X-Ways Forensics comparisons
X-Ways Forensics is compared head-to-head with Autopsy, Paraben E3 Forensic Platform and Magnet AXIOM Cyber and more: 7 head-to-heads in Digital Forensics Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
X-Ways Forensics head-to-head
- X-Ways Forensics vs Autopsy
- X-Ways Forensics vs Paraben E3 Forensic Platform
- X-Ways Forensics vs Magnet AXIOM Cyber
- X-Ways Forensics vs Exterro FTK Central
- X-Ways Forensics vs OpenText Forensic
- X-Ways Forensics vs Oxygen Forensic Detective
- X-Ways Forensics vs OSForensics
X-Ways Forensics vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Evidence sources | Mobile forensics | Disk imaging | Memory forensics | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | X-Ways Forensics | No | Raw DD images, ISO, VHD, VHDX, VDI, VMDK, physical disks, RAIDs, filesystems, Android/iOS data imported through third-party tools, iTunes backups | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | |
| 1 | Autopsy | Yes | Free | 9.4 | ||||
| 2 | Paraben E3 Forensic Platform | No | $699/yr | Smartphones, computers, disk images, memory dumps, email, chat databases, cloud services, social media, IoT devices, game consoles, archives, and OSINT data | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.3 |
| 3 | Magnet AXIOM Cyber | No | Mobile devices; computer drives and forensic images; Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chromebook files and folders; Windows memory dumps; cloud services; remote endpoints | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.2 | |
| 4 | Exterro FTK Central | Live enterprise endpoints; Windows, macOS, and selected Linux artifacts; Microsoft 365; Exchange; SharePoint; OneDrive; Google Workspace; Gmail; Google Drive; Slack; Microsoft Teams; Confluence; AFF4; E01; AD1; RAW/DD | Yes | 9.1 | ||||
| 5 | OpenText Forensic | Windows, macOS, Linux, mobile devices and backups, removable drives, encrypted volumes, Microsoft 365, Facebook, cloud storage, file systems | Yes | Yes | 9.0 | |||
| 6 | Oxygen Forensic Detective | Mobile devices; computers and external media; cloud services and app data; drones; vehicle systems; IoT sources; warrant returns; account data; third-party forensic extractions | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | |||
| 8 | OSForensics | No | $899/yr | Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS/macOS file systems, disk images, memory dumps, emails, browser data, registry hives, SQLite and ESE databases | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.7 |
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