--- title: DMDE canonical: https://saasranked.com/software/dmde/ category: Data Recovery Software points: 66 rank: 2 of 11 facts_checked: 2026-10-08 --- # DMDE Disk editor and recovery program with a free edition and licences from €18, sold in euros. 66 points out of 100. #2 of 11 data recovery programs. Vendor: DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software. Website: https://dmde.com/ - The free edition recovers up to 4,000 files per request from the open folder, with no limit on requests [2][4]. - Express is a one-year licence at €18; Standard is perpetual at €43; prices are shown in euros [2]. - It reads FAT12/16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, ReFS, Ext2/3/4, HFS+, APFS and btrfs [1]. - The free edition includes a RAID constructor and a disk imaging tool [1]. - Refunds are offered for non-activated licences within 30 days [3]. Verdict: DMDE suits people who want a RAID constructor, disk images and partition undelete, with licences from €18 [1][2]. The free edition lets you test recovery on up to 4,000 files at a time [4]. The catch: refunds cover only licences you have not activated [3], and the vendor's pages give no file type count, no BitLocker statement and no link between email support and a licence [1][7]. Best for: Technical users who want RAID, imaging and partition tools. ## Points | Criterion | Line | Value | Points | Note | |---|---|---|---|---| | Price | Free recovery limit | Not published | 0/9 | The free limit is stated as 4,000 files per request, not as a size in GB [2][4]. | | Price | Cheapest paid licence | $20.13/yr | 9/11 | Express, one-year licence, €18 on the buy page. Paid editions recover all found files [2][4]. Converted at €1 = $1.1186 [15]. | | Price | One-time licence | Yes | 3/3 | Standard is sold as a perpetual licence at €43 [2]. | | Price | Money-back period | 30 | 3/3 | Non-activated licences can be refunded within 30 days; activated licences cannot. A refund for an unused licence is counted as a change-of-mind window [3]. | | What it finds | Signature (raw) scan | Yes | 6/6 | Home page lists raw recovery by file signatures when file system recovery is not possible [1]. | | What it finds | Lost partition recovery | Yes | 6/6 | Partition manager finds and restores removed partitions; Insert the Partition (Undelete) command [1][6]. | | What it finds | File types listed | Not published | 0/4 | Not published as a number; the manual refers to built-in file types without a count [7]. | | What it finds | Repairs damaged photos or videos | Not published | 0/4 | Not published on the vendor's home page or change log [1][10]. | | Drives and systems | Drives and media | Hard drive or SSD, USB drive, SD or memory card, Virtual disk (VHD or VMDK) | 4/6 | Home page names HDDs, SSDs, USB drives and memory cards; manual supports VHD, VHDX and VMDK [1][8]. | | Drives and systems | File systems beyond NTFS and FAT32 | exFAT, ReFS, APFS or HFS+, ext4 | 4/4 | Home page lists exFAT, ReFS, Ext2/3/4, HFS+/HFSX and APFS [1]. | | Drives and systems | BitLocker drives | Not published | 0/4 | Not published on the vendor's home page, manual or change log [1][8][10]. | | Drives and systems | RAID recovery | Yes | 5/5 | RAID constructor supports RAID-0, 1, 4, 5 and 6, JBOD and spanned disks [1]. | | Tools | Disk image before recovery | Yes | 6/6 | Creates and restores disk images and clones; recovery can run from the image file [9][11]. | | Tools | Bootable recovery media | Yes | 5/5 | The manual describes running DMDE from a DOS bootable disk or USB drive [5]. | | Tools | Preview before you pay | Yes | 7/7 | Free edition limits only recovery, not scanning; the file panel opens files and graphics for preview [1][12]. | | Tools | Pause and resume a scan | Yes | 3/3 | A stopped scan continues with unchanged parameters; search logs can be saved and loaded [7]. | | Tools | Drive health check | Yes | 3/3 | Manual lists "SMART: show SMART report" under device parameters; change log lists SMART report reading [10][13]. | | Tools | Runs without installing | Yes | 2/2 | "DMDE is portable and runs just after extracting"; install by extracting to one folder [1][5]. | | Trust and support | Open source | Not published | 0/6 | Not published; the policy page does not state a licence model [3]. | | Trust and support | Support with a paid licence | Not published | 0/3 | Home page lists "24/7 support (via email)" but does not tie it to a paid licence; policy and FAQ do not either [1][3][4]. | ## Plans | Plan | Price | Per month (USD) | |---|---|---| | Free | Free [2][4] | $0 | | Express | €18/year [2] | $1.68 | | Standard | €43 one-time [2] | - | The buy page shows euros only; Express is a one-year licence and the price line counts it as the cheapest paid edition [2]. ## Strengths - Free edition recovers up to 4,000 files per request, repeated as often as you like [2]. - Standard licence is perpetual with lifetime updates for €43 [2]. - Runs without installing: extract the package into one folder [5]. - Includes disk imaging, lost-partition undelete and a RAID constructor [1][6]. - Scans can be stopped and continued, and search logs saved and loaded [7]. ## Limits - Free recovery works on one folder per request, and nested folders are not restored [4][14]. - Activated licences are not refundable, and poor recovery results alone are not grounds [3]. - Express lasts one year and is not eligible for volume discounts [2]. - The vendor's pages do not state BitLocker support or a file type count [1][7]. ## Vendor claims (not scored) - DMDE says that if a file cannot be recovered in the free edition, paid editions cannot recover it either [4]. ## Sources 1. [DMDE: Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software](https://dmde.com/), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 2. [DMDE editions and prices](https://dmde.com/buy.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 3. [Policies: refund, privacy](https://dmde.com/policies.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 4. [DMDE FAQ](https://dmde.com/faq.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 5. [DMDE manual: installation and run](https://dmde.com/manual/setup.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 6. [DMDE manual: partitions](https://dmde.com/manual/partitions.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 7. [DMDE manual: full scan](https://dmde.com/manual/fullscan.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 8. [DMDE manual: devices](https://dmde.com/manual/devices.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 9. [DMDE manual: copy sectors and disk images](https://dmde.com/manual/copysectors.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 10. [DMDE change log](https://dmde.com/changelog.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 11. [DMDE manual: data recovery](https://dmde.com/manual/datarecovery.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 12. [DMDE manual: file panel](https://dmde.com/manual/filepanel.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 13. [DMDE manual: device I/O parameters](https://dmde.com/manual/devioparams.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 14. [DMDE manual: editions](https://dmde.com/manual/editions.html), DMDE, accessed 2026-10-08 15. [Euro foreign exchange reference rates: US dollar](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/eurofxref-graph-usd.en.html), European Central Bank, accessed 2026-10-08