AOMEI Partition Assistant vs MiniTool Partition Wizard (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, AOMEI Partition Assistant and MiniTool Partition Wizard share a 2.2 GPA, both have a free plan, and AOMEI Partition Assistant starts cheaper, at $4.16 a month when paid by the year against $4.92 a month when paid by the year.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
AOMEI Partition Assistant grades higher on value for money. MiniTool Partition Wizard grades higher on features. They get the same grade on the free plan, 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
MiniTool Partition Wizard
Windows partition manager with free and paid editions
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 MiniTool Partition Wizard if
- Fits if you resize or clone Windows partitions and want a free edition first
- Works for people who want one tool for migration and recovery too
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, as OS migration, dynamic disks, recovery and bootable media are paid
- Watch out: Pro and Server licences renew automatically unless you cancel before the next term
- Pricey if you need business licences, with Enterprise at $499 a year for 99 PCs
- Skip it if you use a Mac or Linux, as only Windows is listed
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAOMEI Partition AssistantFair | 2.2GPAMiniTool Partition WizardFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | C$59 a year for 1 PC is about $4.92 a month, near the top of the middle band. Pro Ultimate is $159 one-time for 5 PCs. |
| Free plan and trial | BStandard is freeware for partitioning a personal hard drive. One person could live on it. | BThe free edition creates, deletes, resizes, copies, formats and wipes partitions, and converts FAT to NTFS. One person could live on it. |
| Features | CResize, merge, split, clone, wipe and bootable media, but data recovery and PC cleanup are separate apps. | BPartition management, OS and disk migration, recovery, checks, format conversion and bootable media. The listing shows no gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Partition work has many options and some risk. | CNo rating on record. Disk operations carry risk and many options. |
| Platforms and integrations | DWindows only; the site's Mac product is a separate program. | DWindows only. Windows only; no Mac, Linux, phone or web version. |
| Best for | partition management on Windows with a free Standard edition | partition management on Windows with a free edition |
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 MiniTool Partition Wizard. 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. MiniTool Partition Wizard starts at $4.92 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.0.
MiniTool Partition Wizard scores higher, and starts $0.76 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other desktop utilities on the chart, 71 score higher than AOMEI Partition Assistant for less, and 37 score higher than MiniTool Partition Wizard 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
At a glance
| AOMEI Partition Assistant | MiniTool Partition Wizard | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $49.95 per year (Professional, 2 PCs) | $59 per year (Pro, 1 PC) |
| Free plan | Standard edition is freeware for partitioning a personal hard drive. | Free edition: create, delete, resize, copy, format and wipe partitions, and convert FAT to NTFS without data loss. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Windows | ||
| Made by | AOMEI | MiniTool Software Limited |
| Price read from | diskpart.com | partitionwizard.com |
| 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.
MiniTool Partition Wizard
- Windows only; the site describes it as software for Windows and lists no Mac or Linux version.
- OS migration, dynamic disk management, recovery and bootable media are paid features, not in the Free edition.
- Annual Pro and Server licenses renew automatically unless cancelled before the next term.
- Business tiers are priced per site: Enterprise is $499 per year for 99 PCs and Technician is $699 per year for 299 PCs.
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.
MiniTool Partition Wizard
- Partition management
- Create, resize, merge, split, format, delete and wipe partitions, and extend the C drive by reassigning unallocated space.
- OS and disk migration
- Migrate Windows to an SSD without reinstalling, and copy whole disks or partitions. This needs the Pro edition.
- Partition and data recovery
- Pro lists recovery of lost or deleted partitions and of files from formatted or inaccessible drives.
- File system and disk checks
- Checks and repairs file system errors, scans for bad sectors, tests disk speed and monitors drive health.
- Disk format conversion
- Converts MBR and GPT, and FAT32 and NTFS, without losing files; also manages BitLocker and cluster size.
- Bootable media
- A bootable media builder, listed on paid editions, makes a CD or flash drive that runs the program outside Windows.
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.
MiniTool Partition Wizard
Free$0
Basic partition management for Windows; no OS migration or recovery.
Pro$59
per year for 1 PC, auto-renews
Adds OS migration to SSD, dynamic disk management, partition and data recovery and bootable media. A free trial is offered.
Pro Platinum$109
per year for 3 PCs, auto-renews
Pro features on 3 PCs. The page shows $129 crossed out and gives no end date.
Pro Ultimate$159
one-time, perpetual, for 5 PCs
Pro features on 5 PCs with a lifetime license. The page shows $199 crossed out and gives no end date.
Server Standard$159
per year for 1 PC or server, auto-renews
Adds Windows Server support. A perpetual Server Lifetime license for one server is $259.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AOMEI Partition Assistant or MiniTool Partition Wizard?
As of Nov 13, 2026, AOMEI Partition Assistant is cheaper to start with: $4.16 a month when paid by the year, against $4.92 a month when paid by the year for MiniTool Partition Wizard. AOMEI Partition Assistant starts at $49.95 per year (Professional, 2 PCs), and MiniTool Partition Wizard starts at $59 per year (Pro, 1 PC).
Which has a free plan, AOMEI Partition Assistant or MiniTool Partition Wizard?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both AOMEI Partition Assistant and MiniTool Partition Wizard have a free plan.
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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.