Google Migrate to Virtual Machines (M2VM)
Google Cloud
Free
Near-zero - continuous sync, minutes to cut over
Both
Enterprise estates
Workload V2C P2C C2C
What it is good at
Agentless from vSphere, wave-based groups, and test clones you can boot in an isolated VPC before cutover. Free.
Where it falls down
Google Cloud target only; AWS/Azure sources use an agent.
Capabilities
- Changed-block tracking / incremental sync
- Wave / batch orchestration
- Agentless operation
- Non-disruptive test migration
- Encryption in flight
- API / CLI automation
- Discovery and assessment
Cost and licensing
- Cost category
- Free — No licence cost from the vendor.
- Indicative price
- No charge for the migration service itself
- Licence model
- Migrate to Virtual Machines is offered at no cost for migrations into Google Cloud. You pay only for the target Compute Engine resources, Persistent Disk and network egress.
- How to license it
- Enable the vmmigration.googleapis.com API in your project and deploy the Migrate Connector OVA on-prem. Nothing to purchase. Ask your Google account team about the Rapid Migration Program (RaMP) for funding.
- Lifecycle
- Current
- Vendor page
- https://cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines
Pricing and licensing last reviewed 2026-09-18. Indicative only - confirm with the vendor.
Supported sources
- VMware vSphere / ESXi (vCenter)
- Amazon Web Services (EC2)
- Microsoft Azure (IaaS)
- Physical server - Windows
- Physical server - Linux
Supported targets
- Google Cloud (Compute Engine)