Ask HN: Hard disk data recovery after dropped laptop

My son did drop his laptop and the hard disk looks like might be damaged, I am running some programs to make an image and attempt recovery, but if everything fails would you please recommend a company for the data recovery on the cheap side - few hundred dollars max... The hard disk vendor have a service for around 1k, but my son said is not worth it for the data that will be recovered... Any advice will be appreciated... Thanks!