It is just a matter of time until a decision is made to migrate from an older version of SharePoint or even from a different enterprise content management (EMC) to the latest version of SharePoint. The following third-party solutions will help SharePoint Administrators to migrate or consolidate content. Did we miss any SharePoint migration tools? Do you have any additional ideas or suggestions? Let us know in the comments.

AvePoint – DocAve Migrators

Migrate. Quickly consolidate enterprise content from legacy systems or previous Microsoft SharePoint versions into Microsoft SharePoint Server and SharePoint Online.

Minimize the time and effort required to migrate enterprise-wide content to SharePoint by utilizing DocAve’s seamless, fully mapped transfer of content from more than 14 legacy systems to SharePoint 2013 or 2010 – on-premises or Online editions.

Features

Security Trimming
Source Content Pre-scan
Customizable And Reusable Migration Plans
Full Or Incremental Migration
Migration With Full Fidelity
Source And Destination Environment Coexistence During Migration
Online Or Offline Migration
Data Synchronization With Customized Scheduling
Free Trial Available

Automated Intelligence – AI.DATAPOINT

Cleanse, categorize, manage and migrate content automatically to any location including enterprise content platforms such as Microsoft SharePoint.

Automatic data migration. Existing data will need cleansed and categorized. The structure, policy, metadata and security permissions need to be managed as part of the migration process. Organisations require migration tools to fully manage the process of migration in an accurate, timely and audited manner.

Features

Automatic validation, de-duplication, categorization and migration of data from over 40 current and legacy data systems
Identification of duplicate, near duplicate, redundant, obsolete and irrelevant data by examining file content and metadata
Interpretation of content by indexing and using semantic and linguistic reasoning
Data is categorized by security, retention and access requirements against the information policy of the organization
Automatic population of document libraries with existing relevant documents based on content and contextual analysis
Automatically migrating, tagging and securing information assets in the new consolidated environment

BitTitan SharePoint Migration

As with mailbox migrations, MigrationWiz enables companies to move from an older version of SharePoint to SharePoint Online, skipping the traditional upgrade path that would otherwise be required. MigrationWiz keeps existing file hierarchies and permissions intact. You’ll see what you’re used to seeing once you get to the cloud, further reducing adoption times across your organization. Also, enjoy the freedom to choose which documents you need to move to cloud, allowing you to prioritize your most important files.

Features

File migration
List migration
Permissions migration
Folder filtering
Concurrent migrations
Bandwidth control
Pause migrations
Free Trial Available

Clockwork Software – SharePoint Migration Tool

Reliable migration of documents from your old ECMS to SharePoint 2013, SharePoint Online / Office 365

From any SQL Server based ECMS (EDRMS, DMS, CMS) with files stored on a network drive or share. ECMSs like DOCs Open, Worksite, FileNet, Hummingbird DM6, etc.

Features

Migrate all versions and metadata (including managed metadata)
Migrate to SharePoint libraries and folders
Apply document level security if desired
Currently in use on migration projects totalling about 2 million documents
Good for small migrations too – with a cost effective pricing scheme.
Free Trial Available

DELL – Migration Suite for SharePoint

Eliminate the risks of downtime and data loss with Migration Suite for SharePoint. This agentless SharePoint migration tool lets you seamlessly move your entire SharePoint environment, as well as Windows files, Microsoft Exchange public folders and personal storage (Google Drive, home folders, My Sites, etc.), to on-premises versions of SharePoint, Office 365, OneDrive for Business or a hybrid environment.

Features

Migrate to SharePoint and Office 365
Easy-to-use console –Simplify the migration process using drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste controls to move content.
Plan effectively with pre-migration analysis
Accelerate migrations with fewer resources
Faster cloud migrations with Azure Turbo Boost
Improve intelligence with metadata – Preserve, reassign or add metadata to content as it is migrated
Simplify your project management – Ensure on-time completion by scheduling your migration and getting real-time progress reports.
Powerful scripts – Automate and accelerate repetitive migration tasks through scripting
Free Trial Available

DMS-Shuttle

DMS-Shuttle is a desktop application that you can use for browsing different document management systems and for transferring data between your local system and the connected DMS.

