The question we hear most often when someone first contacts us is “how much does data recovery cost?”. That makes sense: professional data recovery services are offered by only a handful of specialized companies, there is little public information about the work, and many people will never need it in their lifetime. Our first answer is always the same: “It depends!”
Current prices, levels and turnaround times are on our data recovery prices page.
No two data recovery jobs are ever the same, even on the same model of device with the same fault. That is part of what keeps us passionate about the work: every case is a new challenge.
Because every job is different, we look at several criteria before setting the price of a data recovery service. Here is how Bot Data Recovery prices its professional services.
Condition of the device and previous handling
Ideally, every device would reach our lab without any previous recovery attempts, which are often made by people without the technical skills to handle it. Statistically, devices that arrive already opened, tampered with or in poor condition have a lower chance of a successful recovery. That is why it is essential to go straight to a professional company that specializes in data recovery, such as Bot Data Recovery, and not to open or modify the device yourself. This factor does not set the price on its own, but it has a strong influence on another one we cover below: the complexity of the job.
Availability of parts and components
Recovering data from hard drives and other storage devices often requires donor parts and components to replace the faulty ones so we can reach the data, and a single case may need several donor sets. That is why our engineers always assess how available, or how rare, the parts for that device are on the market.
The cause of data loss
The fault itself is a major (but not decisive) factor in the price of professional data recovery. The most common causes of data loss are mechanical, electronic and logical failures, deleted data, or a combination of these. Each calls for a different procedure and workflow in our lab, with professional data recovery equipment and tools specific to the case.
Complexity of the recovery
This is the factor that ultimately determines the price of recovering data from a drive or any other device. As we said, every case is different, with its own particularities and procedures, which is why we only quote after examining the device. Our technicians need to assess all the factors above, since they directly or indirectly define how complex the case is. In practice, complexity is the sum of the other criteria, and that makes it the decisive factor in the final price.
Keep in mind that the price does not depend on how much data needs to be recovered or on the capacity of the failed device. Recovering a single file or the whole drive usually involves essentially the same work. Now that you know what we look at in our assessment, you can see why our first answer is “it depends!”.
For an idea of the values involved, see our data recovery prices page. Standard diagnosis is free and the quote comes with no obligation, and you can also choose faster turnaround options, with diagnosis in up to 24 h or up to 12 h.
If you need to get your data back, count on our more than two decades of experience and technical expertise to recover it.
Need to recover the files? Bot runs a free diagnosis in its lab: see our lab data recovery service.
