--- title: Wondershare Recoverit canonical: https://saasranked.com/software/recoverit/ category: Data Recovery Software points: 58 rank: 9 of 11 facts_checked: 2026-10-08 --- # Wondershare Recoverit Windows recovery program with a 500 MB free edition and a one-time licence for two PCs. 58 points out of 100. #9 of 11 data recovery programs. Vendor: Wondershare. Website: https://recoverit.wondershare.com/ - The free edition recovers up to 500 MB [2]. - The Windows store page shows $99.95 for the Annual and the Perpetual plan, each covering 2 PCs [1]. - Every plan lists video, photo and document repair [1]. - Wondershare's refund window is 7 days, and change of mind is not eligible [6]. - Recoverit lists more than 1,000 file types and formats [4]. Verdict: Recoverit suits people who want one program with repair, RAID recovery, disk images and a bootable USB for a PC that will not start [1][5][7][8]. A perpetual licence is sold [1]. The catch: the cheapest uncapped licence is $99.95, the refund window is only 7 days with no change-of-mind refund, and the free edition saves just 500 MB [1][2][6]. Best for: People who want repair, disk-image and bootable-USB recovery in one program. ## Points | Criterion | Line | Value | Points | Note | |---|---|---|---|---| | Price | Free recovery limit | 0.5 | 2/9 | The free Windows page says you can recover 500MB for free [2]. | | Price | Cheapest paid licence | $99.95/yr | 3/11 | Annual plan, 2 Windows PCs, $99.95 on the store page before promotions; Perpetual shows the same price [1]. | | Price | One-time licence | Yes | 3/3 | A Perpetual plan is sold as a one-time payment [1]. | | Price | Money-back period | 0 | 0/3 | Policy gives 7 days but excludes change of mind; eligible cases are technical, so 0 under our rule [6]. | | What it finds | Signature (raw) scan | Not published | 0/6 | Not published on the vendor's RAW-drive article or user guide, which describe a deep scan without naming signatures [5][10]. | | What it finds | Lost partition recovery | Yes | 6/6 | The features page says the software can restore a lost partition [3]. | | What it finds | File types listed | 1000 | 4/4 | The tech spec page says it recovers over 1000 types and formats [4]. | | What it finds | Repairs damaged photos or videos | Yes | 4/4 | Every Windows plan lists repair of corrupted videos, photos and documents [1]; the guide says photo and document repair runs during preview [5]. | | Drives and systems | Drives and media | Hard drive or SSD, USB drive, SD or memory card | 3/6 | Tech spec lists HDD, SSD, USB flash drives and SD and other memory cards; no optical or virtual disks [4]. | | Drives and systems | File systems beyond NTFS and FAT32 | exFAT, ReFS, APFS or HFS+ | 3/4 | Tech spec lists exFAT, ReFS, APFS and HFS+; ext4 is listed only 'under the Linux OS', so it is not counted [4]. | | Drives and systems | BitLocker drives | Yes | 4/4 | Recoverit scans a BitLocker drive once it is unlocked; the password or recovery key is required first [12]. | | Drives and systems | RAID recovery | Yes | 5/5 | The RAID article says Recoverit recovers hardware, software and hybrid RAID, and works across Windows, Mac, Linux and NAS [8]. | | Tools | Disk image before recovery | Yes | 6/6 | Guide: import an existing image or create a new one from a partition or disk, then scan it [5]. | | Tools | Bootable recovery media | Yes | 5/5 | Crashed-computer recovery creates boot media on a blank USB drive [7]. | | Tools | Preview before you pay | Yes | 7/7 | The free page lists free scan and preview before recovery [2]. | | Tools | Pause and resume a scan | Yes | 3/3 | Guide: pause a scan and continue it with the play button [5]. | | Tools | Drive health check | Not published | 0/3 | Not published in the vendor's user guide or tech specs [4][5]. | | Tools | Runs without installing | Not published | 0/2 | Not published in the vendor's user guide or tech specs [4][5]. | | Trust and support | Open source | No | 0/6 | The licence agreement says it is a licence, not a sale, bars reverse engineering and gives no rights to the source code [9]. | | Trust and support | Support with a paid licence | Not published | 0/3 | Not published on the vendor's support page [11]; the licence says Wondershare is not obliged to provide support [9]. | ## Plans | Plan | Price | Per month (USD) | |---|---|---| | Free | Free [2] | $0 | | Annual | $99.95/year [1] | $8.33 | | Perpetual | $99.95 [1] | - | The store page shows the same $99.95 for its Monthly, Annual and Perpetual plans, with $139.95 crossed out. Extra discounts of up to 45% appear as promotions [1]. ## Strengths - Perpetual plan is a one-time payment covering 2 Windows PCs [1]. - Photo, video and document repair is built in [1][5]. - Can scan an existing disk image or create a new one from a disk [5]. - Creates a bootable USB to recover from a crashed Windows PC [7]. - Pause and resume buttons control a running scan [5]. ## Limits - The free edition recovers only 500 MB [2]. - The refund policy rules out change-of-mind refunds [6]. - The perpetual plan does not include future major versions [1]. - The licence says Wondershare is not obliged to provide technical support [9]. ## Sources 1. [Recoverit for Windows store](https://recoverit.wondershare.com/buy/store.html), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08 2. [Recoverit free data recovery for Windows](https://recoverit.wondershare.com/data-recovery-free.html), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08 3. [Recoverit features](https://recoverit.wondershare.com/data-recovery-features.html), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08 4. [Recoverit tech specs](https://recoverit.wondershare.com/tech-spec/), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08 5. [Recoverit user guide](https://recoverit.wondershare.com/guide.html), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08 6. [Refund policy](https://www.wondershare.com/refund-policy.html), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08 7. [Recover data from a crashed Windows computer](https://recoverit.wondershare.com/windows-system-recovery.html), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08 8. [Recover data from RAID drives](https://recoverit.wondershare.com/recover-data-from-raid-drives.html), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08 9. [End user license agreement](https://www.wondershare.com/company/end-user-license-agreement.html), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08 10. [Recover data from a RAW hard drive](https://recoverit.wondershare.com/harddrive-recovery/recover-data-from-raw-hard-drive.html), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08 11. [Wondershare support center](https://support.wondershare.com/), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08 12. [BitLocker data recovery](https://recoverit.wondershare.com/harddrive-recovery/bitlocker-data-recovery.html), Wondershare, accessed 2026-10-08