Price8 of 26
What it finds14 of 20
Drives and systems15 of 19
Tools21 of 26
Trust and support0 of 9
data recovery program · Wondershare
Wondershare Recoverit
Windows recovery program with a 500 MB free edition and a one-time licence for two PCs.
In short
- The free edition recovers up to 500 MB2.
- The Windows store page shows $99.95 for the Annual and the Perpetual plan, each covering 2 PCs1.
- Every plan lists video, photo and document repair1.
- Wondershare's refund window is 7 days, and change of mind is not eligible6.
- Recoverit lists more than 1,000 file types and formats4.
Recoverit suits people who want one program with repair, RAID recovery, disk images and a bootable USB for a PC that will not start1,5,7,8. A perpetual licence is sold1. 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 MB1,2,6.
Best for: People who want repair, disk-image and bootable-USB recovery in one program.
Where the points come from
Price 8 of 26 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Free recovery limit | 0.5The free Windows page says you can recover 500MB for free2. | 2 / 9 |
| Cheapest paid licence | $99.95/yrAnnual plan, 2 Windows PCs, $99.95 on the store page before promotions; Perpetual shows the same price1. | 3 / 11 |
| One-time licence | YesA Perpetual plan is sold as a one-time payment1. | 3 / 3 |
| Money-back period | 0Policy gives 7 days but excludes change of mind; eligible cases are technical, so 0 under our rule6. | 0 / 3 |
What it finds 14 of 20 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Signature (raw) scan | Not publishedNot published on the vendor's RAW-drive article or user guide, which describe a deep scan without naming signatures5,10. | 0 / 6 |
| Lost partition recovery | YesThe features page says the software can restore a lost partition3. | 6 / 6 |
| File types listed | 1000The tech spec page says it recovers over 1000 types and formats4. | 4 / 4 |
| Repairs damaged photos or videos | YesEvery Windows plan lists repair of corrupted videos, photos and documents1; the guide says photo and document repair runs during preview5. | 4 / 4 |
Drives and systems 15 of 19 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Drives and media | Hard drive or SSD, USB drive, SD or memory cardTech spec lists HDD, SSD, USB flash drives and SD and other memory cards; no optical or virtual disks4. | 3 / 6 |
| File systems beyond NTFS and FAT32 | exFAT, ReFS, APFS or HFS+Tech spec lists exFAT, ReFS, APFS and HFS+; ext4 is listed only 'under the Linux OS', so it is not counted4. | 3 / 4 |
| BitLocker drives | YesRecoverit scans a BitLocker drive once it is unlocked; the password or recovery key is required first12. | 4 / 4 |
| RAID recovery | YesThe RAID article says Recoverit recovers hardware, software and hybrid RAID, and works across Windows, Mac, Linux and NAS8. | 5 / 5 |
Tools 21 of 26 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Disk image before recovery | YesGuide: import an existing image or create a new one from a partition or disk, then scan it5. | 6 / 6 |
| Bootable recovery media | YesCrashed-computer recovery creates boot media on a blank USB drive7. | 5 / 5 |
| Preview before you pay | YesThe free page lists free scan and preview before recovery2. | 7 / 7 |
| Pause and resume a scan | YesGuide: pause a scan and continue it with the play button5. | 3 / 3 |
| Drive health check | Not publishedNot published in the vendor's user guide or tech specs4,5. | 0 / 3 |
| Runs without installing | Not publishedNot published in the vendor's user guide or tech specs4,5. | 0 / 2 |
Trust and support 0 of 9 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Open source | NoThe licence agreement says it is a licence, not a sale, bars reverse engineering and gives no rights to the source code9. | 0 / 6 |
| Support with a paid licence | Not publishedNot published on the vendor's support page11; the licence says Wondershare is not obliged to provide support9. | 0 / 3 |
The rule behind each line: how we score data recovery programs.
Plans and prices
As the vendor lists them, before tax. Prices are in US dollars unless the plan shows euros; the points use US dollars, with euros converted at the ECB rate.
| Plan | Price as listed | Per month | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeWindows PC | Free2 | $0 | Recovers up to 500 MB, with preview |
| Annual2 PCs | $99.95/year1 | $8.33 | Auto-renews; unlimited recovery |
| Perpetual2 PCs | $99.951 | – | No future major versions |
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 promotions1.
Strengths
Other data recovery programs
- 1
Stellar Data RecoveryPeople who need partition, BitLocker or photo repair features and accept a paid licence75/100$59.99/yrcheapest paid licence - 2
DMDETechnical users who want RAID, imaging and partition tools66/100$20.13/yrcheapest paid licence - 3
Tenorshare 4DDiG Windows Data RecoveryPeople who want one program for recovery, bootable rescue and repairing damaged photos65/100$59.95/yrcheapest paid licence - 4
R-StudioPeople who need RAID, BitLocker or virtual-disk recovery with a permanent licence65/100$79.99/yrcheapest paid licence
Sources
- Recoverit for Windows store, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
- Recoverit free data recovery for Windows, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
- Recoverit features, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
- Recoverit tech specs, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
- Recoverit user guide, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
- Refund policy, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
- Recover data from a crashed Windows computer, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
- Recover data from RAID drives, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
- End user license agreement, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
- Recover data from a RAW hard drive, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
- Wondershare support center, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
- BitLocker data recovery, Wondershare. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
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