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Best Data Recovery Software in 2026

Updated

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

130ranked
7free plans on this page
$1.23/molowest paid tier
7 Oct 2026last checked

Data recovery software, one module each. A lit port is something its maker publishes; 0 of the 25 on this page have a public API.

  1. 51 Mac Data Recovery Guru API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 6.0Free
  2. 52 R-Photo API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 6.0Free
  3. 53 Bitwar Data Recovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 6.0$5.83/mo
  4. 54 RecoverHelper API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 6.0Free
  5. 55 IObit Uninstaller API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 6.0$1.23/mo
  6. 56 O&O DiskRecovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.9
  7. 57 BreadCrumb API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.9
  8. 58 RAID Recovery for Windows API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.9$99/mo
  9. 59 Klennet Carver API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.9$39/mo
  10. 60 Apeaksoft Data Recovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.9$5.83/mo
  11. 61 NAS Data Recovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.8$99/mo
  12. 62 FonePaw Data Recovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.8
  13. 63 IObit Undelete API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
  14. 64 DiskInternals VMFS Recovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.7$699/mo
  15. 65 File Scavenger API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.7$69/mo
  16. 66 ReclaiMe File Recovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.7$59.95/mo
  17. 67 SFWare Data Recovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.7
  18. 68 Auslogics Driver Updater API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.7Free
  19. 69 DataRecovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.6
  20. 70 Atola Insight Forensic API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.6
  21. 71 Cisdem Data Recovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.6$8.33/mo
  22. 72 DoYourData Recovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.6$5.75/mo
  23. 73 iCare Data Recovery API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.6
  24. 74 Digler API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.5
  25. 75 Starus RAID Restore API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.5
Compare all 25 in a table
#PlatformScoreFree planFromFree planPaid fromRecovery sourcesOperating systems
51Mac Data Recovery Guru6.0Free planFreeYes—APFS drives, HFS+ drives, ExFAT media, FAT32 media, camera cards, USB media, disk images, foldersmacOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
52R-Photo6.0Free 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
53Bitwar Data Recovery6.0Free 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
54RecoverHelper6.0Free planFreeYes———
55IObit Uninstaller6.0Free plan$1.23/moYes—Specific locations or devices; hard drives are referenced as a data-loss scenarioWindows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
56O&O DiskRecovery5.9No—No—hard disks, SSDs, USB drives, external drives, memory cards, digital cameras, formatted and damaged volumesWindows
57BreadCrumb5.9No—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
58RAID Recovery for Windows5.9No$99/moNo$99one-timeHardware RAID-0 and RAID-5; Windows software RAID-0 and RAID-5; drive imagesWindows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, and Server 2008–2022
59Klennet Carver5.9No$39/moNo$39one-timeStorage media, memory cards, whole-disk image filesWindows 10 or later (64-bit)
60Apeaksoft Data Recovery5.9No$5.83/moYes—Computer internal drives, external hard drives and SSDs, USB drives, flash drives, memory cards, SD/CF cards, digital cameras, drones, iPhone, iPad, iPod, Samsung and Android phones and tabletsWindows, macOS
61NAS Data Recovery5.8No$99/moNo$99one-timeNAS drives attached locally to a Windows computer; drive imagesWindows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, and Server 2008–2022
62FonePaw Data Recovery5.8No—No$39.87one-timePCs/laptops, HDDs, SSDs, external disks, USB drives, memory cards (including SD and microSD), digital cameras, dashcams, audio recorders, RAID storage systems, and dronesWindows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP (32-bit or 64-bit)
63IObit Undelete5.8Free planFreeYes—Specific locations or devices; hard drives are referenced as a data-loss scenarioWindows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
64DiskInternals VMFS Recovery5.7No$699/moNo$699one-timeVMFS datastores and volumes, VMDK files, ESXi disks, RAID arrays, and physical disksWindows
65File Scavenger5.7No$69/moNo$69one-timeHard disks, SSDs, flash drives, RAID, RAIDZ, NAS, memory cardsWindows 11, 10, 8, 7, Server 2025/2022/2019/2016/2012/2008
66ReclaiMe File Recovery5.7No$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
67SFWare Data Recovery5.7No—Yes—Internal HDDs, external HDDs, SSDs, USB flash drives, SD cards, CF cards, memory cards, NAS drivesWindows and macOS
68Auslogics Driver Updater5.7Free planFreeYes—hard drives; USB drives; USB flash drives; memory cards; floppy drives; lost partitionsWindows 7; Windows 8; Windows 8.1; Windows 10; Windows 11
69DataRecovery5.6No—Yes—storage devices; disk image filesLinux
70Atola Insight Forensic5.6No—No—Hard drives, SSDs, removable media, flash drives, memory cards and RAID arraysWindows
71Cisdem Data Recovery5.6No$8.33/moNo—Internal and external hard drives, HDDs, SSDs, SD and memory cards, USB drives, NAS, Linux systems, RAID arrays, lost partitionsWindows, macOS
72DoYourData Recovery5.6No$5.75/moYes—hard drives, external drives, USB drives, memory cards, formatted partitionsWindows, macOS
73iCare Data Recovery5.6No—Yes—Hard drives, external hard drives, USB flash drives, SD/microSD/SDHC/SDXC, XD-picture, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, Android phones, digital cameras, laptops and desktopsWindows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP; Pro also lists Windows Server
74Digler5.5No—Yes—disk images, raw devices, physical disks, disk partitionsLinux, macOS, Windows
75Starus RAID Restore5.5No—No—RAID arrays, single- and multi-disk volumes, DAS/NAS devices, virtual disk images, memory-card file systemsWindows (including Windows Server 2000–2019)

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