I am having an excellent experience using Exterro. It has been a very fun and positive experience. Exterro is performing well, and my suggestion to expand into other forensic categories would enhance it further. Otherwise, they are doing great. As a student working on Exterro, I sometimes need Exterro's help, so I mostly work on a private cloud only. I have completed a few projects on Exterro, and it has been very good and fine. My overall review rating for Exterro is nine out of ten.
Director of Fraud Prevention at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 10
May 23, 2026
My advice to others thinking about using Exterro is to professionalize themselves and get certified, as it is not a very intuitive tool and you have to make an effort to find what you want. Prepare yourself, study, get certified, and then use it.The only point I would emphasize about Exterro is the cost reduction and the creation of a disk copy tool similar to the one FTK has. I would rate this review a 10.
Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
May 21, 2026
Exterro is very easy to use. For ease of use, students are the best use case because they are actually coming in without any experience using any other tools when it comes to digital forensics. In terms of usability, usually students find having a learning curve at the very beginning, but just a few guidance tips or guidance here and there would help. I find it that it's intuitive compared to other tools on the market, which is why it is always the first tool that I introduce to them. Once students get past the initial complexity, they actually start to appreciate what the tool offers. As for integrations, I feel that FTK fits naturally into the broader forensics workflow. Especially coming in from FTK Imager, you're able to get different image types, which down the line can be integrated into or can be used with multiple tools out there. It actually complements other tools in the field, such as Cellebrite, Magnet, and Autopsy, and that is why I actually use it. I go ahead and use exam scores. Comparing lab scores versus exam scores, I usually give several labs. You would actually see labs that are being done on FTK Imager or the very starting labs getting much higher scores because of the ease of use, and it is such a foundational tool that is really important to be introduced to students early on and doesn't really have a very high learning curve compared to other tools. If you look at the lab scores and compare them to the lab scores of labs that require students to use other tools, you'll see quite a difference with FTK, with the labs using FTK Imager or FTK Toolkit having higher scores from students. Exterro is a really good tool if you're starting out or just learning the foundational aspect of digital forensics. I think it's a solid introduction to digital forensics as a whole. Even using FTK Imager, it's a really reliable product for a free product. I think it would really solidify your digital forensic process, and I think it should be a mandatory tool that organizations actually use because it provides a lot of features that can be really helpful for day-to-day investigations. This review received a rating of eight out of ten.
I would recommend Exterro. It seems to work just fine for the businesses that use it on a daily basis. I think there is even a preservation mechanism in the tool that you can add on, but we just haven't implemented it. There are tons of other things that you can do with it. So yes, I would recommend it. I would say it's a good tool. The biggest lesson I've learned is that the tool can handle a large volume of notifications and emails. It takes a lot of manual processes out, saves time, and lowers overall organizational risks. Those are just some of the highlights that I learned going in because, I'll admit, when we first started looking at vendors, I had never heard of Exterro at that time. I would say that those items kind of highlight what I've learned from Exterro. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Exterro a rating of eight.
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I am having an excellent experience using Exterro. It has been a very fun and positive experience. Exterro is performing well, and my suggestion to expand into other forensic categories would enhance it further. Otherwise, they are doing great. As a student working on Exterro, I sometimes need Exterro's help, so I mostly work on a private cloud only. I have completed a few projects on Exterro, and it has been very good and fine. My overall review rating for Exterro is nine out of ten.
I would advise that if someone wants software capable of imaging, then Exterro would be a great choice. I give this review a rating of 8.
My advice to others thinking about using Exterro is to professionalize themselves and get certified, as it is not a very intuitive tool and you have to make an effort to find what you want. Prepare yourself, study, get certified, and then use it.The only point I would emphasize about Exterro is the cost reduction and the creation of a disk copy tool similar to the one FTK has. I would rate this review a 10.
Exterro is very easy to use. For ease of use, students are the best use case because they are actually coming in without any experience using any other tools when it comes to digital forensics. In terms of usability, usually students find having a learning curve at the very beginning, but just a few guidance tips or guidance here and there would help. I find it that it's intuitive compared to other tools on the market, which is why it is always the first tool that I introduce to them. Once students get past the initial complexity, they actually start to appreciate what the tool offers. As for integrations, I feel that FTK fits naturally into the broader forensics workflow. Especially coming in from FTK Imager, you're able to get different image types, which down the line can be integrated into or can be used with multiple tools out there. It actually complements other tools in the field, such as Cellebrite, Magnet, and Autopsy, and that is why I actually use it. I go ahead and use exam scores. Comparing lab scores versus exam scores, I usually give several labs. You would actually see labs that are being done on FTK Imager or the very starting labs getting much higher scores because of the ease of use, and it is such a foundational tool that is really important to be introduced to students early on and doesn't really have a very high learning curve compared to other tools. If you look at the lab scores and compare them to the lab scores of labs that require students to use other tools, you'll see quite a difference with FTK, with the labs using FTK Imager or FTK Toolkit having higher scores from students. Exterro is a really good tool if you're starting out or just learning the foundational aspect of digital forensics. I think it's a solid introduction to digital forensics as a whole. Even using FTK Imager, it's a really reliable product for a free product. I think it would really solidify your digital forensic process, and I think it should be a mandatory tool that organizations actually use because it provides a lot of features that can be really helpful for day-to-day investigations. This review received a rating of eight out of ten.
I would recommend Exterro. It seems to work just fine for the businesses that use it on a daily basis. I think there is even a preservation mechanism in the tool that you can add on, but we just haven't implemented it. There are tons of other things that you can do with it. So yes, I would recommend it. I would say it's a good tool. The biggest lesson I've learned is that the tool can handle a large volume of notifications and emails. It takes a lot of manual processes out, saves time, and lowers overall organizational risks. Those are just some of the highlights that I learned going in because, I'll admit, when we first started looking at vendors, I had never heard of Exterro at that time. I would say that those items kind of highlight what I've learned from Exterro. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Exterro a rating of eight.