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VMware Migration Tools & Target Hypervisors
A searchable list of migration tools and destination platforms for your VMware exit strategy
Migration Tools Database
Search and filter through 42 migration solutions
| Tool Name | Cost Category | Tool Type | Description | Target Hypervisors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware vMotion/Storage vMotion | Paid/Commercial | Native VMware | VMware-to-VMware live migration | Hyper-V, KVM (via other tools) |
| VMware HCX | Paid/Commercial | Application mobility platform | Large-scale multi-site migrations, WAN optimization | VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure VMware Solution, Google Cloud VMware Engine |
| Veeam Backup & Replication | Paid/Commercial | Backup-based migration | Cross-platform restore from backups | Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV |
| Nutanix Move | Paid/Commercial | Native migration tool | Automated VM conversion with GUI | Nutanix AHV |
| System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) | Paid/Commercial | Microsoft management | Centralized VM conversion and management | Hyper-V |
| Citrix Hypervisor Conversion Manager | Paid/Commercial | Native conversion | Bulk VM migration wizard | Citrix Hypervisor/XenServer |
| Coriolis (Cloudbase Solutions) | Paid/Commercial | Migration-as-a-Service | Automated cross-platform migration | OpenStack, Azure, AWS, Hyper-V, KVM, oVirt |
| Hystax Acura | Paid/Commercial | Automated live migration | Live migration with replication agents | OpenStack, AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, oVirt, OpenNebula |
| Trilio | Paid/Commercial | OpenStack native | Integrated OpenStack migration | OpenStack |
| BETSOL/Zmanda VMware Migration Services | Paid/Commercial | Managed services ($199-249/VM) | Professional migration services | Hyper-V, Proxmox |
| VergeIO | Paid/Commercial | Unified platform | Rapid migration (100 VMs in <5 seconds) | VergeIO platform |
| SmartX SMTX Migration Tool | Paid/Commercial | Proprietary tool | Supports concurrent migrations with queuing | SmartX HCI |
| AWS Application Migration Service | Paid/Commercial | Cloud migration (AWS pricing) | Agent-based block-level replication | Amazon EC2 |
| Azure Migrate | Paid/Commercial | Cloud migration (Azure pricing) | Agentless VM replication and migration | Azure VMs |
| Google Cloud Migrate to Virtual Machines | Paid/Commercial | Cloud migration (free tool, cloud costs) | VM migration to GCP | Google Compute Engine |
| AWS Server Migration Service (SMS) | Paid/Commercial | VM migration (AWS pricing) | Incremental replication with connector | Amazon EC2, VMware Cloud on AWS |
| NetApp Shift Toolkit | Paid/Commercial | Storage-based migration | VM migration using NetApp storage | Hyper-V |
| HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes | Paid/Commercial | Storage migration to KubeVirt | Volume cloning for KubeVirt migration | KubeVirt |
| Vinchin Backup & Recovery | Low-Cost | Backup-based V2V (60-day free trial) | Agentless backup with V2V restore | VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, XenServer, XCP-ng, oVirt, RHV, OLVM, OpenStack |
| NAKIVO Backup & Replication | Low-Cost | Backup-based migration | Backup with cross-platform restore | Hyper-V, AWS EC2 |
| Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV) | Low-Cost | OpenShift migration (requires subscription) | Cold and warm migration to OpenShift | OpenShift Virtualization/KubeVirt |
| virt-v2v | Free/Open Source | CLI conversion tool (Red Hat) | Converts VMs to KVM-compatible format | KVM, OpenStack, oVirt, RHV, OLVM, KubeVirt |
| Platform9 vJailbreak | Free/Open Source | In-place cluster conversion | Automated host reimaging and VM migration | Platform9 Private Cloud Director |
| MigrateKit (VEXXHOST) | Free/Open Source | CLI tool for OpenStack | Near-zero downtime migration with CBT | OpenStack |
| Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) | Free (discontinued) | GUI converter (discontinued 2017) | Legacy free converter for Hyper-V | Hyper-V |
| Proxmox Import Wizard | Free (built-in) | Native Proxmox tool (v8+) | Integrated ESXi import wizard | Proxmox VE |
| StarWind V2V Converter | Free | Disk conversion tool with GUI and CLI | Direct disk format conversion | Hyper-V, Proxmox, KVM, AWS, Azure |
| Forklift (KubeVirt) | Free/Open Source | Kubernetes-native migration orchestrator | Operator-based VM migration to K8s | KubeVirt, OpenShift Virtualization |
| KubeVirt v2v-job | Free/Open Source | Import job for KubeVirt | Job-based VM import from virt-v2v sources | KubeVirt |
| OneSwap (OpenNebula) | Free/Open Source | CLI migration tool | Automated VM and resource migration | OpenNebula |
| Apache CloudStack VMware-to-KVM Migration | Free (built-in) | Native CloudStack feature (v4.19+) | UI and API-based VM ingestion and conversion | CloudStack-managed KVM |
| ZStack V2V | Free (part of ZStack) | ZStack migration tool | Efficient VMware-to-ZStack conversion | ZStack |
| Red Hat OpenStack VMware Migration toolkit | Free/Open Source | Ansible collection | Automated migration with conversion host | Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift |
| os-migrate/vmware-migration-kit | Free/Open Source | Ansible/Python toolkit (GitHub) | VMware to OpenStack with nbdkit/virt-v2v | OpenStack |
| OVF Tool (ovftool) | Free (VMware) | CLI export/import | Official VMware OVF/OVA export tool | Any OVF-compatible platform |
| Manual OVF/OVA Export/Import | Free (manual) | Standard export/import | Native VMware OVF/OVA export via vCenter | Any OVF-compatible hypervisor |
| PowerShell/PowerCLI Scripts | Free (manual) | Scripted automation | Custom PowerShell-based migration workflows | Hyper-V, Azure, custom targets |
| qemu-img | Free (manual) | Disk format conversion utility | VMDK to QCOW2/RAW conversion | KVM, Proxmox, OpenStack |
| VMDK to VHD/VHDX PowerShell Conversion | Free (manual) | Manual PowerShell conversion | Convert-VHD cmdlet for disk conversion | Hyper-V |
| SCP/WinSCP File Transfer | Free (manual) | Manual file transfer | Direct file copy from ESXi datastore | Any target with disk import capability |
| SSH/ESXi Shell Commands | Free (manual) | Command-line migration | Direct ESXi shell commands for VM export | Any target platform |
| Custom Python/Ansible Scripts | Free (DIY) | Custom automation scripts | Self-developed migration automation | Any programmable target |