Alternatives to EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard
A consumer data recovery program for restoring deleted or lost files from drives and memory cards. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard
A consumer data recovery program for restoring deleted or lost files from drives and memory cards.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard.
Disk Drill
A data recovery app for macOS and Windows that scans drives and devices for lost files.
Disk Drill also covers Windows and Mac on a freemium model, recovers from phones and RAID arrays, and needs the paid PRO version for full recovery.
Stellar Data Recovery
Commercial software for recovering deleted, lost or formatted files from computers and storage media.
Stellar Data Recovery runs on Windows and Mac and shows a free preview of recoverable files before paying, though its editions overlap confusingly.
Wondershare Recoverit
Commercial data recovery app for restoring deleted or lost files on Windows and Mac.
Wondershare Recoverit offers a guided Windows and Mac app that recovers from drives, SD cards and crashed PCs, with full use depending on a paid plan.
Recuva
A Windows tool for recovering deleted files from hard drives, memory cards and USB sticks.
Recuva is Windows only, recovers deleted files from drives and memory cards with a deep scan mode, and keeps some features in the paid Pro edition.
TestDisk & PhotoRec
Recovers lost partitions, makes non-booting disks bootable again, and undeletes files from FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext filesystems.
TestDisk and PhotoRec are free GPL-3.0 tools for Windows, macOS and Linux that restore lost partitions, but the text menu is intimidating and PhotoRec loses names.
DMDE
A disk editor and data recovery tool that reconstructs lost files and directory structures.
DMDE runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, rebuilds directory trees and includes a disk editor, with the free edition limited to 4000 files per directory.
Windows File Recovery
Microsoft's free command-line tool for recovering deleted or lost files on Windows.
Windows File Recovery is a free Microsoft command-line tool for Windows 10 2004 and later, with no graphical interface and no Mac version.
DiskGenius
Combined partition manager, data recovery tool and backup utility for Windows.
DiskGenius is Windows only and pairs file and lost partition recovery with a partition manager and backup, with larger recoveries needing a paid licence.
Also worth comparing
These listings name EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
IsoBuster
A Windows data recovery program for optical discs, hard drives, USB sticks, memory cards and disk images.
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard adds a Mac version and handles deletion, formatting and partition loss, with larger recoveries requiring a paid edition.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
GNU ddrescue
A command-line data recovery tool that copies raw blocks from failing disks while working around read errors.
The Sleuth Kit
Command-line tools and a C library for analysing disk images and recovering files in forensic work.
SpinRite
A bootable maintenance and data recovery utility for hard drives and other mass-storage devices, from GRC.
EaseUS Partition Master
Partition manager for Windows with cloning, conversion and health checks.
