Top 5 comparison of the best SharePoint Migration Tools
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Top 5 SharePoint Migrators 
SharePoint is emerging to be essential in every digital workplace to keep 
up with the modernization. This in turn makes SharePoint Migration a vital 
process for every organization which has been maintaining an older version 
of SharePoint or is thinking of upgrading to SharePoint from on-premise 
system files or other data sources. SharePoint migration simply refers to this 
process of transporting the content we have in our existing one-premise files or 
SharePoint and moving it to either a new version or an entirely new one.  
Saketa 
Saketa SharePoint Migrator
allows a well-planned SharePoint 
migration at lightning speed, along
with a wide variety of options like
SharePoint to SharePoint, File to 
SharePoint and Cloud to SharePoint.    
Some of its most Attractive features are:  
Unlimited Migration 
SharePoint Migration using PowerShell Scripting 
Security Manager 
Migration Scheduling 
Turbo mode for bulk data 
Metadata Bulk Edit  
 
Migrate sites, subsites, lists, libraries, views and workflows   
Multiple platform support
Easy roll over features
Analytics
Microsoft SharePoint 
Migration tool - MOVER
Microsoft launched its SharePoint
Migration Tool (SPMT) to migrate 
files from SharePoint on-premise
document libraries or file shares 
and easily copy them to SharePoint 
Online tenant. It is available to all
Office 365 users. 
By evaluating the purpose of this simple free tool, we find that the users can’t do
complete SharePoint to SharePoint migrations with it, as it supports only files 
migration between two document libraries, without metadata. Its main purpose
is to serve the people who are moving from File shares and network drives 
to O365. 
Its most attractive features include:  
Schedule migrations 
Post migration 
My sites and blog sites migration.  
Taxonomy term set and term groups migration  
Migration Speed, performance 
Simple and clean UI 
Supports all well-known cloud storages migration to SharePoint  
Sharegate 
Sharegate’s main ideology 
was to be the simplest 
SharePoint migrator. It can 
migrate entire sites at a time or 
be selective.  Irrespective of the 
complexity, it makes the process simple 
and fast without impacting the users.   
Though it is one of the market leaders, yet its complex UI makes it quite difficult for the
users to handle it. It’s data limit of 2GB also makes it necessary for the users to manually 
migrate the files larger than that. Inspite of being a fantastic tool for any type of user 
(IT or Business End User) for simple copying of content, its less useful if structure 
transformation of the content is on the cards.
Its features include:
Unlimited data migration 
No server installation required 
Nintex workflow migration tool 
Unlimited technical support 
No file left behind 
Great migration speed 
Metalogix 
This over an decade old 
trusted migrator was 
designed keeping the novice
in mind. It easily deploys to 
SharePoint without needing any 
additional server. 
This tool can create new sites or set up new site infrastructure within itself 
rather than within SharePoint, resulting in an efficient content restructuring. 
It also allows one hop migration without undertaking the intermediate version 
conversions. On the other hand, its not so user friendly UI makes it a functional
business user’s nightmare. Go for it only if you have an ample of SharePoint
knowledge to the core, else be ready to invest a lot  of time learning to use its 
powerful features. Further, its high price tag makes it affordable only 
if you are a big enterprise looking for a good abundance of features. 
Its features include:
No Server-Side Install 
One-hop migration and consolidation 
Intelligent Migration 
Distributed migration 
Self-service migration 
Optimized performance speed 
Avepoint 
AvePoint migrates enterprise-
wide content in a seamless, 
well- assessed and fully-mapped 
manner causing minimal business 
disruption. It supports around 14 
legacy systems. 
Avepoint is known for quickly consolidating enterprise content from legacy systems
or previous versions of SharePoint to SharePoint server or SharePoint Online. But it 
requires a new server farm to be set up in order to accomplish the basic requirements 
such as metadata preservation along with content and configuration preservation. 
This makes the process quite tacky. 
Its features include:
Content Pre-Scan 
Legacy protection 
High Speed 
Source and Destination Environment Coexistence During Migration 
Online or Offline Migration 
Data Synchronization with Customized Scheduling 
 
This was our list of the most efficient SharePoint Migration  in the market as of now. 
Leaving the rest up to you to evaluate according to your needs to find the best 
suited migrator for your organization. 
Still contemplating? Get in touch for an expert advice. 
Drop us a note at [email protected] and our specialists will guide you further.  
