OpenText Migrate​ vs Quest On Demand Migration comparison

OpenText Migrate vs. Quest On Demand Migration

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Migrate

Ranking in Migration Tools

5th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (11th)

Quest On Demand Migration

Ranking in Migration Tools

1st

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Migration Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText Migrate is 1.7%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Quest On Demand Migration is 39.5%, up from 33.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Migration Tools

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Rajesh Mehta

Enterprise Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

A third-party migration tool that works well in Windows environments but needs improvement in Linux environments

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. As a prerequisite in the case of a Windows platform, the .NET framework may cause some challenges as well. This can be done only in the latest version and is not possible in the earlier versions. We could do the migration for a customer with the older version but only after upgrading to the newer version of the .NET servers. This requires application downtime, and if the customer does not want any downtime during the migration, it can be very challenging. I would also like to see improvement in the data analytical loopholes in terms of Linux migration.

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Keith J Matthews

Associate Director at Protiviti

Fair price, responsive support, and everything comes through as we expect

It does what you think it would do in terms of the dashboard, but we are typically migrating a subset of the users, and it always shows us the macro view. If there was a way to scope it down to just the users that are in scope, that would be more useful. It would be more useful if I could scope the dashboard. I would like to be able to scope the users that I want to see to a much smaller list. When I am looking into a tenant with 35,000 accounts, and I am only moving 2,000 of them, I wish that the guys had been smarter about the discovery, and I could have only discovered those accounts, but there is not too much to complain about. They even have a button on the console saying Send An Idea, so it is hard to fault, but I wish they could do discovery through a pop-up dialogue. I would like a drag-and-drop matching of accounts and mailboxes. I would like to be able to map multiple mailboxes from multiple sources to one mailbox.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Carbonite Migrate works well in Windows platform migrations and in the case of a VML platform. The migration is smooth in Windows environments."

"Carbonite Migrate is helpful on an infrastructure level."

"The solution is user-friendly."

"The solution is really stable when it comes to mailbox migration and all of the following work very well: the mail content, the OneDrive for Business content, and migrating all Azure AD objects."

"You can batch up large groups. You can tell it to move everything for 200 people, and then it just goes. Once you get things set and configured, it is pretty easy. I can hand it off to people more junior to me who are less trained on the product, and they can be successful."

"Quest allows you to customize your migration. For example, you can opt only to migrate Microsoft Teams and the related data or you can migrate all of Office 365. You can also choose to migrate accounts and mailboxes. Sometimes, we don't want to migrate SharePoint data, or we only want to migrate specific users."

"We can see the issues that may come up during migration. We can handle multiple workloads using this since it connects with Microsoft 365."

"It's very easy to use. What I like is that if there is an error, for each task, I can find out what actually went wrong."

"The data is pretty secure."

"We can easily and simply work out the cost for any migration work that is required with the licensing model."

"The solution supports multiple workloads. We've got Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, and Azure under the same place. It's really easy to see the progress in each of those areas. It's very important to have everything in one place. Otherwise, we'd have to use different platforms to handle different parts of the migration."

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Cons

"We find it very difficult to use these tools in a multi-cloud environment"

"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."

"Carbonite failed when moving GIS data."

"They should introduce a module for migrating power automation for users."

"The granting of consent for doing the different tasks is confusing."

"It's definitely the Microsoft Teams functionality that has a lot of aspects where improvements are needed. Microsoft 365 Groups are tightly connected to Teams and there are a lot of improvements needed there as well."

"We had some issues with migrating Teams."

"They could provide on-premises to online exchange components for the platform. It would be highly valuable."

"Quest On Demand Migration needs to simplify its migration with Microsoft."

"One significant issue that often elicited complaints during domain migration was the need to set the primary UPN for objects once they were migrated to the target."

"It would be more useful if I could scope the dashboard. I would like to be able to scope the users that I want to see to a much smaller list. When I am looking into a tenant with 35,000 accounts, and I am only moving 2,000 of them, I wish that the guys had been smarter about the discovery, and I could have only discovered those accounts, but there is not too much to complain about."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing costs are really high."

"In terms of pricing, I think it's an expensive tool."

"I find the pricing to be cost-efficient for what you receive with the Quest product."

"I thought On Demand Migration would be more expensive. I'm pleased with the cost that was quoted."

"We are fine with the tool's pricing."

"It is more than fair for what you get."

"The pricing is in line with other products."

"The product had reasonable pricing until the beginning of this year. Now, the price is increased by 20%."

