What is Volatility 3?
An open-source framework for analyzing RAM samples and extracting digital artifacts independent of the operating system. Supports Windows, Mac, and Linux memory analysis and is used for incident response and malware investigation.
Volatility 3 pricing
We don't have Volatility 3's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Volatility 3 does
The capabilities that matter for digital forensics, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Portable CLI
- Disk imaging file carving
- ✗
- Volatile memory RAM analysis
- ✓
- Mobile ios android extraction
- ✗
- Remote endpoint acquisition
- ✗
- Mac os apfs support
- -
- Cloud saas m365 extraction
- ✗
- Court admissible hashing reporting
- -
- Automated artifact timelining
- -
- Malware triage yara scanning
- -
- Fips 140 2 certification
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- Pricing model
- Open source
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- Self-hosted
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Volatility 3 alternatives
Other digital forensics we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Exterro FTKSingle platform for document investigations, regulatory compliance, security audits, and forensic analysislow · 13%
- Autopsylow · 24%
- Plasolow · 14%
- VelociraptorEndpoint forensics and incident response platform providing rapid evidence collection across multiple systemslow · 3%
- Binalyze AIRAutomated platform that turns security alerts into forensically sound evidence with clear investigation timelines and chain of custodylow · 30%
- OpenText EnCaseCollect and analyze digital forensic evidence from multiple device types and cloud sourceslow · 15%
Compare Volatility 3
Side by side against other digital forensics, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Volatility 3, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 100 | 0.05 | 5.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 55 | 0.08 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 34 | 0.09 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.08 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Security score | 46 | 0.04 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Stars | 69 | 0.03 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 30 | 0.05 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 17 | 0.06 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 11 | mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: open_source · Deployment model: portable_cli · Disk imaging file carving: No · Cloud saas m365 extraction: No · Remote endpoint acquisition: No · Volatile memory ram analysis: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90% |