Features

Bulk upload / bulk download from / to SharePoint Document Library
Manage document objects
Manage document versions
Manage folder objects
Create the whole folder structure
Renames files with illegal characters that are blocked by SharePoint
Keeps the original modified and created dates of the files (configurable, disabled by default)
Bulk update metadata on existing documents (function is enabled on document library, folder and document level)
Bulk check-in (function is enabled on every level: SharePoint site, document library, folder and document)
Supported Microsoft SharePoint Versions: SharePoint 2010/2013 and SharePoint Online
Free Trial Available

Domigrator

Domigrator is a solution to migrate Domino Application data to SharePoint Online or SharePoint On-Premise as well as PDFs. You can export and import data to new or old applications. You build the template or use some of the standard templates and we migrate your data to your SharePoint Application.

With Domigrator solution you can migrate attachments, Rich Text and inlined pictures from Domino to SharePoint. And just to clarify, we do not use any third-party solution, because this is the solution!

Domigrator also gives the ability to export documents from a Domino database to PDFs or Word-documents in a file system. We even can convert Word-files from a file system back to PDFs in a file system.

LepideMigrator for Documents

Content Migration from File Server and Public Folders to SharePoint made Easy

LepideMigrator for Documents (LMD) is an outstanding solution for content migration from traditional File Servers, Exchange Public Folders and Office 365 Public Folders to SharePoint. With its user-friendly interface and easy execution process, this software totally eliminates the complexity involved in migrating content from different sources.

Features

Bulk Migration – Select all required content at one go and perform bulk migration
Metadata Migration – Transfer the attributes of every file, folder, email, contact and other items
Map the users between the sources and the destination
Migrate file permissions as well
Migration Analyzer – Detailed XLS (spreadsheet) reports on pre-migration analysis
Zero Assistance Migration – Schedule automatic migration from File Server/Public Folder to the SharePoint Server
Multiple Connections – Connect to multiple file servers in the network
Free Trial Available

Migration-Center

The migration-center is a full function, out-of-the-box product for highly automated, large volume content and data migrations and it is easy to deploy.

The migration-center grants more than 65 out-of-the-box connections from various source to various target systems. Combine the different systems to get the migration path which fits your requirements.

Migration to MS SharePoint from: File share, EMC Documentum, Database (SQL), eRoom, XML, MS Excel, MS Access, Lotus Notes, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint.

Free evaluation available

Metalogix – Content Matrix

For more than a decade, Metalogix Tools and engineers have been trusted by thousands of clients for their SharePoint migration.

Content Matrix allows you to migrate directly to SharePoint 2013, OneDrive for Business or Office 365 from SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2010 in one hop. No need for intermediate SharePoint versions or an on-premises staging farm for a move to Office 365.

Selected by Microsoft as the only pre-approved, MSO-CAF certified SharePoint migration tool for migrating to Office 365 Dedicated.

Features

Simple Setup
No Server Side Install
Keep Current Farm Running
Site Collection Migration
Rearrange Post-Migration
Migrate Discrete Elements
Migrate to 2013 MySites
Split/Merge Lists
Externalize BLOBS Before Migration
Migrate Nintex Workflows
Advanced Analysis & Migration Capabilities
Free Trial Available

Metalogix – MetaVis Migrator Suite

Whether you need to upgrade SharePoint from an older version, get out of messy file shares, or just need to reorganize your SharePoint environment, MetaVis Migration Suite for SharePoint includes all the options you will need to complete anything from the basic to the most complex migration tasks in one tool.

The MetaVis Migration Suite is everything you need in order to carry out a successful migration. Whether you’re moving from a file system, Exchange public folders, Google Drive, or between SharePoint instances in your farm or tenant, Migration Suite’s tools can make a complex migration that much simpler.

Features

Pre-Migration Analysis
Migration as you Need It
Complete Metadata Control
Migrate content from Google Drive
Schedule and Automate
Granular File Control
Field Preservation and Conversion
Platform Agnostic
Free Trial Available

Office 365 Migration – Lightning Migrator

The Lightning Migrator empowers you to migrate Office 365 Content to SharePoint Online with incredible performance. The Lightning Migrator uses the Microsoft Office 365 Migration API to perform the migration, but take the pain of writing the PowerShell commands away. Migrate in minutes using our simple to use interface. The Lightning Migrator is a simple to use tool that enables you to perform your Office 365 Migration from SharePoint On-Premises to Office 365 at Lightning fast speeds. Simply select the content that you wish to migrate, select the target list or library and hit the migrate button.

