AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)
Automate and expedite your migration to AWS.
Overview
AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) is the primary migration service recommended for lift-and-shift migrations to AWS. It minimizes time-intensive, error-prone manual processes by automatically converting your source servers from physical, virtual, or cloud infrastructure to run natively on AWS. It simplifies your migration and reduces costs by allowing you to use the same automated process for a wide range of applications.
✨ Key Features
- Continuous, block-level data replication
- Minimal downtime during migration
- Automated conversion of source servers
- Support for a wide range of operating systems and applications
- Centralized management and monitoring via AWS Management Console
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Deep integration with the AWS ecosystem.
- Highly automated lift-and-shift process.
- Minimal downtime and performance impact during replication.
Unique Value: Provides the most seamless, automated, and integrated path for rehosting a wide variety of applications onto the AWS cloud with minimal disruption.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Migrating on-premises VMware vSphere workloads to AWS.
- Moving physical servers from a data center to Amazon EC2.
- Migrating applications from other cloud providers to AWS.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Application modernization or re-architecting (better suited for other tools)
- Migrating to cloud providers other than AWS
🏆 Alternatives
Compared to third-party tools, it offers native integration with AWS services and a more straightforward pricing model (free service, pay for resources). Versus other cloud providers' tools, it is specific to the AWS ecosystem.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise Support tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 90-day free trial
Free tier: Free for 90 days per server migrated. Standard AWS charges for provisioned resources apply after.
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