Best Storage Migration Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Google Cloud Storage is ranked #1 of 22 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Cloudsfer and Synology Photos. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Cloudsfer. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Google Cloud Storage at $0.01/mo.
Moving storage can involve preserving access and metadata as well as transferring workloads. Compare supported platforms and workload scope, then look at migration mode, cutover orchestration and reporting. Access preservation can matter for continuity, while metadata preservation speaks to what information is retained. Free-plan availability and paid starting prices provide further comparison points. Google Cloud Storage and Cloudsfer lead the opening entries, with Synology Photos and Komprise Intelligent Data Management also appearing near the start. Consider which migration details matter most for your environments and the move you need to make.
22 storage migration software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
22ranked
5free plans on this page
$0.01/molowest paid tier
4 Oct 2026last checked
Input list Storage Migration Software 22 channels on this page · 110 of 176 spec lines stated by the makers
Ch Tool Free planPaid fromWorkload scopeMigration modeMetadata preservationAccess preservationSupported platformsCutover orchestration Spec sheet Score
01 Google Cloud Storage Free planYesPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopenot statedMigration modenot statedMetadata preservationnot statedAccess preservationnot statedSupported platformsnot statedCutover orchestrationnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 7.8
02 Cloudsfer Free planYesPaid from$100/moWorkload scopefileMigration modebothMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsGoogle Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Egnyte, Amazon S3, Azure Blob, File System (NAS), OpenText, FTP, WebDAV, BIM 360, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Procore, Backblaze B2, CyberFortress, Yandex Disk, Amazon S3 compatibleCutover orchestrationYes 8/8spec lines stated 7.4
03 Synology Photos Free planYesPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopenot statedMigration modenot statedMetadata preservationnot statedAccess preservationnot statedSupported platformsnot statedCutover orchestrationnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 7.4
04 Komprise Intelligent Data Management Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefileMigration modebothMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsNFS, SMB, S3/object, NAS, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, AWS FSx, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Azure NetApp Files, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, NetApp ONTAP, NetApp StorageGRID, Nutanix Files, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Pure Storage FlashArray, Qumulo, VAST Data Platform, Wasabi, Windows Server, Cloudian, ScalityCutover orchestrationYes 6/8spec lines stated 7.1
05 Atempo Lina Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefileMigration modebothMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsGPFS, Lustre, Isilon, StorNext, Panasas, DDN, Qumulo, Huawei, Windows, macOS, Linux, cloud and object storageCutover orchestrationYes 6/8spec lines stated 6.9
06 Azure Storage Mover Free planYesPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefileMigration modebatchMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsSMB 2.x/3.x, NFS 3/4, AWS S3, AWS FSx SMB, GCS S3, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files, NAS, servers, workstationsCutover orchestrationYes 7/8spec lines stated 6.9
07 Peer Global File Service Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefileMigration modebothMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsWindows File Servers, Linux File Servers, NetApp, Nutanix Files, Dell PowerScale, Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity, Dell PowerEdge, Amazon FSx for ONTAP, Cloud Volumes ONTAP, S3, Azure BlobCutover orchestrationYes 6/8spec lines stated 6.9
08 CopyRight2 Free planNoPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefileMigration modebothMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsWindows 2000–2025, Windows Cluster Services, NetApp, EMC, Hitachi HNAS/HDI, Synology, Nutanix, Nasuni, NetGear ReadyNAS, TrueNAS, FreeNAS, Linux Samba, Azure StorageCutover orchestrationYes 7/8spec lines stated 6.8
09 Data Dynamics StorageX Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefile + blockMigration modebothMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsEMC, NetApp, Windows, UNIX/Linux, Azure, OneDrive, GCP, AWS S3, Hitachi Content Platform, NetApp StorageGRID, Dell ECS, IBM COS, and S3-compatible object storageCutover orchestrationYes 6/8spec lines stated 6.7
10 Hitachi Universal Volume Manager Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopeblockMigration modebatchMetadata preservationnot statedAccess preservationnot statedSupported platformsHitachi VSP One Block, VSP One SDS Block, VSP 5000, VSP G/F/E series, HPE XP, 3PAR, Primera, Nimble Storage/Alletra, Fujitsu ETERNUS, IBM DS/SVC/XIV, Dell EMC VNX and PowerMax, Seagate Exos X, Sun StorEdge, Sun StorageTek, SGI IS4600Cutover orchestrationYes 4/8spec lines stated 6.7
