UFS Explorer vs Hetman RAID Recovery

UFS Explorer9.3Visit HRHetman RAID Recovery9.1Visit

Higher score UFS Explorer #2 in RAID Data Recovery Software 9.3/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit UFS Explorer

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HR Hetman RAID Recovery #4 in RAID Data Recovery Software 9.1/10 Paid ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit site

• UFS Explorer fits best

  Broad professional RAID recovery across platforms

• Hetman RAID Recovery fits best

  Cross-platform recovery of complex RAID layouts

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Side by side

Feature	UFS Explorer 9.3/10 Visit ↗	HRHetman RAID Recovery 9.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	9.1
Ranking	#2 in RAID Data Recovery Software	#4 in RAID Data Recovery Software
Best for	Broad professional RAID recovery across platforms	Cross-platform recovery of complex RAID layouts
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$69.95 one-time	—
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Money-back guarantee	30 days	30 days
Deployment	Desktop	Desktop
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Email, Docs	Email, Live chat, Phone · 24/7
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features UFS Explorer 0/2 · Hetman RAID Recovery 2/2
Virtual RAID builder	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Disk-image recovery	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Supported RAID levels	Not checked yet	JBOD, linear, concatenated, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1E, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 5E, RAID 5EE, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 01, RAID 50, RAID 51, RAID 60, RAID 61
Filesystem support	Not checked yet	NTFS, ReFS, FAT, exFAT, APFS, HFS+, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, XFS, ReiserFS, Btrfs, ZFS, UFS, VMFS5, VMFS6, HikvisionFS
Supported platforms	Not checked yet	Windows, Linux, macOS
Maximum drive count	Not checked yet	3 drives
Our review
Pros	RAID detection, reconstruction and manual RAID building Works across Windows, macOS and Linux editions Supports NAS, disk images and virtual machine disks	Supports many RAID levels, from JBOD and RAID 0 to RAID 61 Recovers from disks, images, virtual disks, and SSH block devices Previews files and resumes recovery from saved scan results
Cons	No free plan is offered Most editions cover one operating system RAID Recovery Personal costs $149.95 one time	No free plan; saving recovered data requires a license Home is limited to RAID arrays with up to 3 member disks Office cannot be used for paid data-recovery services
Our verdict	UFS Explorer is a family of data recovery and data access utilities for internal and external drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, disk images, virtual disks, NAS devices and RAID arrays. It is aimed at personal users, commercial… Read the review →	Hetman RAID Recovery is designed to reconstruct and analyze failed or inaccessible hardware and software RAID arrays, NAS and DAS devices, servers, storage pools, disk images, virtual disks, and remote block devices. It suits home users,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• UFS Explorer — where it wins

  • RAID detection, reconstruction and manual RAID building
  • Works across Windows, macOS and Linux editions
  • Supports NAS, disk images and virtual machine disks

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is offered
  • Most editions cover one operating system
  • RAID Recovery Personal costs $149.95 one time

• Hetman RAID Recovery — where it wins

  • Supports many RAID levels, from JBOD and RAID 0 to RAID 61
  • Recovers from disks, images, virtual disks, and SSH block devices
  • Previews files and resumes recovery from saved scan results

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; saving recovered data requires a license
  • Home is limited to RAID arrays with up to 3 member disks
  • Office cannot be used for paid data-recovery services

• UFS Explorer9.3/10 · Paid

  A broad professional recovery suite with dedicated RAID, NAS and forensic editions.

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• HRHetman RAID Recovery9.1/10 · Paid

  A broad recovery toolkit for reconstructing damaged RAID arrays across three operating systems.

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