--- title: "Disk Drill Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra" description: "With the help of Capterra, learn about Disk Drill Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Disk Imaging products and more." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/229166/Disk-Drill/" page_type: "product" language: "en" publication_date: "2026-10-21" --- # Disk Drill Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on October 21, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[FAQs](#faqs)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Disk Drill ## What is Disk Drill? Disk Drill is a Mac data recovery software. It recovers deleted or lost files from hard drives, external disks, memory cards, iOS devices, and Android devices. The software uses multiple scanning algorithms to read failing and unreadable devices. It reconstructs over 400 file types with advanced scanning and filtering tools. Disk Drill supports internal and external drives, digital cameras, iPhones, iPads, iPods, Android devices, USB drives, and RAID arrays. It also includes tools for disk health monitoring, cleanup, backup, and more. ## What is Disk Drill used for? [Disk Imaging](https://www.capterra.com/disk-imaging-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 12 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $89 Flat Rate, One Time Free trial not available Includes Free Version Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Disk Drill?[Manage this product listing](https://www.g2.com/products/disk-drill/claim_requests/new?auto=true) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Disk Drill 3.8 (12) VS. [4.3 (25)](https://www.capterra.com/p/189880/ManageEngine-OS-Deployer/reviews/) Starting Price $89 Flat Rate, One Time Starting Price $6.99 Per Feature, Per Year Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.2 (12) Ease Of Use 4.4 (123) Value For Money 3.5 (11) Value For Money 4.7 (105) Customer Service 3.4 (8) Customer Service 4.3 (90) ## Disk Drill alternatives [4.7 (299)](https://www.capterra.com/p/184229/NinjaOne/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars Highest Rated [Macrium Backup & Restore](https://www.capterra.com/p/160544/Macrium-Reflect/) [4.8 (123)](https://www.capterra.com/p/160544/Macrium-Reflect/reviews/) Starting price $65.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 98% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/160544/Macrium-Reflect/) [Iperius Backup](https://www.capterra.com/p/129287/Iperius-Backup/) [4.5 (189)](https://www.capterra.com/p/129287/Iperius-Backup/reviews/) Starting price $29.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 92% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/129287/Iperius-Backup/) [Comet Backup](https://www.capterra.com/p/162943/Comet-Backup/) [4.7 (74)](https://www.capterra.com/p/162943/Comet-Backup/reviews/) Starting price $19.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 96% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/162943/Comet-Backup/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/229166/Disk-Drill/alternatives/) ## FAQs about Disk Drill Overview ### Which roles and teams benefit most from Disk Drill? Disk Drill is most used by IT managers and QA engineers recovering deleted files and checking storage issues. Consultants, attorneys, and coaches rely on it to retrieve important client documents. Business and nonprofit leaders use it to recover operational records, while researchers and students restore lost project materials and academic files. Answer based on 12 reviews Overview ### What company size and industries is Disk Drill built for? Disk Drill is for small businesses, which account for 92% of reviewers, particularly in Business Supplies and Equipment, Design, and Education Management at 8% each. It also serves Mac OS X users, external storage and mobile device owners, data recovery professionals, and home users. Midsize businesses represent 8%, with disk imaging the common use case. Answer based on 12 reviews Features and Usability ### What are the key features of Disk Drill? Disk Drill offers data recovery, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery features for restoring lost files and systems. It also includes automatic backup, backup scheduling, incremental backup, monitoring, encryption, and secure data storage for protecting and managing stored data. Getting Started and Support ### What customer support options does Disk Drill offer? Disk Drill provides FAQ/Forum support for users seeking help with common questions and troubleshooting guidance. With no reviewer feedback about support topics available, user experience details such as response speed or helpfulness cannot be confirmed from the catalog data. ## Features AI summary Based on 127 Disk Imaging reviews Not all disk imaging tools cover every must-have feature. Here is what Capterra reviewers flag as essential when choosing a solution: - **Disk Image Creation** (**59%** of reviewers rated this feature as critical) - **Disaster Recovery** (**81%**) - **Data Recovery** (**79%**) Disk Drill supports **Disaster Recovery** and **Data Recovery**, so it covers two of the top capabilities