.1Free planFreeYeshard drives; USB drives; memory cards; disk images; DAS; SAN; Linux RAID devicesWindows; macOS; Linux; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; SunOS
6MiniTool Power Data Recovery8.1Free plan$7.42/moYesFreehard drive, external disk, SSD, USB drive, RAID, memory card, digital camera, camcorder, CD/DVD, pen driveWindows 11/10/8.1/8 and Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012/2012 R2/2008/2008 R2/2003
7DoYourData Recovery8.1Free plan$5.75/moYeshard drives, external drives, USB drives, memory cards, formatted partitionsWindows, macOS
8PhotoRec8.0Free planFreeYeshard disks; CD-ROMs; memory cards; USB memory drives; DD raw images; EnCase E01 imagesWindows; Linux; macOS; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; Solaris; other Unix systems
9AOMEI FastRecovery8.0Free planYesHDD, SSD, USB flash drive, SD card, memory card, PC, laptop, camera, Recycle Bin, lost partition, crashed PCWindows 11, 10, 8, 8.1, 7 SP1, Windows Server
10Ontrack EasyRecovery7.9Free planFreeYesSSD; hard drives; memory cards; USB hard drives; flash drives; optical media; RAIDWindows; macOS
11RecoverHelper7.9Free planFreeYes
12GNU ddrescue7.8Free planFreeYesFiles, devices, partitions, optical media (CD-ROMs/DVDs), kernel-supported devices including ATA, SATA, SCSI, floppy disks, and flash media cards such as SDPOSIX systems recommended; Cygwin support is discussed in the manual
13Recuva7.8Free plan₹990/moYesWindows computer, Recycle Bin, memory cards, USB drives, external hard drives, digital camera cards, music players, virtual hard drivesWindows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista and XP
14EaseUS MobiSaver7.8Free plan$39.95/moYes$39.95one-timeiOS devices, Android internal memory, Android SD cards, iTunes backups, iCloud backupsWindows and macOS
15Wise Data Recovery7.8Free plan$6.66/moYesHDDs, SSDs, external hard drives, floppy disks, USB flash drives, memory cards, digital cameras, local drives, mobile phones, and other removable devicesWindows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
16R-Linux7.7Free planFreeYesHard disks; CDs; DVDs; floppy disks; Compact Flash cards; USB drives; ZIP drives; Memory Sticks; other removable mediaLinux; Windows
17Hasleo Data Recovery7.6Free planFreeYesHard Drive; External Disk; USB Drive; Digital Camera; Memory Card/Stick; Music Player; RAID; CF/SD Card; Pen Drive; Micro Card; SSD; Floppy Drive; Camcorder; Video Player; Other Storage MediaWindows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, and Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2003, 2000
18Orion File Recovery7.6Free plan$25/moYeshard drives, external drives, portable drives, USB drives, flash drives, memory cardsWindows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
19R-Studio7.4No$49.99/moNo$49.99one-timeLocal disks, removable disks, hard drives, flash drives, SD memory cards, USB memory sticks, network disks, disk imagesWindows, macOS, Linux
20Recoverit7.4$8.33/moYes$99.95one-timecomputer/laptop, internal hard disk, external hard drive, USB flash drive, camera, memory card, SD card, NAS, Linux devices, disk images, RAID arraysWindows, macOS
21DMDE7.3Yesdisks, partitions, memory cards, RAID arrays, disk images, VHD/VHDX imagesWindows, Linux, macOS, DOS
22Active@ File Recovery7.3$29.95/moYes$29.95one-timeHDD, SSD, external disks, USB drives, USB Flash disks, floppy disks, memory cards, SD, MMC, CompactFlash, CD/DVD/Blu-ray, RAID arrays, disk imagesWindows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, WinPE
23AnyRecover7.3NoNohard drives, SSDs, USB drives, external disks, SD cards, memory cards, cameras, camcorders, iOS devices, Android devicesWindows, macOS
24UFS Explorer7.2No$69.95/moNo$69.95one-timeinternal and external hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, SD cards, memory cards, disk images, virtual disks, NAS devices and RAID systemsWindows, macOS, Linux
25iBoysoft Data Recovery7.2$8.33/moYesFreeInternal hard drives, external hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, SD cards, CF cards, memory cards, digital cameras and other disk-based storage devicesWindows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP and Windows Server 2019/2016/2012/2008/2003; macOS 27/26/15/14/13/12/11/10.15/10.14/10.13/10.12/10.11

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