"It is quite cheap. Previously, I used to work for a big company, and they get quite a good deal, and now, I'm working for a small company, and even they get quite a good deal. So, its pricing is quite fair."

"The solution is on the more expensive side, when you compare it not only to BitTitan but to other tools in the cloud market. Of course, you receive things like Quest's support organization."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Carbonite Migrate?

Carbonite was not cheap.

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.

What do you like most about Quest On Demand Migration?

The most valuable features of Quest On Demand Migration have been the M365 migration and Active Directory (AD) migration components.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quest On Demand Migration?

The product had reasonable pricing until the beginning of this year. Now, the price is increased by 20%.

What needs improvement with Quest On Demand Migration?

They could provide on-premises to online exchange components for the platform. It would be highly valuable.

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Overview

OpenText Migrate provides a robust and efficient way to transition workloads and applications across different environments, ensuring business continuity and seamless operation in complex IT infrastructures.

OpenText Migrate simplifies the process of moving servers and applications, offering an adaptable and efficient platform that minimizes downtime and maintains data integrity during transfers. It caters to varied migrations, whether on-premise, between data centers, or to cloud environments, supporting the rapid pacing of digital transformation.

What are the key features of OpenText Migrate?

Automated Workflows: Streamline migrations with automated processes, reducing manual intervention.
Scalability: Handle large-scale migrations with the ability to scale operations to meet demand.
Data Security: Maintain security protocols to ensure data integrity throughout the migration.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: Facilitate migration across different OS and hardware configurations.
Monitoring and Reporting: Gain real-time insights and detailed reports to track migration progress.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Reduced Downtime: Achieve minimal service interruption, ensuring business continuity.
Cost Efficiency: Decrease expenses associated with manual migration efforts and errors.
Improved Performance: Benefit from optimized workloads that enhance operational efficiencies.
Enhanced Security: Protect sensitive data during the migration process, maintaining compliance.

OpenText Migrate implementations are versatile, adept at supporting industries like finance, healthcare, and manufacturing where IT resilience is critical. Its ability to accommodate diverse migration needs allows sectors to maintain productivity and enhance performance with minimal disruption.

OpenText

Quest On Demand Migration is a complete Office 365 migration solution that allows users to migrate all of their workloads and Active Directory quickly and securely. On Demand Migration provides the ability to migrate all Office 365 running solutions, like OneDrive, Exchange, Teams SharePoint, and on-premises Active Directory. As a result, users can now streamline Active Directory domain consolidation and migration in the cloud. In addition, direct synchronization supports the ability to maintain migrated and un-migrated users, applications, and devices in sync during a migration.

Quest On Demand Migration offers the ability to track progress in real time and an intuitive dashboard allowing for complete visibility into a migration project. On Demand Migration is an excellent solution for companies in the beginning or midst of a merger and acquisition, as well as organizations looking to consolidate multiple tenants within their organization. The solution simplifies daily tenant-to-tenant migrations while allowing users to communicate and collaborate harmoniously. Additionally, with On Demand Migration, users can now move between various email platforms with a secure SaaS solution.

Benefits of Quest On Demand Migration

Quest On Demand Migration is a powerful migration solution that aims to assist organizations with various workloads. Since few organizations perform daily tenant migrations, Microsoft doesn’t have native tools to assist with these tasks.

In addition to the security and ease of use the solution provides, On Demand Migration offers many benefits. Some of these include:

Migrate Teams automatically while ensuring continued accessibility and compliance without losing access to valuable data.
Provides a near-zero impact with a complete approach to tenant-to-tenant migration with ease.
Discover and assess associated data before a migration through the intuitive dashboard.
Migrate Teams and preserve valuable data and channel conversations across the organization without losing content or access.
Merge and rename Teams as the migration takes place to the new tenant.
On Demand Migration offers several tier solutions to fit an organization's needs and budgets.

Reviews from Real Users

Quest On Demand Migration is a favored solution among users for a variety of reasons, such as its stability in mailbox migration. On Demand Migration for Email allows users to seamlessly migrate their mailbox data for a variety of email platforms through a flexible solution. While most users choose the solution for a Gmail migration tool, users can migrate data from Sun Once/iPlanet, Zimbra, POP/IMAP, Exchange, to Office 365, or on-premises or hosted Exchange without installing migration software.

Reto K., an independant consultant at Krebs IT-services, notes, "The solution is really stable when it comes to mailbox migration and all of the following work very well: the mail content, the OneDrive for Business content, and migrating all Azure AD objects."

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