AOMEI Partition Assistant vs Recoverit (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Recoverit grades higher than AOMEI Partition Assistant: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
AOMEI Partition Assistant grades higher on value for money and the free plan. Recoverit grades higher on features, 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
Recoverit
File recovery software for Windows and Mac from Wondershare
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 Recoverit if
- Fits if you want a scan-and-preview recovery tool on Windows or Mac
- Makes sense if you only need to recover under 100 MB
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, as the Windows free edition stops at 100 MB
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $45.99 against $46.99 for the whole year
- Watch out: monthly and annual plans renew automatically, with an email 7 days before
- Watch out: prices shown are for Windows and 2 PCs, and the Mac plans are on another page
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAOMEI Partition AssistantFair | 2.4GPARecoveritFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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$46.99 a year for 2 PCs is about $3.92 a month, in the middle of the category. Monthly is $45.99 and the perpetual plan is $82.99. |
| Free plan and trial | BStandard is freeware for partitioning a personal hard drive. One person could live on it. | CA free edition with caps you will hit: Windows stops at 100 MB of recovered data. |
| Features | CResize, merge, split, clone, wipe and bootable media, but data recovery and PC cleanup are separate apps. | BRecovery from many media, preview, partition and RAW disk recovery, bootable media, file repair and AI custom recovery. No gap shown in the job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Partition work has many options and some risk. | BNo rating on record. Scan, preview and restore, nothing to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | DWindows only; the site's Mac product is a separate program. | CWindows and Mac desktops only; the Mac plans are on a separate store page. |
| Best for | partition management on Windows with a free Standard edition | file recovery on Windows and Mac with a free 100 MB trial |
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 Recoverit. 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. Recoverit starts at $45.99 a month and scores 2.7.
Recoverit scores higher, and starts $41.83 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 2 score higher than Recoverit 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.
- AOMEI Partition Assistant also covers disk cleanup.
At a glance
| AOMEI Partition Assistant | Recoverit | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $49.95 per year (Professional, 2 PCs) | $45.99 per month (Windows, 2 PCs) |
| Free plan | Standard edition is freeware for partitioning a personal hard drive. | Recoverit Free has the Essential features but caps total recoverable data at 100 MB on Windows. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Made by | AOMEI | Wondershare |
| Price read from | diskpart.com | recoverit.wondershare.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.
Recoverit
- The Free edition on Windows stops at 100 MB of recovered files.
- Monthly and annual plans renew automatically; the page says you are emailed 7 days before renewal.
- Prices shown are for Windows with 2 PCs per license; the Mac plans are on a separate store page that was not read.
- The store states a 7-day money-back guarantee, and the monthly price shown is close to the annual one.
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.
Recoverit
- Recovery from many media
- The site covers hard drives, SD and memory cards, USB drives, NAS, RAID, Linux and the Windows Recycle Bin.
- Preview before restoring
- Paid plans list full file preview and unlimited file recovery.
- Partition and RAW disk recovery
- Feature pages cover lost partitions, formatted drives, RAW disks and factory-reset recovery.
- Bootable recovery media
- A WinPE bootable disk or USB lets you recover data when Windows will not start; a Mac bootable media is also named.
- Repair of corrupted files
- Paid plans list repair for corrupted videos, photos and documents, marked as an exclusive feature.
- AI-powered custom recovery
- Plans list an AI-powered custom recovery option alongside the standard scan.
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.
Recoverit
Free$0
Scan and recover up to 100 MB in total on Windows.
Monthly Plan$45.99
per month for 2 Windows PCs, auto-renews
Unlimited file recovery with full preview. The store shows $65.99 crossed out and gives no end date.
Annual Plan$46.99
per year for 2 Windows PCs, auto-renews
Same features as Monthly on a year-long term. The store shows $86.99 crossed out and gives no end date.
Perpetual Plan$82.99
one-time, for 2 Windows PCs
Use the purchased major version permanently; no upgrades to future major versions. $122.99 is shown crossed out.
Ways to pay less
AOMEI Partition Assistant
No public discounts listed.
Recoverit
- Education
30% off for students
The Recoverit page advertises 30% off an educational plan; the store has an Education tab for it.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AOMEI Partition Assistant or Recoverit?
As of Nov 13, 2026, AOMEI Partition Assistant is cheaper to start with: $4.16 a month when paid by the year, against $45.99 a month for Recoverit. AOMEI Partition Assistant starts at $49.95 per year (Professional, 2 PCs), and Recoverit starts at $45.99 per month (Windows, 2 PCs).
Which has a free plan, AOMEI Partition Assistant or Recoverit?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both AOMEI Partition Assistant and Recoverit have a free plan.
Which platforms do AOMEI Partition Assistant and Recoverit run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Recoverit lists a macOS app. Both list a Windows 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.