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Recovery Explorer vs Starus RAID Restore

Both stand on data recovery software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Recovery Explorer

Paid LinuxMacWindows

Choose Recovery Explorer if you need data recovery across Windows, macOS, or Linux and want an edition matched to your storage type. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or want a stated price for RAID Corporate.

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Starus RAID Restore

Free trial Windows

Starus RAID Restore offers broad RAID, image, and file-system recovery coverage with both automatic and manual reconstruction. Choose an edition according to disk count, and note that saving recovered files requires a license.

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The facts

	Recovery Explorer	Starus RAID Restore
Free plan	No	A free trial
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Linux, Mac, Windows	Windows
Lowest paid plan	See the plans	Starus RAID Restore — Commercial Edition: £192.05, paid once
Plans published	9	3
Maker	Not published	Starus RAID Restore
Website	r-explorer.com	starusrecovery.com
On data recovery software	#90 of 128	#94 of 128

Recovery Explorer: what it does well

Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Supports internal and external drives, USB flash drives, and memory cards.
Can recover from disk images and virtual disks.
File preview is available.
Professional editions include tools for encrypted volumes.

What to know first

There is no free plan.
Advanced NAS and RAID support is limited to advanced editions.
RAID Corporate has no listed price.

Starus RAID Restore: what it does well

Supports many RAID configurations
Automatic and manual reconstruction modes
Works with virtual disk images
Scans destroyed file systems
Pre-recovery file preview

What to know first

Windows-only application
Demo cannot save recovered files
Pricing is paid
Home and Office editions limit disks

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