Paraben E3 Forensic Platform vs X-Ways Forensics

Paraben E3 Forensic Platform

7.0 #2 in Digital Forensics Software

About Paraben E3 Forensic Platform

X-Ways Forensics

6.0 #13 in Digital Forensics Software

About X-Ways Forensics
Paraben E3 Forensic PlatformX-Ways Forensics
Free planNoNo
Free trialYesNo
Paid from$58.25/mo—
Open sourceNoNo
PlatformsAndroid, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windowsapi, self-hosted, Windows
Free planNoNo
Paid from699 /yr—
Evidence sourcesSmartphones, computers, disk images, memory dumps, email, chat databases, cloud services, social media, IoT devices, game consoles, archives, and OSINT dataRaw DD images, ISO, VHD, VHDX, VDI, VMDK, physical disks, RAIDs, filesystems, Android/iOS data imported through third-party tools, iTunes backups
Mobile forensicsYesYes
Disk imagingYesYes
Memory forensicsYesYes
Case collaborationYesYes
Supported platformsWindows 10/11 64-bit; analyzes Windows, Linux, and Mac file systemsWindows 7/8/8.1/10/11 and Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019/2022/2025
Export formatsHTML, PDF, CSV, TXT, RTF, Excel, XML, EML, EMX, PST, MSG, and native file formatsHTML, tab-delimited text, XML

Both are listed in Best Digital Forensics Software. On Everything Xiaomi, Paraben E3 Forensic Platform scores higher on our published basis.