The best for mixed environments (small to mid-sized businesses) where you need a guided, reliable recovery without hiring a specialist.
When selecting a VMFS recovery tool, prioritize these capabilities to ensure a successful restoration:
Good for a budget emergency recovery if the datastore is only lightly damaged.
R-Studio is a veteran in the recovery space. It handles a massive array of file systems, and VMFS is one of them.
Recovering virtual machine images (VMDK files) from a corrupted or deleted VMFS datastore. 2. Hetman Partition Recovery