11 Synology Active Backup for SaaS Free planYesPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopenot statedMigration modenot statedMetadata preservationnot statedAccess preservationnot statedSupported platformsnot statedCutover orchestrationnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 6.6
12 NetApp Data Migrator Free planYesPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefileMigration modebothMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsAny NAS server, including Dell Isilon, ONTAP, Vanilla Linux, Windows, and Cloud Volumes ONTAP; destinations include Azure NetApp Files, Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, and Cloud Volumes ONTAP; protocols include NFS 4.1/3.0 and SMB 3.1/3.0/2.0Cutover orchestrationYes 7/8spec lines stated 6.5
13 DryvIQ Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefileMigration modebothMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsNFS, SAN, NAS, SMB, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Exchange, Google Workspace Shared Drives, Dropbox, Box, Azure Blob Storage, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Citrix ShareFile, Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere, Nasuni, FileNet, Egnyte, Alfresco, Documentum, Procore, Autodesk, SFTPCutover orchestrationYes 6/8spec lines stated 6.4
14 Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefile + blockMigration modecontinuousMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsOceanStor storage systems; Huawei heterogeneous storage systems; mainstream third-party storage systems, including IBM DS4700 and EMC CX4-240; Fibre Channel; iSCSICutover orchestrationYes 6/8spec lines stated 6.4
15 Datadobi DobiMigrate Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopenot statedMigration modebothMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsSMB/CIFS, NFSv3, S3, AWS, Dell EMC ECS, Dell EMC VNX, Dell EMC Isilon, NetApp StorageGRID, NetApp SnapLock, Cloudian HyperStoreCutover orchestrationYes 5/8spec lines stated 6.3
16 Cirrus Migrate Cloud Free planNoPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopeblockMigration modecontinuousMetadata preservationnot statedAccess preservationnot statedSupported platformsAny block storage environment; VMware; Microsoft Hyper-V; Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization; Nutanix AHV; AWS; AzureCutover orchestrationYes 5/8spec lines stated 6.2
17 NetApp XCP Free planNoPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefileMigration modebothMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsNFS, SMB, POSIX, HDFS, S3, NetApp NAS, third-party NASCutover orchestrationnot stated 6/8spec lines stated 6.1
18 RackTop GHOST Free planNoPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefileMigration modecontinuousMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsAny SMB or NFS share; NetApp, Dell, Windows file servers, and Linux NFS serversCutover orchestrationYes 7/8spec lines stated 6.1
19 HPE 3PAR Peer Motion Software Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopeblockMigration modebothMetadata preservationnot statedAccess preservationnot statedSupported platformsHPE 3PAR StoreServ; HPE PrimeraCutover orchestrationYes 4/8spec lines stated 6.0
20 StoneFly Migrate Free planYesPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefileMigration modebothMetadata preservationnot statedAccess preservationnot statedSupported platformsNFS, CIFS/SMB, physical NAS, virtual NAS, VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Citrix/XenServerCutover orchestrationYes 5/8spec lines stated 6.0
21 AWS DataSync Free planNoPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopefileMigration modebatchMetadata preservationYesAccess preservationYesSupported platformsNFS, SMB, HDFS, self-managed object storage, S3-compatible object storage, Azure Files, Azure Blob Storage, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, Amazon FSx for Lustre, Amazon FSx for OpenZFS, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAPCutover orchestrationnot stated 6/8spec lines stated 5.8
22 PoINT Storage Manager Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedWorkload scopenot statedMigration modenot statedMetadata preservationnot statedAccess preservationnot statedSupported platformsnot statedCutover orchestrationnot stated 0/8spec lines stated 5.4
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Questions about this list
Which storage migration software is ranked first on Specifiction?
Google Cloud Storage is ranked #1 of 22 with a score of 7.8. Cloudsfer is second and Synology Photos third.
How many of these have a free plan?
5 of the 22 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Google Cloud Storage has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.01/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing. Paid placements never change a rank.
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