AWS Mainframe Modernization vs Google Cloud Migration Center
AWS Mainframe Modernization
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Google Cloud Migration Center
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| Figure | AWS Mainframe Modernization | Google Cloud Migration Center |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.31/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 11 | 1 |
| Spec score · Cloud Migration Tools | 8.9 (#1) | 8.1 (#6) |
| Assessment | The assessment capability helps scope and plan a mainframe migration or modernization project. | Assessments can report total cost of ownership, identify application and network dependencies, and suggest Google Cloud destinations based on technical fit. |
| Purpose | AWS Mainframe Modernization provides tools to plan and implement mainframe application migration and modernization on AWS. | Google Cloud Migration Center is a unified platform for moving from on-premises or other cloud environments to Google Cloud. |
| Security | AWS Mainframe Modernization uses IAM-protected resources, and AWS requires TLS 1.2 for network clients while recommending TLS 1.3. | Discovery client communication to Google Cloud is authenticated with a service account and encrypted using SSL/TLS; collected PII, SPII, and secrets are encrypted at rest with AES128_GCM and Windows DPAPI. |
Plans
AWS Mainframe Modernization
- AWS Transform for mainframe Runtime$0.31 a month
- File Transfer with BMC$1.30, paid once
- File Transfer with BMC (IBM z/OS)$1.30, paid once
- AWS Mainframe Modernization Rocket Developer$2.14 a month
- Rocket Developer$2.14 a month
- Code Conversion with mLogica$2.75, paid once
- Code Conversion with mLogica (Assembler to COBOL)$2.75, paid once
- AWS Mainframe Modernization Rocket Runtime$5.55 a month
- Rocket Runtime$5.55 a month
- Data Replication with Precisely$60, paid once
In their own words
AWS Mainframe Modernization
AWS Mainframe Modernization has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Google Cloud Migration Center
Google Cloud Migration Center helps plan moves from on-premises systems or other cloud environments to Google Cloud. It estimates future Google Cloud costs from existing resource sizes and configurations, and can inventory servers and Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases. Assessments can report total cost of ownership, show application and network dependencies, and suggest destinations based on technical fit. Planning tools offer guidance on what to move and how, including rehost, replatform, and refactor strategies. Infrastructure information can be collected automatically once or continuously, or imported manually. Documented discovery covers AWS assets, Azure virtual machines in preview, and on-premises servers and virtual machines. A Linux and Windows discovery client can create offline reports without sending sensitive data to Google Cloud; the installed client itself runs only on Windows and does not discover databases. The service says it does not collect application or file-storage data. Estimates and assessments cost nothing, though other Google Cloud products may incur charges.