buyers look for in this category. However, it does not include **Disk Image Creation**. Instead, it offers **Backup Scheduling** (**57%**) and **Backup and Recovery** (**67%**), which can still help teams maintain regular protection routines and restore important files when issues occur. These features are valuable for helping businesses reduce downtime, protect critical data, and recover more quickly after data loss incidents. Disaster Recovery 3.3 (3) 33.33% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Plan and implement business continuity measures in case of unforeseen events Data Recovery 3.2 (6) 83.33% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Ability to restore deleted, hidden, or lost data from an email server/system Backup Scheduling 2.5 (2) 0.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Schedule automatic backups by selecting the frequency of data backup jobs Backup and Recovery 4.0 (5) 60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create backups and provide methods to recover deleted/lost data Automatic Backup 3.3 (3) 33.33% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Data is backed up automatically to prevent data loss Secure Data Storage 3.3 (3) 0.00% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Securely stores data to prevent data loss or breaches Disk Drill 9 features ### All Features - Automatic Backup: Data is backed up automatically to prevent data loss - Backup and Recovery: Create backups and provide methods to recover deleted/lost data - Backup Scheduling: Schedule automatic backups by selecting the frequency of data backup jobs - Data Recovery: Ability to restore deleted, hidden, or lost data from an email server/system - Disaster Recovery: Plan and implement business continuity measures in case of unforeseen events - Encryption: Convert data into a code for security - Incremental Backup: Copy only the new data that has been changed or created since the previous backup - Monitoring: Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user - Secure Data Storage: Securely stores data to prevent data loss or breaches --- Features 3.8 (12) 3.8 Based on 12 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 3.5 (11) Free Version Basic $89.00 Flat Rate,One Time Value for money 3.5 (11) 3.5 Based on 11 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 3.4 (8) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 3.4 (8) 3.4 Based on 8 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 3.8 Based on 12 reviews Filter by rating Counts reflect reviews available in this feed. 5(8) 4(0) 3(1) 2(0) 1(3) Mentioned topic Recent reviews first, then most helpful RE Reviewer Life Coach Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Best Kept Secret for keeping computer clean" 5.0 March 10, 2026 It's pretty awesome. I really appreciate the value for the money and will continue using the free version as long as possible. Pros By far the ease of use keeps me using this program. I truly feel as if it is helping keep my computer clear to function smoothly and efficiently. Cons I still wonder if "Time Machine" needs to be a part of it and I am fearful of a lot of other options I am uneducated in utilizing. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Studente Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Recensione Disk Drill da studente" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 February 25, 2025 Pros Utilizzo ormai da qualche anno questo software, l'ho installato la prima volta dopo aver avuto un problema con gli Hard Disk collegati a un server, il sistema operativo non leggeva gli HD e il programma è riuscito a recuperare ogni singolo file, da quel momento lo tengo installato e, con il passare degli anni, ho scoperto che ogni tanto può sempre essere utile. Inoltre è compatibile sia per MacOS sia per Windows presenta molte funzioni riguardo all'integrità delle unità di memoria sia interne che esterne al dispositivo. Cons Non ho trovato particolari lati negativi riguardo a questo software Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Associate Pastor Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Good potential, but you will pay for it. " 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 5/10 March 28, 2025 I was hopefull because of the ease of use in the GUI for Disk Drill to be able to recover some critical files. However, after going through part of the process they then hit you will a software charge. Pros I like the fact that Disk Drill is able to uncover deleted or lost files. Cons I do not like the fact that they offer this by default on Mac and yet you have to pay for it to recover anything at all. