5 Best Alternatives to EaseUS Data Recovery Software for Mac

Disk Drill does a better job than EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard in all of the criteria mentioned above. First of all, it has a better price since you’ll have to pay only once for the pro version, but with EaseUS, you’ll need to pay almost the same price but on a monthly basis. Moreover, when you purchase the Disk Drill license for a Mac, you also automatically receive a license for Windows-based computers. So basically, you’re getting two products for the price of one, while with EaseUS, you’ll have to buy each of them separately.

This data recovery tool outdid EaseUS for Mac in terms of support since it can perform a deep scan on M1 and M2 Macs and restore data from iOS devices. Disk Drill also gives better results than EaseUS when recovering data from FAT32 partitions and it even has basic support for EXT4 partitions (meaning you’ll be able to run only a Quick Scan on such partitions and there’s a 50/50 data recovery success rate).

Moreover, Disk Drill comes packed with all other features that EaseUS lacks, for example, the auto-resuming scan feature, data protection, and lost partition scanning. Also, this tool can be used to monitor S.M.A.R.T. status on all internal hard drives, external hard drives, and solid-state drives (while on EaseUS, this feature is limited to only internal HDDs).

First of all, the price of R-Studio for Mac is much better than that of EaseUS since you’ll have to pay only once to use the tool ($79.99 for the license). 

In terms of features, R-Studio also has more to offer than EaseUS for Mac: it can predict the chances of successful recovery, has a RAID reconstructor, and comes with forensic features. Moreover, R-Studio supports a larger number of file formats that can be recovered with Deep Scan.

But of course, the data recovery tool has some downsides when compared to EaseUS, with the main one not being able to start file recovery without interrupting the scan process. Also, R-Studio for Mac doesn’t support many commonly used raw file formats, video, and document file formats (whereas EaseUS covers a wider range of formats).

Depending on what you want the data recovery tool to be capable of doing, both EaseUS and Wondershare Recoverit have their good and bad sides. And since the price of these two applications is quite similar, it’s best to make your choice depending on the features you need.

As to the number of file formats supported by deep scan, Recoverit is definitely way ahead. Another important feature that both of the tools have is the ability to scan for lost partitions (but Recoverit doesn’t clearly label them, which makes it harder to choose the needed one). Also, a major drawback of Recoverit for Mac is that even though the tool scans APFS and HFS+ partitions, it won’t be able to discover data that was lost due to formatting.

But, of course, the major reason why you should choose Recoverit over EaseUS is that it has a feature that allows you to repair video files that are not playable due to corruption.

PhotoRec is an open-source and free data recovery tool, meaning you can scan your Mac and recover the lost data completely for free (and there are no limitations for doing so). Just like EaseUS, this software is capable of restoring raw photos and a wide range of video and document file formats. But, unfortunately, the reasons why this tool is better than EaseUS end right here.

This data recovery tool is difficult to navigate since it has a command-line interface (meaning there is no graphical interface, so you’ll have to operate the app with commands in the form of lines of text). Also, it is much more limited in its functionality than EaseUS.

Another downside of this tool is that PhotoRec has no live chat and lacks helpdesk support, so the only way to get help is through the official forum (as compared to EaseUS, you’ll be able to find a solution to your problems much easier).

In terms of license cost, Stellar Data Recovery is a much better deal than EaseUS since you’ll have to pay only once a year for the application. Aside from the price, this tool has a few extra features which are not present in EaseUS (such as the ability to repair corrupted photo and video files and disk cloning).

When it comes to the number of supported raw photo and video formats, Stellar Data Recovery is in the golden middle (it won’t be able to recover as many different file formats as EaseUS for Mac can). But the good news is that the data recovery tool has a pretty nice scanning speed.

As to the main reason why you shouldn’t choose Stellar Data Recovery over EaseUS is that if you’re using an Apple Silicone Mac, the application won’t run natively on it. Also, you’ll have to wait till the scan is finished to preview the data (instead of the usual file preview feature the application has one  called life-preview that gives a preview of the files one after the other in the order they are being discovered by the scan).