Features

Migrate List or Library Content.
Office 365 Migration.
Cross Site Collection Rollup Web Part.
The Data Viewer web part for SharePoint 2013 empowers users to build data views without SharePoint Designer.
Create External Content Types for SAP without the need for any code.
SharePoint Permissions Management.
SharePoint Chart Web Part.
Powerful scripts – Automate and accelerate repetitive migration tasks through scripting
Free Trial Available

PCVITA SharePoint Migration

Express Migrator for SharePoint is a comprehensive solution for enterprise to migrate content to SharePoint as part of their SharePoint migration strategy that goes above and beyond other traditional SharePoint migration software, thereby allowing you to have visually architected migration.

The SharePoint migration products granularly migrates the contents while keeping all the associated metadata & permissions intact. System Integrators/Microsoft Partners can leverage the power of the software that we have in the offering for enterprise content migration to SharePoint & its variants: SharePoint on-premise, SharePoint online, Microsoft BPOS and Office 365.

Microsoft SharePoint migration tools offered:

File System to SharePoint
SharePoint to SharePoint
Public Folder to SharePoint
Lotus Docs to SharePoint
Lotus Emails to SharePoint
Outlook Emails to SharePoint
Migrator for Office 365
Free Trials Available

Proventeq Migration Accelerator

Proventeq Migration Accelerator delivers fast and reliable migration of documents, web content and digital assets from wide range of sources such as file shares, legacy repositories and non-Microsoft platforms into SharePoint 2013. It also provides a direct migration from older versions of SharePoint such as SharePoint 2007, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, WSS 3.0 and WSS 2.0.

Features

Intuitive UI for easy drag-and drop from source to SharePoint 2013
Association of content types and page layouts within SharePoint 2013, based on configurable mappings
Rules based Metadata mapping – Allows setting of metadata values in SharePoint 2013 based on easy to configure rules. The metadata values can either come directly from source system or computed as part of the rules
Links Resolution – Automatically converts links within source documents/pages to links in SharePoint 2013
Filtering – Content classification allows filtering/archiving of content which is no longer required in SharePoint 2013
Content re-structuring – Supports mapping of source content structure to SharePoint 2013 Information Architecture
Automatically handling of invalid characters and patterns in source file names
Automatic splitting of large folders to comply with of SharePoint 2013 List view threshold
Content transformation and standards compliance– Transformation of legacy HTML into WCAG compliant HTML. Cleansing to remove embedded styles.

QIPoint SharePoint Essentials Toolkit

The SharePoint Essentials Toolkit bundle includes multiple components to help site owners or admins have greater control over the sites they manage, saving them time and improving end user experience.

Fully configurable ribbon buttons and menus to enable or hide functionality from certain Site Owners. Simple, feature rich, easily configurable reports with full export capabilities make this tool rise above the rest. Intuitive and customizable dashboard presents all of the sites that the Site Owner is responsible for and can easily review reports for each of them.

Features

No server side install
SharePoint Broken Link Manager
SharePoint Site Auditing
SharePoint Permission Manager
SharePoint Policy Manager
SharePoint Content Manager
Free Trial Available

Saketa Migrator

Saketa SharePoint Migrator allows you to migrate and manage your SharePoint environment from a wide variety of sources at an unbelievable speed.

Saketa has redefined and reimagined the SharePoint platform. We are disrupting the arena of SharePoint hosted applications. The Saketa Productivity Suite has helped improve an organization’s productivity by up to 3 times. Saketa takes its productivity suite to the next level with the next generation SharePoint Migrator.

Features

No server side installation
Migrate sites, subsites, lists, libraries, views and workflows
Access for up to 5 users at no extra cost
Unlimited migration
Import and/or export your lists to excel
Migrate directly between Dropbox. Google Drive, Onedrive and SharePoint
Pre-empt errors and rectify them to ensure a smooth migration
Track status of your migration with an export to excel functionality that allows for deeper analysis
Handle errors proactively or reactively
Free Trial Available

SLIM Applications

SLIM Companion is an intuitive, fast and 100% browser-based tool that mimics SharePoint as Windows Explorer. Users can migrate documents to SharePoint using drag and drop. Chrome and Opera users can even drag complete folder structures.
The tool supports content migrations from the user’s local computer, file shares, USB drives, OneDrive, Google Drive, DropBox, Box and SharePoint 2007/2010/2013/Office 365 (through explorer view) to SharePoint Online (Office 365), Office 365 Groups and on-premise SharePoint.

