Google Cloud Migrate
Migrate and modernize your workloads on Google Cloud
Overview
Google Cloud Migrate provides a fast, flexible, and safe way to migrate a wide range of workloads to Google Cloud. It offers tools for assessment, planning, and migration, enabling a streamlined path to the cloud. It includes solutions for migrating virtual machines (Migrate for Compute Engine) and modernizing applications to containers (Migrate for Anthos).
✨ Key Features
- VM migration (on-premises and other clouds)
- Application modernization to containers
- Database migration
- Storage data transfer
- Assessment and discovery tools
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Strong focus on application modernization to containers
- Integration with Google's data analytics and machine learning services
- Live streaming migration technology
Unique Value: A comprehensive suite of tools that not only facilitates migration to Google Cloud but also provides a clear path for modernizing applications to cloud-native architectures.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Lift-and-shift of VMware workloads
- Modernization of Java and Windows applications to GKE
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Migrations to cloud providers other than Google Cloud
🏆 Alternatives
Offers more advanced application modernization capabilities, particularly for containerization, compared to some competitors.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Google Cloud Support Plans tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 90-day free trial
Free tier: Assessment and some migration tools are free. Costs are incurred for the underlying Google Cloud resources used during and after migration.
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