Disk Drill
8.4#2 in data recovery softwareFrom $89 a yearFree planmacOSWindows
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DiskWarrior
6.4#80 in data recovery softwaremacOS
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | Disk Drill | DiskWarrior |
|---|---|---|
| Bootable recovery | Yes | Yes |
| File preview | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2011 | 1984 |
| Operating systems | macOS 10.15+; Windows 10+ | macOS / OS X,including OS X Mountain Lion through macOS Tahoe for supported external Mac OS Extended disks |
| Purpose | Disk Drill scans storage devices to find and recover deleted, lost, or damaged files. | DiskWarrior rebuilds damaged Mac disk directories using data recovered from the original directory to restore access to files and folders. |
| RAID recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Recovery sources | Internal and external hard drives,SSDs,USB flash drives,SD/CF cards,memory cards,digital cameras,virtual hard drives,RAID arrays,disk images | Mac OS Extended volumes; internal and external volumes; Fusion Drives; Flash/SSD drives; Time Machine volumes; RAID volumes; disk images; FileVault volumes |
| Support | CleverFiles says its technical support team operates in CES and EST time zones and provides do-it-yourself recovery support worldwide. | Alsoft says technical support is free and its technicians may remotely recover data from a Mac-formatted disk when automatic recovery fails. |
Disk Drill plans
- BasicFree
- PRO Subscription$89 a year
- PRO Lifetime License$149, paid once
- Enterprise—
- Disk Drill BasicFree
- Disk Drill EnterprisePriced on request
DiskWarrior plans
- New copy—
- Upgrade$59.95 a month
- DiskWarrior 5 — upgrade$59.95, paid once
- DiskWarrior 5 — new copy—
Pick Disk Drill if…
Disk Drill may suit people trying to recover files from supported storage devices on Windows or Mac. The free edition is useful for scanning and previewing, while PRO is for personal use and Enterprise is listed for organizations.
Pick DiskWarrior if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.