Specialized Features
High Level Features
Copy Site Objects
Export from SharePoint
Copy SharePoint Content
Import Files to SharePoint
Bulk Metadata Edit None
No Volume Limit None
Farm Migration
Migrate Farm Content None
Migrate Farm Architecture None
Migrate Farm Content None
Database
Site Migration
Migrate Sites and Subsites
Merge Existing Sites None
Promote Site to Site None
Collection
Migrate Term Store
None
 (aka Taxonomy)
Migrate Site Settings
Migrate Web Parts
Migrate Customized
 Views and Forms
Activate Features
Specialized Features
Site Migration
Migrate Site Navigation 
(Tree view)
Migrate Welcome Page
Reassign Site Templates
Migrate List Settings
Migrate Site Content Types None
Migrate Lists and Libraries
Migrate Site Columns
Migrate Groups
Migrate Permission Levels
Migrate Users
Domain migration for users
Handle orphaned users
Migrate SharePoint 
Designer Workflows
Migrate Views
Migrate OOTB Workflows None
Migrate of 3rd Party 
Workflows
Migrate user alerts
Item level based migration
for Attachments
Correct links
Migrate sites to a different 
template
Migrate lists to a different
 template
Version cleanup
Recognize site schema
 changes
Specialized Features
Content Migration
Incremental Migration
Migrate SharePoint 
Documents
Migrate Document Sets
Copy List Attachments
Copy Content Between 
Lists and Libraries
Copy Document Templates
Migrate InfoPath Forms
Map Folder Names 
to Metadata
Migrate Files and Folders
Preserve Version History
Preserve Created and 
Modified information
Preserve Approval Status
Preserve Office Document 
Properties
Preserve Web Parts
Enrich Metadata through 
Excel
Remap List Columns
Map Folders to 
Document Sets
Remap Content Types
Preserve PDF Properties
Preserve File System 
permissions (NTFS)
Replace Illegal Characters
Specialized Features
Content Migration
Filter Content during 
Migration
Flatten Folder hierarchy
Preserve Lookup Values
Correct Links
Remap Permission Levels
Remap Users and Groups
Convert Column Types
Auto-Create Terms 
in Taxonomy
Exclude items from 
migration
Replace illegal characters
Import files to SharePoint
Migrate file system and file
 shares to SP
Map properties during 
the import
Map Content Types
Map Permission levels
Incremental Migration
Delete one or more file or 
folder during migration
Preserve author and 
timestamps
Specialized Features
Export From SharePoint
Access content exported
Easily access exported 
Metadata from Excel
Export all content with
 Version History
Export to Desktop or
File Shares
Reporting
Migration Report
Report Search
Save Migration Report 
to Excel
Compliance Reporting
Microsoft Best 
Practice Reports
Infrastructure Reports
Compare elements pre 
and post migration
Features for our Geeks
Use PowerShell
Script your Migration 
with PowerShell
Schedule your Migration 
with PowerShell
Complete SDK with the 
tool, for .net developers / 
powershell integration
Specialized Features
Supported Versions
SharePoint Server 2007 N/A
SharePoint WSS 3.0 N/A
SharePoint Foundation N/A
SharePoint WSS 2.0 N/A
SharePoint 2003 N/A
Office 365 N/A
Sharepoint Enterprise 2010 N/A
SharePoint 2013 N/A
Support
Email support N/A
Online documentation N/A
Phone support N/A
All-star support team N/A
Features for our Geeks
Schedule and Manage 
Backups
Monitor Operations in 
None
Real-Time
Restore Full-Farm or
Granular Data to 
Specific Farm
Single-Source Admin and 
None
Management Tool
Backup Farm Root (Hive) None
Backup IIS Configuration None
Backup Webroot Folders None
Specialized Features
Backup
Backup GAC None
Backup Certificate Stores None
Backup SharePoint 
None
Registry Entries
Backup .Net Framework None
Files
Coverage Map None
Search Utility to Locate and 
None
Restore Granular Items
End User Granular restore None
Requires only CA web 
application be present to None
perform total farm rebuild
Item Level restores from 
both granular and backup None
points
Ability to perform item level
restores from existing None
SQL backups
RBLOB Management
RBLOB Storage
Continuous BLOB Backup
Content Database Backup None
Granular Restore None
Tiered Storage None
Single Instance Storage None
Increased Performance None
Access to flat file content in 
file system as represented in 
sharepoint libraries
Specialized Features
RBLOB Management
Link to files outside of 
sharepoint with no stub 
or reference in sql
Read only / https based
externalization
Ability to externalize 
based on metadata
Ability to keep connected
libraries accessible and 
useable from the file 
system/ SharePoint 
End User Content Management
Native SharePoint 
Based Control
Bulk End User Content 
Upload
Bulk End User Content 
Download
Bulk End User Content Copy
Site Wide Content Search
Metadata Classification 
During Content Copy
Increased Performance
Access to flat file content in 
file system as represented in 
sharepoint libraries
Specialized Features
Office 365 Migration/Management
Interactive Reports for 
Office 365 Administration
User Activity Reports
Site Usage Reports
Transfer Permissions
Clone Permissions
Copy Permissions
Copy Users
Copy Groups
Copy Content Types
Copy Navigation
Native Ribbon-Based 
End User Content 
Management
OneDrive Migration/Management
Google to OneDrive 
Content Migration
Google Sites to SharePoint 
Online Migration
Automatically Provision 
OneDrive Accounts
Copy OneDrives in Bulk
Backup OneDrive Content
Interactive Site and User 
Activity Reports
Data Growth Reports
Specialized Features
Licensing Model
Install licenses on 
Application Servers
Install licenses on WFE 
Servers
Install licenses on 
SQL Servers
Install licenses on 
Project Servers
Install licenses on Search
 Servers (if dedicated)
Install licenses on 
Distributed Cache Servers 
(if dedicated)
Install licenses on Service 
Application Servers 
(if dedicated)
Install licenses on 
Workstation
Costs and Fees
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Priced per user (based 
on administrative user)
Priced per server
Prices per core processor/
per server
Specialized Features
Usability and Interface
Good documentation
Downloadable 
documentation
Online documentation
Includes Tutorials
Product Information