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Best Data Recovery Software in 2026

Updated

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

121ranked
6free plans on this page
$5.75/molowest paid tier
4 Oct 2026last checked

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

  1. 26 Raise Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.0$34.95/mo Recovery sources: Internal and external HDDs, SSDs, USB flash drives, memory cards, simple RAID storage, NAS devices, composite volumesOperating systems: Windows XP SP3 and later, macOS 11 and later, Debian Linux 6.0 or compatible and later
  2. 27 AnyRecover No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.0 Recovery sources: hard drives, SSDs, USB drives, external disks, SD cards, memory cards, cameras, camcorders, iOS devices, Android devicesOperating systems: Windows, macOS
  3. 28 DoYourData Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.0$5.75/mo Recovery sources: hard drives, external drives, USB drives, memory cards, formatted partitionsOperating systems: Windows, macOSFree recovery limit: 1 GB
  4. 29 Recuva No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.9₹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
  5. 30 EaseUS MobiSaver No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.9$39.95/mo Recovery sources: iOS devices, Android internal memory, Android SD cards, iTunes backups, iCloud backupsOperating systems: Windows and macOS
  6. 31 Atola Insight Forensic No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.8 Recovery sources: Hard drives, SSDs, removable media, flash drives, memory cards and RAID arraysOperating systems: Windows
  7. 32 Cisdem Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.8$8.33/mo Recovery sources: Internal and external hard drives, HDDs, SSDs, SD and memory cards, USB drives, NAS, Linux systems, RAID arrays, lost partitionsOperating systems: Windows, macOS
  8. 33 GNU ddrescue No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.8 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
  9. 34 Klennet Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.8$49/mo Recovery sources: physical disks, partitions, USB flash drives, SD cards, NAS arrays, RAID volumes, and disk imagesOperating systems: Windows 10 and later
  10. 35 iBoysoft Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.8$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
  11. 36 ReclaiMe Free RAID Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.8Free Recovery sources: physical disks, USB-connected disks, disk-image files, hardware RAID disk sets, software RAID disk sets, NAS disk setsOperating systems: Windows
  12. 37 BreadCrumb No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.7 Recovery sources: Block devices; raw and split disk images; EWF/E01; QCOW2; VMDK; NTFS; ext2/3/4; FAT12/16/32; exFAT; HFS+/HFSX; APFSOperating systems: Linux, macOS, Windows
  13. 38 Kernel for Windows Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.7$49/mo Recovery sources: HDD, SSD, USB flash drive, external HDD, iPod, memory card, micro card, Secure Digital card, Compact Flash card, memory stick, Zip drive, floppy drive, FireWire HDD, SATA HDD, DE HDD, SCSI HDD, RAIDOperating systems: Windows 365, Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008, 2003 R2, 2003Free recovery limit: 2 GB
  14. 39 Aiseesoft Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.7$10/mo Recovery sources: Computer drives and partitions, hard drives (including SSDs), USB/flash drives, memory cards (including SD, CompactFlash, Memory Stick), digital cameras/camcorders, drones using microSD, dashcams, removable drivesOperating systems: Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP (SP2 or later); Mac 10.7 and aboveFree recovery limit: 200 GB
  15. 40 Mac Data Recovery Guru No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.7Free Recovery sources: APFS drives, HFS+ drives, ExFAT media, FAT32 media, camera cards, USB media, disk images, foldersOperating systems: macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
  16. 41 Magic RAID Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.6 Recovery sources: RAID arrays; hard disks; SSDs; USB drives; memory cardsOperating systems: Windows
  17. 42 OpenSuperClone No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.6 Recovery sources: files; block devices; USB-attached drives; SATA-attached drives; PATA-connected drives; NVMe SSDsOperating systems: Linux
  18. 43 GetDataBack Pro No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.6$79/mo Recovery sources: Hard drives, SSDs, USB drives, flash drives, SD cards, floppy disks, volumes, drive images, RAID virtual imagesOperating systems: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Server 2008-2022
  19. 44 ReclaiMe File Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.6$59.95/mo Recovery sources: Internal and external hard drives; laptop drives; USB drives; memory cards; NAS devices; disk images; RAID arraysOperating systems: Windows host; recovers Windows, Linux, and Mac-related filesystems
  20. 45 Macrorit Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.6$59.90/mo Recovery sources: Internal and external hard drives; partitions; CD/DVD; SD cards; USB drives; disk images; RAID 0/5/6 arrays; Mac storage devices; Time Machine drivesOperating systems: Windows 11, 10, 7, 8.1, 8, XP, and Windows Server; macOS High Sierra, Sierra, and OS XFree recovery limit: 1 GB
  21. 46 R-Photo No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.6Free Recovery sources: Internal and external HDD, SSD, NVMe devices, USB memory sticks, SD and CompactFlash memory cards, virtual disks, Windows Storage Spaces, and undamaged RAID arraysOperating systems: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11
  22. 47 Bitwar Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.6$5.83/mo Recovery sources: PC/laptop, hard drive, external disk, SSD, USB drive, Micro Card, memory card, camcorder, digital camera, music player, video player, other devicesOperating systems: Windows, macOSFree recovery limit: 1 GB
