Disk Drill AlternativesOnly apps categorised as File Recovery Tools

The best File Recovery alternative to Disk Drill is Recuva, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Disk Drill and loads of them are File Recovery Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting File Recovery Tool alternatives to Disk Drill are PhotoRec, Digler, R-Studio and DiskGenius.

filter to find the best alternatives

Disk Drill alternatives are mainly File Recovery Tools, but if you're looking for Photo Recovery Tools or Hard Disk Recovery Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Free, Linux, Mac and Mac + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Disk Drill.
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Disk Drill alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Recuva icon
     628 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Free file-recovery tool for Windows that retrieves lost files from PCs, recycle bins, digital camera cards, and MP3 players. Featuring deep scans, secure overwrites, simplicity, and support for various file systems, it caters to both novice and advanced users.

    166 Recuva alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
    |
    8
    • Most users think Recuva is a great Disk Drill alternative.

    • Recuva is the most popular Windows alternative to Disk Drill.

    • Recuva is the most popular free alternative to Disk Drill.

    • Recuva is Freemium and ProprietaryDisk Drill is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • Recuva is LightweightDisk Drill is not according to our users
  2. PhotoRec icon
     182 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures.

    143 PhotoRec alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • Most users think PhotoRec is a great Disk Drill alternative.

    • PhotoRec is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Disk Drill.

    • PhotoRec is the most popular Open Source alternative to Disk Drill.

    • PhotoRec is Free and Open SourceDisk Drill is Freemium and Proprietary
    • PhotoRec is LightweightDisk Drill is not according to our users
  3. DiskGenius icon
     44 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    DiskGenius is full-featured partition manager. It also lets you edit UEFI entries with ease, so if you want to install a different bootloader like Clover, DiskGenius can help set it up quickly.

    182 DiskGenius alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Apple TV
     
  4. GetDataBack icon
     52 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    GetDataBack, for FAT or NTFS drive and partitions, will recover your data if the hard drive's partition table, boot record, FAT/MFT or root directory are lost or damaged, data was lost due to a virus attack, the drive was formatted, fdisk has been run, a power failure has...

    137 GetDataBack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Recovers deleted, formatted, or corrupted files from hard drives, USB drives, SD cards, memory cards, or RAID arrays on Windows systems, offering deep and quick scan, file preview, selective restore, multiple file system support, and a user-friendly interface.

    139 EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Disk Drill.

    • EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is Paid and ProprietaryDisk Drill is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Lazesoft Recovery Suite is a very easy to use ALL-IN-ONE boot disk that repair your crashed Windows, recover data from deleted, formatted, damaged partition, clone or backup disk, reset your forgotten Windows password.

    158 Lazesoft Recovery Suite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Recover lost data on Mac, from documents to videos, even if deleted from Trash. Supports APFS, NTFS drives for Macs including M1 & T2 chips, with ability to create recovery USB.

    136 Stellar Data Recovery for Mac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Autopsy® is a digital forensics platform and graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit® and other digital forensics tools. It can be used by law enforcement, military, and corporate examiners to investigate what happened on a computer.

    101 Autopsy Forensic Browser alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. DMDE icon
     12 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery (DMDE) is a disk editor which can help you to understand NTFS. Its capable to view your hard disk sector wise, on MFT level, to disect mft attributes and to edit bytes on your hard disk.

    99 DMDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    EaseUS Partition Recovery offers a free solution for recovering deleted or lost partitions, featuring an intuitive wizard interface for easy use. It supports a variety of file systems including FAT, NTFS, Ext2/Ext3, and is compatible with IDE, ATA, SATA, and SCSI drives.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
12 of 91 Disk Drill alternatives