
Google Cloud Migration Center
6.4#9 in cloud migration toolsFree planFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Google Cloud Migration Center | ShareGate |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, USA | Montreal, Canada |
| Purpose | Google Cloud Migration Center is a unified platform for moving from on-premises or other cloud environments to Google Cloud. | ShareGate offers migration tools and Microsoft 365 governance and security tools. |
| Security | 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. | Protect and Migration Assessment encrypt data in transit with TLS 1.2 and at rest with 256-bit AES; they do not collect full document contents or personal messages and email content. |
Migration Center suits organizations assessing servers, databases, costs, and dependencies before moving workloads to Google Cloud. It is relevant to teams planning rehosting, replatforming, or refactoring.
ShareGate suits mid-sized and enterprise companies, IT professionals, partners, and IT directors or managers handling Microsoft 365 migrations or governance. It is aimed at organizations needing tenant visibility and migration workflows.