AWS DataSync comparisons
AWS DataSync is compared head-to-head with NetApp Data Migrator, Komprise Elastic Data Migration and Azure Storage Mover and more: 7 head-to-heads in Storage Migration Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
AWS DataSync head-to-head
- AWS DataSync vs NetApp Data Migrator
- AWS DataSync vs Komprise Elastic Data Migration
- AWS DataSync vs Azure Storage Mover
- AWS DataSync vs DryvIQ
- AWS DataSync vs Datadobi DobiMigrate
- AWS DataSync vs Atempo Miria for Migration
- AWS DataSync vs CopyRight2
AWS DataSync vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Workload scope | Migration mode | Metadata preservation | Access preservation | Supported platforms | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | AWS DataSync | No | $0.01/GB usage-based | File | Batch | Yes | Yes | NFS, SMB, HDFS, self-managed object storage, S3-compatible object storage, Azure Files, Azure Blob Storage, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, Amazon FSx for Lustre, Amazon FSx for OpenZFS, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP | 8.8 |
| 1 | NetApp Data Migrator | Yes | Free | File | Both | Yes | Yes | Any NAS server, including Dell Isilon, ONTAP, Vanilla Linux, Windows, and Cloud Volumes ONTAP; destinations include Azure NetApp Files, Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, and Cloud Volumes ONTAP; protocols include NFS 4.1/3.0 and SMB 3.1/3.0/2.0 | 9.4 |
| 2 | Komprise Elastic Data Migration | File | Both | Yes | Yes | NFS, SMB, S3/object, NAS, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, AWS FSx, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Azure NetApp Files, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, NetApp ONTAP, NetApp StorageGRID, Nutanix Files, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Pure Storage FlashArray, Qumulo, VAST Data Platform, Wasabi, Windows Server, Cloudian, Scality | 9.2 | ||
| 3 | Azure Storage Mover | Yes | Free | File | Batch | Yes | Yes | SMB 2.x/3.x, NFS 3/4, AWS S3, AWS FSx SMB, GCS S3, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files, NAS, servers, workstations | 9.0 |
| 5 | DryvIQ | File | Both | Yes | Yes | NFS, SAN, NAS, SMB, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Exchange, Google Workspace Shared Drives, Dropbox, Box, Azure Blob Storage, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Citrix ShareFile, Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere, Nasuni, FileNet, Egnyte, Alfresco, Documentum, Procore, Autodesk, SFTP | 8.7 | ||
| 6 | Datadobi DobiMigrate | Both | Yes | Yes | SMB/CIFS, NFSv3, S3, AWS, Dell EMC ECS, Dell EMC VNX, Dell EMC Isilon, NetApp StorageGRID, NetApp SnapLock, Cloudian HyperStore | 8.6 | |||
| 7 | Atempo Miria for Migration | File | Both | Yes | Yes | GPFS, Lustre, Isilon, StorNext, Panasas, DDN, Qumulo, Huawei, Windows, macOS, Linux, cloud and object storage | 8.5 | ||
| 8 | CopyRight2 | No | €299.50/device one-time | File | Both | Yes | Yes | Windows 2000–2025, Windows Cluster Services, NetApp, EMC, Hitachi HNAS/HDI, Synology, Nutanix, Nasuni, NetGear ReadyNAS, TrueNAS, FreeNAS, Linux Samba, Azure Storage | 8.4 |
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