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Executive Director Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Disk Drill is a life saver - Recovered important client video files I thought were totally gone " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 26, 2021 I was in a complete panic when I bought Disk Drill. I shot video on three cameras and three mics for a seminar recording. Something happened to one of the SD cards, and my most needed camera angle just disappeared. The SD card was showing up blank. I very badly needed to get that footage rather than crawl back to the client and ask for a re-shoot (for something that was very hard to schedule). Disk Drill was easy to find, buy and download, and within an hour or so I had the lost files back. It was the biggest relief I've felt from a file loss error in a long long time. Pros It was relatively affordable, and was worth more than every penny. It did it's job wonderfully, and recovered all of the lost video files I needed on a corrupted SD card . This software literally saved me a few thousand dollars and kept me from having to schedule a re-shoot with a high profile client organization. It was intuitive and easy to use. Most importantly, it did the job I needed it to, perfectly. Cons The files were a little tricky to locate after the extraction from deep within the SD card, and there were some duplicates. End of the day though I found everything I needed. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Jonathan A. Attorney Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "My Disk Drill Experience" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 March 10, 2022 Works as described. A highly recommended buy "just because" in the event of data loss, hard drive stops working etc.. It's better to have because you never know. Pros \- Modern UI - Feature rich; data loss recovery, duplicate file finder, data protection, smart monitoring and disk clean up - Data loss recovery tech/algorithms are God sent. If you have an old hardd rive that has seemed to "have given up" or become corrupted, disk drill is a must have to recovery files, photographs, documents etc... from the drive. Cons The software's SMART monitoring feature didn't seem to recognize the original NVME ssd in a Macbook Air 2013 for TRIM purposes. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Qa Software Engineer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "False Promise Software" 1.0 Overall Rating 1.0 1.0 Ease of Use 1.0 1.0 Features 1.0 1.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 1/10 October 16, 2023 Disappointment. like I said, I bought this in hopes of recovering at least some pieces of data and have recovered none. Pros Its scans quickly. you can sort the data by category and file size. Cons I haven't been able to recover a single piece of data using this software. Analytics is shared with the company (CLEVERFILES INC) by default. doesn't ask about sharing data on install. not only do they enable it by default but it's under your nose, i only realize they were taking data from me when i was looking through the settings. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. İsmail İ. Consultant Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Recover Mac disk on Windows PC !" 5.0 September 23, 2021 I think that a very clever algorithm is used to investigate lost files and directories. Pros I like the best feature that even Old Mac-formatted external disk easily recovered from windows machine. Cons I noticed that, may user interface needs some enhancements to use the software intuitively and much easily. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Murtaza I. Manager IT Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "MacOS Data Recovery" 5.0 April 11, 2022 Pros Disk Drill is one of the best data recovery software available for Mac. The good thing about it is you get a preview before restoring the files either an image or a video all the previews are available with a few clicks. Disk Drill supports many file extensions to recover the data, including Databases and Microsoft Office files. You can save the session and restore it at any time without going back to the scratch and scan again, the session will load up quickly. Cons The only thing I didn't like about this software was the mistakenly deleted files of WhatsApp backup were not adequately restored it showed the audio files extension as ogg and they were not playable or preview wasn't available. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer directeur de recherche Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "à fuir !" 1.0 Overall Rating 1.0 1.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 1.0 1.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 1/10 January 11, 2023 horrible Pros aucun le logiciel ne fonctionne pas contrairement à ce qui était annoncé Cons j'ai acheté ce logiciel pour récupérer des données de carte SD GoPro, les fichiers ont été retrouvés mais illisible. j'ai contacté le support et aucune solution. j'ai demandé à être remboursé mais aucune réponse. A fuir pour la récupération de données ! Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RE Reviewer Consultant Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Disk Drill saved my priceless photos!" 5.0 July 25, 2022 It worked perfectly. Pros It was easy to use and it recovered all of my photos that my camera lost. Cons Nothing! It did just what it promised. It was a miracle. Other photographers need to know about it! Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/229166/Disk-Drill/reviews/) ## Top-rated software of 2026 ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.