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AWS Database Migration Service vs. Quest Migration Manager & Migrator

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Database Migration Service
Score 8.4 out of 10
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AWS Database Migration Service helps users migrate databases to AWS. The source database remains fully operational during the migration to minimize downtime to applications that rely on the database. The vendor states that AWS Database Migration Service can migrate data to and from most widely used commercial and open-source databases.N/A
Quest Migration Manager & Migrator
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Quest offers Migration Manager, replacing Dell's former ChangeBASE migration software, a suite of application tools supporting Microsoft application and legacy system migration. Migration Manager editions currently support Office 365, Active Directory & Exchange migration.N/A
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AWS Database Migration ServiceQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
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Offerings
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AWS Database Migration ServiceQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.4 out of 10
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Matillion
Score 8.4 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.1 out of 10
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Score 8.1 out of 10
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AWS Database Migration ServiceQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
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9.0
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User Testimonials
AWS Database Migration ServiceQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
As stated previously, AWS Database Migration Service excels when replicating very specific data elements between environments. AWS Database Migration Service handles replication tasks to load equipment assets or customer job sites from production to QA databases very well. Full load replication - e.g., we need an exact copy of the production database in another region - works well. But when we need to load the QA database with the latest production data - it does work as well. AWS Database Migration Service comes up short because we do not want to wipe the QA database completely and make an exact copy. We want to keep what's already in the QA database and add production data so that we can QA with that level of volume. And at least with our database design, we end up having to do a lot of manual data manipulation and de-duplication.
Chien Huey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chien Huey
Senior DevOps Engineer
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Quest Software
Dell ChangeBASE is well suited in migrating an OS to a new version, or 32/64-bit. It's also helpful when virtualizating workstations into Thin Clients for use with Citrix or other thin provisioning services.
Seth Arnoff | TrustRadius Reviewer
Seth Arnoff
Security and Compliance Coordinator
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Pros
Amazon AWS
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Quest Software
  • OS Patch Testing - We further used this to test Microsoft's Patch Tuesday releases before we put them in production.
  • Web Dashboard - The latest version added a fully customization dashboard with widgets to give you an at-a-glance view.
  • Application comparability - We used this to test our Windows XP to Windows 7 migration.
Seth Arnoff | TrustRadius Reviewer
Seth Arnoff
Security and Compliance Coordinator
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Cons
Amazon AWS
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Quest Software
  • Initial setup can be tricky - We needed to contact support for some help.
  • Prior to the latest version, there wasn't an easy way to view all of our results. The new dashboard has rectified this.
Seth Arnoff | TrustRadius Reviewer
Seth Arnoff
Security and Compliance Coordinator
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
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Quest Software
Dell ChangeBASE is more costly when compared to Admin Studio, I believe the price was almost double. However, Admin Studio did not provide a comfortable level of support and we felt we were in better hands with Dell's patching schedule. Admin Studio wasn't able to answer our question on when they released software updates and how complex an upgrade would be.
Seth Arnoff | TrustRadius Reviewer
Seth Arnoff
Security and Compliance Coordinator
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Set it and forget it for maintaining data consistency - moderate cost, zero to minimal maintenance
  • High touch production data loads into QA - negative ROI engineering time investment far exceeded our predictions
Chien Huey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chien Huey
Senior DevOps Engineer
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Quest Software
  • ROI was seen after 10 months of use.
  • Greatly sped up the application testing process by several weeks, and allowed our existing development team to continue working on other projects.
Seth Arnoff | TrustRadius Reviewer
Seth Arnoff
Security and Compliance Coordinator
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