# DiskGenius review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Windows partition manager, data recovery and disk cloning tool Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. DiskGenius is a Windows utility that combines partition management, file and partition recovery, disk cloning, backup and disk repair. A Free edition covers basic partitioning, cloning and scanning; a Professional edition, sold as a one-month, one-year or lifetime license, unlocks full recovery and backup. - **Category:** Desktop Utilities - **Made by:** YIZHISHU Ltd. - **Website:** https://www.diskgenius.com - **Runs on:** Windows - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you're staying free, as the free edition recovers only small files. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, DiskGenius has a free plan, and paid plans start at $69.90 for a one-month Professional license. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free edition: partition resize, format and MBR/GPT conversion, disk cloning, Windows migration, and scan and preview of lost files. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Partition management, cloning and Windows migration; recovers only small files and previews lost partitions. | | Professional One-Month | $69.90 for one month, paid once, with no renewal | License code for 1 PC, valid one month after activation, with free remote assistance. | | Professional One-Year | $99.90 for one year, paid once, with no renewal | License code for 1 PC, valid one year after activation, with free remote assistance. | | Professional Lifetime | $129.90 one-time | Personal license for 1 PC (family 5 PCs and technician 20 PCs tiers are also listed), with lifetime free upgrades. | Read from https://www.diskgenius.com/buy.php on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with DiskGenius before buying. ## Key features - **Data recovery:** Scans HDDs, SSDs, USB drives, SD cards and RAID arrays, previews found files and copies them out without writing to the source disk. - **Partition management:** Resizes, extends, splits and formats partitions and converts between GPT and MBR without wiping the disk. - **Cloning and Windows migration:** Clones a disk or partition and moves Windows to a different SSD, HDD or USB drive without reinstalling. - **Backup and restore:** Creates disk and partition image backups; the comparison table lists basic backup in Free and full access in Professional. - **Disk utilities:** Checks HDD and SSD health, benchmarks disk speed, erases sectors and repairs Windows boot errors. - **Ext4 and RAID tools:** Reads, writes and formats Ext4/3/2 drives, and includes BitLocker, hex editor and RAID tools, limited in the Free edition. ## Good for - Windows users who want recovery, partitioning and cloning in one app - A one-off rescue job using the one-month license - People who prefer paying once rather than subscribing ## Worth knowing - The Free edition recovers only small files; recovering any size and saving partition tables needs Professional. - Dynamic-to-basic disk conversion and full backup access are Professional-only. - The site describes a Windows utility and the download page names Windows versions; no macOS version is listed. - A 30-day conditional refund policy applies, and all licenses are for one PC unless a family or technician tier is chosen. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. DiskGenius handles partitions, disk cloning, Windows migration and file recovery on Windows, and the free edition covers a good share of it. Recovering any size of file and saving partition tables need Professional, and Lifetime is $129.90. - **Value for money: D.** Lifetime is $129.90, well above the $89 top of the category's one-time range. One month is $69.90 and a year is $99.90, with no renewal. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The free edition covers partition resize, format, MBR/GPT conversion, cloning, Windows migration, and scan and preview of lost files. One person could live on it. - **Features: B.** Data recovery, partition management, cloning and migration, backup and restore, disk utilities and Ext4 and RAID tools. The paid gaps are limits, not missing jobs. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. Partition and recovery tools have many options to learn. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** Windows only. Windows only; no Mac, Linux, phone or web version. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from YIZHISHU Ltd.'s own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among desktop utilities - DiskGenius's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 186 other desktop utilities we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on features (B, above 113 of 186) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $69.90 a month for each person, against a middle price of $2.99 for the category: 36 of the 36 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 43 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/utilities ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing DiskGenius does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 5 things listed below take a company. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 174 of the 186 other desktop utilities grade higher. It costs $838.80 a year. - You could not: Deleting system files without breaking anything. - You could not: A file manager working directly on your disk. - You could not: A real app for Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Disk cleanup, File management, One-time purchase ## Alternatives - [MiniTool Partition Wizard](https://toolgpa.com/tools/minitool-partition-wizard): Windows partition manager with free and paid editions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diskgenius-vs-minitool-partition-wizard) - [AOMEI Partition Assistant](https://toolgpa.com/tools/aomei-partition-assistant): Windows partition manager with a free Standard edition. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aomei-partition-assistant-vs-diskgenius) - [GParted](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gparted): Free graphical partition editor for Linux, run from a live disc. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diskgenius-vs-gparted) - [Recoverit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/recoverit): File recovery software for Windows and Mac from Wondershare. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diskgenius-vs-recoverit) - [TestDisk and PhotoRec](https://toolgpa.com/tools/testdisk-and-photorec): Free open-source tools for lost partitions and deleted files. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diskgenius-vs-testdisk-and-photorec) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.diskgenius.com/ - https://www.diskgenius.com/buy.php - https://www.diskgenius.com/download.php Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/diskgenius Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).