Cloud migration with a plan: from assessment to a secure move

A cloud migration assessment is the inventory taken before the move: it captures all servers, applications and dependencies, evaluates their cloud suitability and compares costs, risks and effort. The result is a well-founded decision on what is migrated, how and in what order.

The costs depend on the number and complexity of applications, data volumes and security requirements. An assessment with a migration plan for a manageable environment is possible in the Starter package from €2,500, the migration of several applications usually falls under the Professional package from €8,000, and we price large landscapes individually as Enterprise. The exact quote follows after the free initial consultation; we estimate the ongoing cloud costs separately in the assessment.

Common ones are rehost (move without changes), replatform (move with small adjustments, for example to managed databases), refactor (rebuild for the cloud), repurchase (replace with a ready-made solution), retain (keep for now) and retire (shut down). We decide which strategy fits for each application individually. In practice, a migration usually combines several of them.

That can't be answered across the board, because data protection compliance depends on the contract, data location, access and your own configuration. AWS, Azure and Google Cloud operate data centers in Germany, and European providers such as Hetzner, IONOS or STACKIT are further options. We document the technical implementation for your data protection records – the legal assessment belongs with your data protection officer. Our information does not replace legal advice.

An assessment is usually completed in a few weeks. The migration itself depends on the number of applications and happens in waves, so that not everything is switched over at once. You will receive a reliable timeline together with the migration plan.

Not automatically. The cloud saves money above all when resources are matched to demand, systems that aren't needed are shut down and managed services are used sensibly. If you move servers one-to-one without changes, you may end up paying more – which is why a cost comparison is a fixed part of the assessment.