| Products | DataMechanix | DriveSavers | DTI Data | Flashback Data | Gillware Data Recovery | Secure Data Recovery | The Data Rescue Center | WeRecoverData |
| Pricing | Go | Go | Go | Go | Go | Go | Go | Go |
| Years in Business | 22 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 11 |
| Number of Technicians | 9 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 22 | No details provided | Confidential |
| Repair Staff Avg. Experience | 12 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 17.5 |
| Receiving Locations | 2 (Irvine, CA, Sidney, Austrailia) | 14,000 referral partners worldwide | 3 (hundreds of partner locations in U.S.) | 1 HQ with 11 authorized drop off centers | 1, with 1200 active partners | 57: N. America, Mexico, Australia, UK | 1 (HQ). Free expedited shipping for 5000 partners | 40 in U.S., 10 in Canada, 1 in Mexico. |
| Technician Certifications | Every Engineer has a minimum A+ certification, Every Engineer passes the certification outlined by NIST and the DOD ASCLD/ ISO 17025 2005 | Windows, Apple and Novell certified. PGP, Ultimaco Software, SafeGuard Enterprise, Access Data, Pointsec Check Point, EnCase Guidance, Cellebrite, Blackbag, Paraben and many others. | Ace Lab avdanced training, MCSE, Cisco, Apple | ASCLD/LAB International accredited crime lab (ISO 17025); examiners with many digital forensics certifications, including CFCE and EnCE. | No specifics provided | Apple Mac Certification, MCPD, A+. SSAE 16 SOC 1 Type II, Class ISO 4 Cleanroom, BBB Accredited with A+ Rating | Apple and Windows Certifications | MAC certified, Microsoft Certified Professionals. Forensic and e-discovery engineers hold CCE (Certified Computer Examiner), EnCE (Encase Certified Examiner), CHFI (Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator) |
| Average Turnaround Time | 4 days | 1-2 business days | 5 business days | Standard Service, 3-4 business days. Expedited services as fast as same-day turnaround. | 6 business days standard. Advantage service takes 3-4r business days (additional $350). Priority service averages one business day (additional $700) | 1 - 3 days depending on the size and condition of the disk | 3- 5 days, but overnight expedited recovery service for an extra fee | Standard service at 5-7 business day; Priority service 2-3 business days. Weekend service is 2-3 days. For emergency service most cases are recovered within 24 hours. |
| Turnaround Time Guarantees | Yes (24 hours for priority and 3-5 days for standard service) | Round the clock priority service, 1-2 business days and 5-7 business days. 97% turn-around time result. | Only Expedited Service | No, due to the nature of damaged drives. | Difficult to guarantee recovery turnaround time due to the uncertainty involved in many of the recovery procedures | Emergency service options with option for same day service. | Hard drive recovery is variable based on the unique circumstances. | Turnaround times are guaranteed. Our time frames are based on similar cases |
| Vendors Who List Company as Authorized Repair Depot | Western Digital (Hitachi) and Toshiba. | 5 SSD manufacturers; 4 Notebook/desktop/server manufacturers; 8 storage system manufacturers; 3 hard disk manufacturers | 2 publicly on their sites. All accept our work without voiding warranties. | Western Digital. Also listed with several external HDD makers such as Verbatim, Rocstor, etc. | Dell, Western Digital, Intel for SSDs | 20+ | Listed by G-Technology and Hitachi. | N/A |
| Ability to do Forensic Repairs and Recoveries | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes. Accredited crime lab (ASCLD/LAB International (ISO 17025), same as FBI labs) | Yes | We have capabilities to handle any recovery but we do not forensically document them as part of our service | No | Yes |
| Technicians with Forensic Recovery Certification | All 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | No details provided | 1 tech and 2 engineers | No details provided | No details provided |
| Technicians with Expert Witness Experience | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | No details provided | No details provided | N/A | About 50% of our data forensic engineers have served as expert witnesses in court. |
| Advanced Technology Used | ACE Laboratory's PC-3000, DeepSpar Data Recovery Software, Atola Insight Recovery Tool, Proprietary disk tools for both hardware and software | ACE Laboaratory's PC-3000, DeepSpar Data Recovery Software, Atola Insight data recovery tool, Proprietary software and hardware tools | ACE Laboaratory's PC-3000, DeepSpar Data Recovery Software, Custom Atola Insight data recovery tool, Our own. Sells tools to other DR companies | ACE Laboaratory's PC-3000, DeepSpar Data Recovery Software, Many Others | Proprietary | Other Proprietary | ACE Laboaratory's PC-3000, DeepSpar Data Recovery Software, Atola Insight data recovery tool, Other Proprietary Tools | ACE Laboaratory's PC-3000, DeepSpar Data Recovery Software, Atola Insight data recovery tool, Other Proprietary Tools |
| Repairs Onsite or Outsourced | Onsite | Onsite | Onsite | Onsite | Onsite | Onsite | Onsite | Onsite |
| Average Price for Repair | $795 | $1600 | $199+ | $700 | $700 | Depends | $400-$1200 | $500-$2500 |
| If You Cannot Do Repair, Is There a Fee? | No attempt fee or fee for parts, etc. if data is not recovered | No. We do not charge a fee if the data is not recoverable. | No (diagnostic fees if drive has been opened, or has been to another data recover company) | No, unless the drive seals have been broken by the customer or another data recovery company | No | No fees until data is recovered, unless disk opened by user | No | No-data-no-fee guarantee and 100% data guarantee policy |
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