Stellar Data Recovery
Four tiers spanning a genuinely free edition up to a technician/service-provider license — and unlike most vendors on this site, Stellar sells its higher tiers as annual subscriptions rather than one-time purchases (a separate lifetime option exists but its price isn't published statically).
Prices verified August 2026 directly from the vendor's own site, in USD. Stellar shows frequent discount pricing against a higher "regular" price — the figures below are what's currently charged, not necessarily stable. Confirm on the official site before buying.
Free
FreeA real free tier, not just a scan preview — 1 GB of actual recovery included, extendable to 2 GB by sharing the product on social media.
- Recovery limit1 GB (2 GB via social-share unlock)
- PlatformWindows 64-bit (separate free edition for Mac)
Standard
ConsumerUncapped recovery of documents, photos, videos, and emails from a Windows system — the everyday-user tier, sold as an annual license.
- Recovery limitNone
- LicenseAnnual subscription (a lifetime option also exists)
Professional
ProfessionalAdds partition recovery, BitLocker-encrypted drive support, RAW-drive recovery, and bootable-media recovery for a PC that won't start — Stellar markets this as its "best value" tier.
- AddsPartition recovery, BitLocker support, RAW drives, bootable media
- LicenseAnnual subscription (a lifetime option also exists)
Technician
ProfessionalMarketed explicitly "for Technician / Corporate / Service Provider companies" — the tier actually licensed for recovering data on behalf of clients, installable across multiple devices.
- LicenseCommercial/service-provider use explicitly permitted; multi-device
- Volume pricingAvailable for 5–200+ devices
Stellar also sells Premium and Toolkit editions between Professional and Technician, adding corrupt video/photo repair and additional recovery modules — see the official site for the full lineup.