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Best Data Recovery Software in 2026

Updated

In short: EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is ranked #1 of 121 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of DiskDigger and TestDisk. The best-ranked option with a free plan is TestDisk. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Disk Drill at $7.42/mo.

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.

121 data recovery software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.

121ranked
14free plans on this page
$7.42/molowest paid tier
4 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 9.6$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 DiskDigger Android only RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.3$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
  3. 3 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
  4. 4 Disk Drill No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.1$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
  5. 5 MiniTool Power Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.0$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
  6. 6 R-Undelete No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.7$54.99/mo Recovery sources: HDD, SSD, USB/NVMe storage devices, memory cards, virtual disks, undamaged RAIDs, Windows Storage SpacesOperating systems: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000
  7. 7 4DDiG Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.7$36.95/mo Recovery sources: PC/laptop, hard drives, external drives, SSD/HDD, USB drives, memory cards, camcorders, digital cameras, video/music players, CF/SD cards, action cameras, security cameras, camera drones, dashcamsOperating systems: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7; macOS 26 and belowFree recovery limit: 2 GB
  8. 8 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
  9. 9 Lazesoft Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.6Free Recovery sources: Internal hard drives; external hard drives; SSDs; USB drives; flash drives; memory cards; iPod; iPhone; RAID disk arraysOperating systems: Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10, 11; Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025
  10. 10 Active@ File Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.5$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
  11. 11 Aryson Windows Data Recovery Software No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.5$39/mo Recovery sources: Hard drives, SSDs, USB and pen drives, memory cards and SD cards, DVDs, CDs, physical drives, digital cameras, virtual disks, music and video players, RAID, ZIP drives, Recycle Bin, magnetic storage devices, and SuperDisksOperating systems: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, 98, NT, 95, and Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003Free recovery limit: 2 GB
  12. 12 IsoBuster No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.5Free Recovery sources: CD, DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD, hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, memory cards, floppy disks, Zip, Jaz, Clik, MiniDisc, Hi-MD, and image filesOperating systems: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11; 32-bit versions also support Windows XP SP3 and Vista
  13. 13 Lazesoft Recovery Suite No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.5Free
  14. 14 DMDE No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.4 Recovery sources: disks, partitions, memory cards, RAID arrays, disk images, VHD/VHDX imagesOperating systems: Windows, Linux, macOS, DOS
  15. 15 R-Studio No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.3$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
  16. 16 UFS Explorer No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.3$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
  17. 17 Active@ UNDELETE No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.3$19.99/mo Recovery sources: HDD, SSD, external disks, USB drives, memory cards, digital cameras, removable devices, CD/DVDs, ZIP drives, floppy disks, disk images and RAID arraysOperating systems: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 and 2022; WinPE
  18. 18 PhotoRec No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.2 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
  19. 19 Recovery Explorer No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.2$47.95/mo Recovery sources: Internal and external HDDs/SSDs, USB flash drives, memory cards, disk images, virtual disks; advanced editions also support NAS and RAID storageOperating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux
  20. 20 Ontrack EasyRecovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.2 Recovery sources: SSD; hard drives; memory cards; USB hard drives; flash drives; optical media; RAIDOperating systems: Windows; macOSFree recovery limit: 1 GB
  21. 21 Active@ Uneraser No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.2 Recovery sources: HDD, SSD, external disks, USB drives, memory cards, digital cameras, disk images, RAID arraysOperating systems: Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000; Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003
  22. 22 AOMEI FastRecovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.2Free 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
  23. 23 Recoverit No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.1$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
  24. 24 SalvageData Data Recovery Software No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.1Free Recovery sources: hard drives, USB flash drives, SD cards, connected storage devicesOperating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux
  25. 25 Puran File Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.1Free Recovery sources: Hard disks, pen drives, memory cards, mobile phones, CDs, DVDs, and other storage media detected as drives by WindowsOperating systems: Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8, 10, and 11

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Questions about this list

Which data recovery software is ranked first on Samsung Mobile US Press?

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is ranked #1 of 121 with a score of 9.6. DiskDigger is second and TestDisk third.

How many of these have a free plan?

14 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

Which is the cheapest paid option?

On this page, Disk Drill has the lowest first paid tier we found: $7.42/mo.

How is this list ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.

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