A curated guide to 18 leading cloud migration tools and platforms for discovering, assessing, planning and executing workload and database migrations from on-premises data centers to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and multi-cloud environments.
AWS offers a broad set of migration and modernization services and programs for moving workloads to AWS, including AWS Application Migration Service for lift-and-shift rehosting, AWS Database Migration Service for databases, and AWS Transform, which applies AI to accelerate migration and modernization. AWS also provides the Migration Acceleration Program to support large-scale migrations.
Explore SolutionsA central hub of Azure cloud migration services and tools to discover, assess, and migrate workloads to the cloud. Azure Migrate provides unified assessment for VMs, SQL Server, ASP.NET apps, and web apps with Azure Migrate: Discovery and assessment, Azure Migrate: Server Migration, and Database Migration Assistant.
VisitFast, flexible, and safe migration to Google Cloud with Migrate to Virtual Machines, formerly Migrate for Compute Engine. Originally based on the Velostrata technology, it enables seamless migration of VMs from on-premises or other clouds to Google Cloud with minimal downtime and streaming replication.
VisitThe primary AWS service for lift-and-shift migration, continuously replicating source servers to AWS so cutover can happen with minimal downtime. It is the successor to CloudEndure Migration.
VisitMigrates databases to AWS with minimal downtime, supporting homogeneous and heterogeneous migrations between popular commercial and open-source engines.
VisitAn AWS service that applies AI to accelerate the migration and modernization of existing workloads and applications.
VisitMicrosoft's service for migrating databases to Azure data platforms with minimal downtime, supporting both online and offline migrations.
VisitA managed Google Cloud service for migrating databases to Cloud SQL, AlloyDB and other targets with minimal downtime.
VisitMigrate workloads to and from any environment including physical, cloud, and virtual. Carbonite Migrate offers near-zero downtime migration with automated workflows for server, database, and application migration across heterogeneous environments.
VisitCorent's SurPaaS Platform automates the most complex and laborious cloud tasks including application discovery, assessment, transformation, and migration. Corent has since broadened its focus to SaaS enablement with its SaaSOps platform.
VisitFlexera One provides the actionable intelligence you need to optimize your cloud modernization and migration. Its platform combines IT visibility, SaaS management, and cloud cost optimization to help organizations plan and execute cloud migrations with data-driven decisions.
VisitMigrate, manage, and protect your digital workplace. CloudM provides automated migration of email, files, drives, and teams across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and other collaboration platforms with zero-downtime cutover and rollback capabilities.
VisitApplication mobility capability for moving and rebalancing VMware workloads between data centers and clouds with live and bulk migration options.
VisitA free cross-hypervisor mobility tool for migrating virtual machines from VMware ESXi, Hyper-V and public clouds to Nutanix.
VisitContinuous data protection software from HPE that supports disaster recovery and workload mobility, including migrations between data centers and clouds.
VisitMulti-cloud mobility and resilience software that automates migration, disaster recovery and backup across physical, virtual and cloud environments.
VisitThe CloudAtlas tools ensure that your cloud migration is done right with comprehensive assessment, planning, and execution capabilities. Provides automated application profiling, cloud suitability analysis, and migration roadmap generation.
VisitWasabi Cloud-to-Cloud Migration Tools simplify moving data between cloud storage providers. Designed for hot cloud storage migration, Wasabi's tools enable seamless data transfer from AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, and other S3-compatible platforms.
VisitCloud migration tools help organizations discover and assess existing workloads, plan the move, and then replicate or transfer servers, databases and data to the cloud. They range from hyperscaler services such as AWS Application Migration Service and Azure Migrate to third-party suites for assessment, automation and disaster-recovery-based migration.
The most common strategies are rehosting (lift and shift), replatforming, refactoring or rearchitecting, repurchasing and retiring or retaining applications. Rehosting is the fastest, while refactoring takes more effort but can make better use of cloud-native services.
Start with your target cloud and source environment, then compare discovery and dependency mapping, support for your operating systems and databases, replication and cutover downtime, automation, and cost. Using the target provider's native tools is often the simplest start, and third-party tools help with multi-cloud or complex estates.