AOMEI Partition Assistant vs GParted (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, GParted grades higher than AOMEI Partition Assistant: 2.8 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
GParted grades higher on value for money, the free plan and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AOMEI Partition Assistant
Windows partition manager with a free Standard edition
Which one is for you
Pick AOMEI Partition Assistant if
- Fits if you want a free partition tool for a personal Windows PC
- Makes sense if you'd rather buy a lifetime licence than rent one
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you use it for work on Standard, as the free edition is for personal use
- Watch out: the yearly Pro plan renews automatically
- Watch out: Server, Unlimited and Technician editions have their own order pages and prices
- Tight if you want recovery too, as that is a separate paid product
Pick GParted if
- Fits if you're comfortable booting from a USB stick or disc
- Works for people on Linux who want a graphical partition editor
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to run it inside Windows or macOS, since you have to boot GParted Live
- Watch out: the download page warns that editing partitions can cause data loss, so back up first
- Watch out: some actions need e2fsprogs or dosfstools installed
- Watch out: it needs 1 GB of RAM for all features, and Live 1.7.0 and later is 64-bit only
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAOMEI Partition AssistantFair | 2.8GPAGPartedGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BPro Lifetime is $59.95 one-time for 2 PCs, under two years of a typical utility subscription. Yearly is $49.95 for 2 PCs. | AFree under GPL v2 or later. Nothing to pay, below every price the category charges. |
| Free plan and trial | BStandard is freeware for partitioning a personal hard drive. One person could live on it. | AFree outright with no cap; the site asks for donations. |
| Features | CResize, merge, split, clone, wipe and bootable media, but data recovery and PC cleanup are separate apps. | BPartition operations, a wide file system list, many storage types, alignment and flags, and rescue from lost partitions. No gap in the job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Partition work has many options and some risk. | CNo rating on record. You boot a live image and some actions need separate file system tools installed. |
| Platforms and integrations | DWindows only; the site's Mac product is a separate program. | DA Linux application; on Windows or Mac you boot GParted Live instead. |
| Best for | partition management on Windows with a free Standard edition | a free graphical partition editor, run from a live disc |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: AOMEI Partition Assistant and GParted. How we grade
Price against what you get
AOMEI Partition Assistant starts at $4.16 a month when paid by the year and scores 1.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. GParted has no paid plan and scores 2.0.
GParted scores higher and starts $4.16 a month lower. Of the other desktop utilities on the chart, 71 score higher than AOMEI Partition Assistant for less, and none scores higher than GParted for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- AOMEI Partition Assistant can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- GParted is open source, according to its own site.
At a glance
| AOMEI Partition Assistant | GParted | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $49.95 per year (Professional, 2 PCs) | Free |
| Free plan | Standard edition is freeware for partitioning a personal hard drive. | Entirely free software under the GNU GPL v2 or later; the site asks for optional donations. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| Made by | AOMEI | GParted project |
| Price read from | diskpart.com | gparted.org |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AOMEI Partition Assistant
- Windows only; the Mac product on the site, NTFS for Mac, is a separate program.
- Server, Unlimited and Technician editions are sold on their own order pages with separate prices, not covered here.
- The yearly Pro plan renews automatically; a 90-day money-back guarantee is stated on the order page.
- Data recovery and PC cleanup are separate paid products, though the site also offers free versions of each.
GParted
- Only a Linux application: on Windows or macOS you boot into GParted Live instead of running it in the OS.
- The download page warns that editing partitions can cause data loss and advises backing up first.
- Some actions depend on separate file system tools being installed, such as e2fsprogs or dosfstools.
- A minimum of 1 GB of RAM is needed to use all features, and GParted Live 1.7.0 and later ships only as a 64-bit image.
Key features
AOMEI Partition Assistant
- Resize, merge and split
- Extend, resize, merge, create and split partitions, and allocate free space from one partition to another.
- Partition recovery
- The site's feature list includes recovering lost partitions.
- Clone and migrate
- Clone a partition or a disk with a wizard and migrate the OS to an SSD.
- Wipe disks and partitions
- The feature list includes wiping a whole disk or a single partition.
- Bootable media
- A wizard makes a bootable CD so the tool can run when Windows will not start.
- Separate recovery and cleanup apps
- The vendor sells data recovery and PC cleanup programs apart from Partition Assistant, each with a free edition.
GParted
- Partition operations
- Create, delete, resize, move, copy, check, label and set a new UUID on partitions, and create partition tables such as msdos or gpt.
- Wide file system list
- The home page lists file systems including ext2/3/4, btrfs, xfs, ntfs, fat16/32, exfat, hfs/hfs+, linux-swap and lvm2 pv, with a table of which actions each supports.
- Many kinds of storage
- Works with SATA, IDE and SCSI disks, USB sticks, SSDs, NVMe drives and RAID devices, and with all sector sizes.
- GParted Live image
- A bootable CD, USB, hard-disk or PXE image lets you use GParted on x86-64 computers running Linux, Windows or Mac OS X without installing anything.
- Alignment and flags
- Align partitions to mebibyte or traditional cylinder boundaries, and turn partition flags such as boot or hidden on and off.
- Rescue from lost partitions
- The features page lists an attempt to rescue data from lost partitions.
Plans
AOMEI Partition Assistant
Standard$0
Freeware for personal hard drive partitioning on Windows.
Pro Yearly$49.95
per year for 2 PCs, auto-renews
Professional edition on a subscription that renews automatically; cancel anytime.
Pro Lifetime$59.95
one-time, for 2 PCs
Professional edition with lifetime upgrades. The page shows $69.95 crossed out and gives no end date.
Pro Family Lifetime$89.95
one-time, for 5 PCs
Professional lifetime license shareable across 5 PCs. The page shows $174.88 crossed out and gives no end date.
GParted
Free$0
The full application and the GParted Live bootable image, with no paid edition.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AOMEI Partition Assistant or GParted?
As of Nov 13, 2026, GParted is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $4.16 a month when paid by the year for AOMEI Partition Assistant. AOMEI Partition Assistant starts at $49.95 per year (Professional, 2 PCs), and GParted is free.
Which has a free plan, AOMEI Partition Assistant or GParted?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both AOMEI Partition Assistant and GParted have a free plan.
Which platforms do AOMEI Partition Assistant and GParted run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only AOMEI Partition Assistant lists a Windows app and only GParted lists a Linux app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.