The tool uses parallel processes to deliver exceptional performance. Common migration problems like illegal characters in item names, 0 kB files, long item names and blocked files are automatically catered for. SLIM Companion supports document sizes up to 10 GB and data sets up to 30 GB. Larger data sets can be easily migrated in parts. Email metadata such as To, From, Subject is automatically extracted from Outlook msg files and captured in the corresponding SharePoint columns. The tool generates a detailed migration report.

SLIM Companion is supported with multiple browsers (Chrome, FireFox, Opera, Internet Explorer 11 and Edge) and runs on Windows and OS X clients. The tool has been designed to operate under constrained conditions and automatically deals with network and server glitches. Users can also download complete folder structures as a zip file or generate a content report with details on the SharePoint environment (e.g. list with large documents, quota consumed by document versions, checked out documents, …).

Free Trial Available

Sharegate – SharePoint Migration Tool

Sharegate is built to migrate everything inside out of SharePoint & Office 365. Migrate entire site collections or decide what you want to move: sites, libraries, lists, workflows, Nintex workflows & forms, documents, and much more.

With Sharegate, you migrate straight to Office 365 or any SharePoint version such as 2007 to 2013, or 2010 to Office 365.

Features

Full SharePont Site Migration
Migrate Sites and Subsites
Promote Site to Site Collection
Granular Migration
Change List URL and Name
Change Site Templates
Migrate Site Collections
Change Site URL and Name
Merge Existing Sites
Free Trial Available

Tzunami Deployer for SharePoint

Tzunami Deployer for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 is a stand-alone application enabling rapid content migration. Tzunami Deployer for SharePoint 2013 Migration is part of the Tzunami Deployer Family of Products – the leading SharePoint Migration tools which has been developed specifically to respond to all SharePoint migration requirements. Saving total-cost-of-ownership, the solution allows users to easily upgrade to SharePoint 2013 from any version of SharePoint, and from a wide variety of ECMs.

Tzunami Deployer offers rapid migration into SharePoint structures. In today’s business arena, with multiple ECMs located in one organization, Tzunami Deployer minimizes the loss of information. The solution enables the IT manager to streamline the business-critical processes simply and efficiently. With effective use of accumulated knowledge, Tzunami Deployer saves time and increases the return on investment.

Features

Handles all types of items, including the basic data items (contacts, tasks, etc.), documents (including specific versions), folders, lists, as well as sites and site collections.
Allows users to sort, customize, design and redefine the structure of the migrated content.
Enables swift metadata migration during the upgrade
Security migration can be performed as part of the content migration, thus retaining users’ and groups’ permissions
Provides a warning system to the user to handle “weak” restrictions appropriately
Provides a rule engine, allowing users to control the behavior of the migration
Free Trial Available

Vyapin

Vyapin builds intelligent document migration solutions for Microsoft SharePoint. Vyapin is a pioneer in developing document migration solutions, starting from the very beginning when SharePoint was first introduced by Microsoft.

DocKIT for SharePoint – is a powerful application for migrating documents, NTFS permissions, data and their associated metadata properties from network file shares, file servers and local hard drives to Microsoft SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2007.

External Data Connector for SharePoint – imports data from multiple external data sources, including Databases, SharePoint, CSV and Excel files, integrates them into SharePoint Lists and Document Libraries and vice versa. It supports databases such as SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle and any ODBC compliant database as well as file sources such as XLSX and CSV. The product can integrate data into SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint online (Office 365).

SPListX for SharePoint – is a powerful application to export document / picture library contents and associated metadata and list items, including associated file attachments to the Windows File System. Export SharePoint libraries, folders, documents, list items, version histories, metadata and permissions to the desired destination location in the Windows File System. SPListX supports all versions of SharePoint (2013 / 2010 / 2007 / 2003) in a single product.

XPlica for SharePoint – enables SharePoint site migration across your SharePoint 2007 / 2010 / 2013 farms. XPlica supports migration of site collections, sites, libraries, lists, folders, documents, document metadata properties, list items and associated metadata (including file attachments) from one SharePoint server to another. You can perform migration of site contents from SharePoint 2003 / 2007 farms to SharePoint 2007 / 2010 / 2013 farms and SharePoint Online sites.

Xybion Migration Studio – SharePoint Edition

Xybion provides a SharePoint migration software solution as part of it’s overall migration and content management solution, known as MigrationStudio. Offered as a single-user, desktop version, an enterprise, professional version or as a services-driven migration offering (PathBuilder), our migration software is powerful enough to meet the needs of global enterprises.

Xybion Sharepoint Migration solution offers a number of benefits including: