Cigati Email Migrator vs SysTools Email Migration Tool

Cigati Email Migrator transfers PST and OST files and IMAP mailboxes to file formats and email platforms. It supports single and bulk migrations, including importing IMAP accounts in batches from a CSV file. Destinations include PST, PDF, Office 365, IMAP, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365/Outlook; IMAP migrations also support additional export formats. The product says it preserves folder structure, email properties, attachments, contacts, calendars, and tasks. Users can filter by date range and folders, and PST/OST jobs can also filter by item type. Duplicate detection compares subject, sender, recipient, CC, and body, while an option skips items transferred earlier. Migration reports list successful, skipped, and failed items. PST/OST migrations can export contacts as VCF and calendars as ICS, and split output PST files by a user-defined size. Preview is available for a single selected PST/OST file and for IMAP mailboxes after a successful connection. The free demo transfers only the first 100 emails per folder; the page does not state a time limit. For Microsoft 365 IMAP migration using modern authentication, administrator consent is generally required, though user-level credentials may work where supported. Cigati says its products process data locally.

SysTools Email Migration Tool moves mailbox content between email platforms while retaining folder structure and message details. It can transfer emails, contacts, calendars, documents, and attachments; Office 365, Exchange, and G Suite are listed as example platforms. Users can filter by date range and choose which mailbox categories to transfer. The tool preserves email properties including read status, reply or forward flags, and sent or received timestamps. Bulk migration uses user fetching and CSV templates, with up to 20 transfers running in parallel. Retry and rerun options are available, along with downloadable summary and detailed CSV reports. The product page says transfers do not store data on intermediary servers, and supported Google and Microsoft platforms can use OAuth 2.0. A local database temporarily buffers data so a dropped internet connection can be restored without restarting the operation. The free demo fully migrates mailboxes for two user accounts. The Paid Version is listed at $35, paid once for five users; the page also notes pricing from $7/user.