Hetman Photo Recovery
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Hetman Photo Recovery, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Hetman Photo Recovery's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Home | Priced on request | 1 computer |
| Office | Priced on request | 1 computer |
| Business | Priced on request | 1 computer |
| Home Edition | $47.95, paid once | personal, non-commercial use · 1 computer · perpetual purchased version · per user |
| Office Edition | $137.95, paid once | company or workplace use · 1 computer · perpetual purchased version · per user |
| Commercial Edition | $237.95, paid once | professional recovery services for third parties · 1 computer · perpetual purchased version · per user |
| Home version | — | Personal, non-commercial use · registration key required to save recovered files · Perpetual license; lifetime license for 1 computer |
| Business version | — | For providing data recovery services to third parties · registration key required to save recovered files · Perpetual license; lifetime license for 1 computer |
| Office version | — | For work or company internal use · registration key required to save recovered files · Perpetual license; lifetime license for 1 computer |
The facts
Each one read from Hetman Photo Recovery's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Changelog
- The May 19, 2026 changelog added support for multiple forensic image formats, expanded archive preview on macOS and Linux, and expanded Linux image-format preview for Photo Recovery.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment and extensibility
- Wingetly lists a Microsoft winget package and an NSIS silent-install switch of /S; the official product pages describe no public API or SDK.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The support center provides a knowledge base, video guides, FAQs, and recovery instructions for disks, RAID, NAS, servers, virtual machines, and encrypted storage.checked 15 Oct 2026
- File systems
- It supports FAT, exFAT, NTFS, ReFS, APFS, HFS+, Ext2/3/4, XFS, Btrfs, ReiserFS, ZFS, and UFS across Windows, Linux, and macOS.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Independent installer listing
- Wingetly lists Hetman Photo Recovery 7.1 as a proprietary Windows package with no known CVEs in its best-effort mapping.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent software catalogue
- Heise Download lists Hetman Photo Recovery as a trial-licensed program for restoring damaged digital photos with preview support.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Interface languages
- The download page lists English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian interfaces.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Legal operator
- The privacy policy identifies Individual Entrepreneur Yuliia Vasylivna Miroshnychenko, trading as Hetman Software, with a registered address in Brovary, Kyiv region, Ukraine.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The software is proprietary rather than open source, according to the Wingetly package listing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License and updates
- The purchased version can be used without a time limit, but versions released after update coverage ends require a new license key.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Limit: G2 interface
- The G2 reviewer said the user interface needed a more modern visual design.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Reddit licensing
- A Reddit user reported that a version 5.1 key was rejected by the newer 5.2 release and said support required purchasing update coverage.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Trustpilot refunds and compatibility
- A Trustpilot reviewer reported that a Home purchase did not cover virtual-machine recovery and criticized the refund process.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Output destinations
- Recovered data can be saved to another disk or folder, packaged as a ZIP archive, or uploaded through FTP.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Output options
- Recovered photos can be saved to a disk or folder, placed in a ZIP archive, or uploaded by FTP.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Portable edition
- The download page offers an installation package and a portable version that runs without installation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: G2 recovery coverage
- The sole G2 reviewer praised easy setup, support for many image formats and storage types, and the ability to preview selected photos before recovery.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: Trustpilot support and recovery
- Trustpilot reviewers repeatedly describe successful recovery results, clear scan presentation, and helpful or fast support responses.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: TrustRadius usability
- TrustRadius describes a wizard-driven interface intended to make photo recovery accessible to both novice and experienced users.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Hetman Software as self-owned, founded in 2006, headquartered in Walnut, California, with 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2008checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Kyiv, Ukrainechecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Limit: Software Advice trial
- Software Advice reviewers complained that the free version allowed recovery of only 10 files and that deep scans could be slow.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Loss scenarios
- It is intended for recovery after deletion, emptied recycle bins, formatting, partition loss, file-system damage, and inaccessible volumes.checked 15 Oct 2026
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