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AWS Migration Hub vs Carbonite Migrate comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Migration Hub
Ranking in Migration Tools
3rd
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Carbonite Migrate
Ranking in Migration Tools
6th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Migration Tools category, the mindshare of AWS Migration Hub is 4.1%, down from 10.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Carbonite Migrate is 1.7%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Migration Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Kumar Mahendra - PeerSpot reviewer
Makes it easy to monitor several devices automatically, but needs to improve support
We need to monitor all the services, one by one, for our clients, and every device has different security keys. There is no group to handle all the devices. It would be good if there were one group we could connect 100 devices to to monitor them. The same case. It would be good if security keys were common for all the devices.
reviewer1228836 - PeerSpot reviewer
Great tool for one-to-one migration, but not suitable for multi-cloud migration
Some of the tools relating to multi-cloud migration need to be improved as they have a very limited capability at this point in time. These tools are suitable for one-to-one migration scenarios but they are not fit for multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments. I would like to point out that I don't have a hands-on very large scale production implementation experience, as that is the job of our infra team. As I mentioned earlier, we find it very difficult to use these tools in a multi-cloud environment but they work well for single-cloud environments — from an on-premise environment to the public cloud. These tools are quite limited, making things much more complex in a multi-cloud environment. They should add a feature that supports multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environment migration properly. The world is going to be very different five years from now, how will they support these kinds of container-based migrations? Currently, infrastructure as code is very limited. It's not as simple as just moving the server or data. The customer wants you to move the entire application, exactly as it is, and then deploy it. From that perspective, these tools offer only part of the solution, they are not fulfilling the holistic need, which the customer or organization needs. As of now, Carbonite Migrate is helpful on an infrastructure level. If we had to move 100 applications across a multi-cloud environment, then this solution would not work. In the cloud-world (the migration part of it) there needs to be better automation. Let me explain: automation refers to your infra, app, and data. Together, these three components combine and automate will provide you to deploy faster on any cloud platform. As of now, this tool doesn’t fit too much into a multi-cloud environment cloud data migrations. Together, these three components combine and automate it allowing you to deploy it. As of now, these tools cannot deploy it into a multi-cloud environment. That's where the challenge is; that's for other tools. We need to see what this product can do in terms of app, data, and infra. It is automated from the infra point of view, but not in regards to the app and data. Other vendors understand this problem and have taken the necessary steps to address it. In short, multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments pose a problem for this solution. I would like to know how I can take the automated path — data, app, and infra all together. That is something they need to enhance. Recently, I have seen a lot of other companies implementing AI-based automation, where more things are taken care of by AI itself, and not people. Many of these migrations are too complex for humans to analyze and form solutions. It is better to use AI platforms to create recommendations and then automate them, that way you can reduce the burden. Currently, the migration time is vast, from six months to one year, it would be impossible to do 100 application migrations. This is very time consuming and needs to be improved.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"AWS Migration Hub gave my company faster access to the web, so this is what I found most valuable in the solution."
"On every device, if something happens, the solution gives a pop-up to notify devices."
"Carbonite Migrate is helpful on an infrastructure level."
"Carbonite Migrate works well in Windows platform migrations and in the case of a VML platform. The migration is smooth in Windows environments."
"The solution is user-friendly."
 

Cons

"The most valuable features are the device shadow and S3 bucket."
"An area for improvement in AWS Migration Hub is the configuration because it was a bit difficult, though not entirely bad. If the configuration could be eased, then that would make AWS Migration Hub better."
"We find it very difficult to use these tools in a multi-cloud environment"
"Carbonite failed when moving GIS data."
"Migration in RHEL and Linux environments can be improved. During RHEL migration with multiple data areas, you have to create a similar source environment at the destination. This can be challenging because you have to install it, create the VM, install over it, and mount it at the mount point. Only then can you do the migration."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The company has an annual subscription for AWS services."
"In terms of pricing, I think it's an expensive tool."
"The licensing costs are really high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
15%
Educational Organization
7%
Retailer
7%
Computer Software Company
22%
University
7%
Government
6%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS Migration Hub?
On every device, if something happens, the solution gives a pop-up to notify devices.
What needs improvement with AWS Migration Hub?
We need to monitor all the services, one by one, for our clients, and every device has different security keys. There is no group to handle all the devices. It would be good if there were one group...
What needs improvement with Carbonite Migrate?
Carbonite failed when moving GIS data. Therefore, scalability is an issue as it struggles with migrating heavy data, specifically GIS data.
What is your primary use case for Carbonite Migrate?
We initially used Carbonite for cloud migration, specifically for moving data from one cloud to another. We moved from a RACS-based environment to VMware.
 

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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