  23. 48 Hetman Partition Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.5 Recovery sources: HDD, SSD, SSHD, USB flash drives, external USB disks, SD/SDHC/SDXC and microSD cards, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, disk images, forensic images, virtual machine disks, supported encrypted volumesOperating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux
  24. 49 DiskInternals Uneraser No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.5$29.95/mo Recovery sources: Internal and external hard drives, SSDs, USB drives, SD cards, flash memory drives, and memory cardsOperating systems: Windows
  25. 50 DiskInternals Partition Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.5 Recovery sources: HDDs, SSDs, external drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, disk images and supported virtual/forensic containers; readable logical sources exposed from RAID, NAS, SAN, or Windows Dynamic Disks; remote Ext2/3/4 over SFTPOperating systems: Windows (application); Linux and macOS file systems supported as sources; application may run on Linux or macOS through Wine
Compare all 25 in a table
#AppScoreFree planFromFree planPaid fromRecovery sourcesOperating systems
26Raise Data Recovery7.0No$34.95/moNo$34.95one-timeInternal and external HDDs, SSDs, USB flash drives, memory cards, simple RAID storage, NAS devices, composite volumesWindows XP SP3 and later, macOS 11 and later, Debian Linux 6.0 or compatible and later
27AnyRecover7.0No—No—hard drives, SSDs, USB drives, external disks, SD cards, memory cards, cameras, camcorders, iOS devices, Android devicesWindows, macOS
28DoYourData Recovery7.0No$5.75/moYes—hard drives, external drives, USB drives, memory cards, formatted partitionsWindows, macOS
29Recuva6.9Free plan₹990/moYes—Windows 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
30EaseUS MobiSaver6.9Free plan$39.95/moYes$39.95one-timeiOS devices, Android internal memory, Android SD cards, iTunes backups, iCloud backupsWindows and macOS
31Atola Insight Forensic6.8No—No—Hard drives, SSDs, removable media, flash drives, memory cards and RAID arraysWindows
32Cisdem Data Recovery6.8No$8.33/moNo—Internal and external hard drives, HDDs, SSDs, SD and memory cards, USB drives, NAS, Linux systems, RAID arrays, lost partitionsWindows, macOS
33GNU ddrescue6.8No—Yes—Files, 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
34Klennet Recovery6.8No$49/mo—$399one-timephysical disks, partitions, USB flash drives, SD cards, NAS arrays, RAID volumes, and disk imagesWindows 10 and later
35iBoysoft Data Recovery6.8No$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
36ReclaiMe Free RAID Recovery6.8Free planFreeYes—physical disks, USB-connected disks, disk-image files, hardware RAID disk sets, software RAID disk sets, NAS disk setsWindows
37BreadCrumb6.7No—Yes—Block devices; raw and split disk images; EWF/E01; QCOW2; VMDK; NTFS; ext2/3/4; FAT12/16/32; exFAT; HFS+/HFSX; APFSLinux, macOS, Windows
38Kernel for Windows Data Recovery6.7No$49/moYes$49one-timeHDD, SSD, USB flash drive, external HDD, iPod, memory card, micro card, Secure Digital card, Compact Flash card, memory stick, Zip drive, floppy drive, FireWire HDD, SATA HDD, DE HDD, SCSI HDD, RAIDWindows 365, Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008, 2003 R2, 2003
39Aiseesoft Data Recovery6.7No$10/moYes$60one-timeComputer drives and partitions, hard drives (including SSDs), USB/flash drives, memory cards (including SD, CompactFlash, Memory Stick), digital cameras/camcorders, drones using microSD, dashcams, removable drivesWindows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP (SP2 or later); Mac 10.7 and above
40Mac Data Recovery Guru6.7Free planFreeYes—APFS drives, HFS+ drives, ExFAT media, FAT32 media, camera cards, USB media, disk images, foldersmacOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
41Magic RAID Recovery6.6No—No—RAID arrays; hard disks; SSDs; USB drives; memory cardsWindows
42OpenSuperClone6.6No—Yes—files; block devices; USB-attached drives; SATA-attached drives; PATA-connected drives; NVMe SSDsLinux
43GetDataBack Pro6.6No$79/moNo$79one-timeHard drives, SSDs, USB drives, flash drives, SD cards, floppy disks, volumes, drive images, RAID virtual imagesWindows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Server 2008-2022
44ReclaiMe File Recovery6.6No$59.95/moNo$59.95one-timeInternal and external hard drives; laptop drives; USB drives; memory cards; NAS devices; disk images; RAID arraysWindows host; recovers Windows, Linux, and Mac-related filesystems
45Macrorit Data Recovery6.6No$59.90/moYes$59.90one-timeInternal and external hard drives; partitions; CD/DVD; SD cards; USB drives; disk images; RAID 0/5/6 arrays; Mac storage devices; Time Machine drivesWindows 11, 10, 7, 8.1, 8, XP, and Windows Server; macOS High Sierra, Sierra, and OS X
46R-Photo6.6Free planFreeYes—Internal and external HDD, SSD, NVMe devices, USB memory sticks, SD and CompactFlash memory cards, virtual disks, Windows Storage Spaces, and undamaged RAID arraysWindows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11
47Bitwar Data Recovery6.6Free plan$5.83/moYes—PC/laptop, hard drive, external disk, SSD, USB drive, Micro Card, memory card, camcorder, digital camera, music player, video player, other devicesWindows, macOS
48Hetman Partition Recovery6.5No—No—HDD, SSD, SSHD, USB flash drives, external USB disks, SD/SDHC/SDXC and microSD cards, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, disk images, forensic images, virtual machine disks, supported encrypted volumesWindows, macOS, Linux
49DiskInternals Uneraser6.5No$29.95/moNo$29.95one-timeInternal and external hard drives, SSDs, USB drives, SD cards, flash memory drives, and memory cardsWindows
50DiskInternals Partition Recovery6.5No—No$39.95one-timeHDDs, SSDs, external drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, disk images and supported virtual/forensic containers; readable logical sources exposed from RAID, NAS, SAN, or Windows Dynamic Disks; remote Ext2/3/4 over SFTPWindows (application); Linux and macOS file systems supported as sources; application may run on Linux or macOS through Wine

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