--- title: Kernel Reviews meta_title: 'Kernel Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 13 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Kernel works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.6 review_count: 13 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-07' parent_category: name: Backup url: https://www.g2.com/categories/backup --- # Kernel Reviews **Vendor:** KernelApps **Category:** [File Recovery Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/file-recovery-software) **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 13 ## About Kernel Kernel offers a range of Data Recovery, File Repair, Email Migration, Database Recovery and Password Recovery tools to serve you with appropriate data recovery and pleasing results. ## Kernel Reviews ### 1. Very Important if we want our patch to be Accepted. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shaikh Abdullah I. | Associate Technical Product Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 26, 2021 **What do you like best about Kernel?** CPU Scheduling and Execution of process is quick as there is no separate memory space for user and kernel **What do you dislike about Kernel?** It can be a bit more Consumer-friendly. Requires TCB to maintain information of thread which leads to overhead. **Recommendations to others considering Kernel:** NA **What problems is Kernel solving and how is that benefiting you?** Kernelization could be used to Design Effective Algorithm. ### 2. Insights of kernel **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Akhil B. | Senior Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2021 **What do you like best about Kernel?** It's very good data recovery software for any competitive usages. With wide range of server tools. **What do you dislike about Kernel?** Nothing much only the usage of the tool should be more elegante **What problems is Kernel solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm able to recover my data from exchange servers ### 3. Used outlook password recovery tool, Great tool and recommended it to my colleagues **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Electronics | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 23, 2021 **What do you like best about Kernel?** Easy to use, tools with great application of use, good support for tools **What do you dislike about Kernel?** The software lags in my laptop during recovery. **Recommendations to others considering Kernel:** Great tool. **What problems is Kernel solving and how is that benefiting you?** Recovered password of pst file using "Outlook password recovery tool" ### 4. It was nice experiance! got lerned about IOCTL **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** harshal c. | Embedded software engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 20, 2021 **What do you like best about Kernel?** Due to the Open-source nature, its very useful for getting deep knowledge of the Operating System and hardware. **What do you dislike about Kernel?** Nothing seems as dislike. everything is excellent. **Recommendations to others considering Kernel:** Good for customization. **What problems is Kernel solving and how is that benefiting you?** Low latency, Looking for more speed up! ### 5. Kernel development broadens your embedded experience. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2021 **What do you like best about Kernel?** Open source tools like kernel sources,environment tools etc **What do you dislike about Kernel?** If you playing wrong in kernel space kernel is crashed so be aware of it. **What problems is Kernel solving and how is that benefiting you?** By using kernel one can easily develop the modules for their custom needs by using only needed packages.Real time problems can be implemented and tested easily if hardware is unavailable. ### 6. It's very good data recovery software for any competitive usages. With wide range of server tools. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Architecture & Planning | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 04, 2021 **What do you like best about Kernel?** A wide range of server tools is available. **What do you dislike about Kernel?** Nothing to disklike, it is fantastic. **Recommendations to others considering Kernel:** Good for customization. **What problems is Kernel solving and how is that benefiting you?** Low latency, Looking for more speed up! ### 7. I recovered my lost data **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2021 **What do you like best about Kernel?** I recovered my documents which required for completing project **What do you dislike about Kernel?** Nothing to dislike in kernel because it save me **Recommendations to others considering Kernel:** Please use this **What problems is Kernel solving and how is that benefiting you?** I lost important files of my system, I restore it ### 8. Good **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2021 **What do you like best about Kernel?** Product and stability and recursive in usage **What do you dislike about Kernel?** Slowness and not for scalabity and needs **What problems is Kernel solving and how is that benefiting you?** Programming interupts ### 9. Essential software for Datto backups **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Robert D. | IT Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 07, 2020 **What do you like best about Kernel?** I like that it can quickly convert Datto MBOX format restored mailboxes back to outlook format to easily restore the mailbox. It is very reasonable in it's licence cost and easy to use. It is quick and has great logging. **What do you dislike about Kernel?** Nothing. It does exactly what i need it to do. **What problems is Kernel solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have datto backupify doing all of my O365 backups. When i needed to restore a mailbox it cam in the MBOX format. I needed an easy to use and cheap software to convert so i could restore the emails. ### 10. The most reliable software that one could actually depends on. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rose M. | Software Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 04, 2018 **What do you like best about Kernel?** The most likely feature of this software is that you could come up with your deleted data right from nowhere in your desktop. And Believe me, it could save your job at any point **What do you dislike about Kernel?** The glitches that occurred due to some random issues. And appearance of unwanted data make it sometimes annoying. **Recommendations to others considering Kernel:** To all out there, it's like bringing someone back from dead. You can recover your long lost lovely mails and even photos from your computer. **What problems is Kernel solving and how is that benefiting you?** Till Now, I have made many mistakes and one of them was deleting my most important work file . But Thanks God, I recovered them all using Kernel. ## Kernel Discussions - [What are the functions and objectives of the kernel?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-functions-and-objectives-of-the-kernel) - [What are the 5 components of an OS kernel?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-5-components-of-an-os-kernel) - [What is a kernel in software?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-a-kernel-in-software) - [What are the features of kernel?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-features-of-kernel) - [View Kernel pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/kernel/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=5§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-08+23%3A40%3A12+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=125d9036-6425-47ab-ae0b-c749823f3865&secure%5Btoken%5D=e0a094f1890037c73b7ff19f1a0bc748abd6ee72256f3dabe6a6373bde8b0965&format=llm_user) ## Kernel Features **Compatibility ** - File Formats - Partitions - Mobile **Management** - Disaster Recovery - Remote Backup - Storage Formats - Scheduled Backups - On-Demand Restoration **Management** - Backup - Storage - File Scan **Reporting** - Activity Monitoring - Documentation - Alerts/Notifications **Security ** - Encryption - Data Protection - File Deletion **Security** - Data Encryption - Security and Compliance - Deduplication **Agentic AI - File Recovery** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration ## Top Kernel Alternatives - [Veeam Data Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/veeam-data-platform/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (703 reviews) - [Acronis Cyber Protect](https://www.g2.com/products/acronis-acronis-cyber-protect/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (657 reviews) - [Cove Data Protection](https://www.g2.com/products/cove-data-protection/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (428 reviews)