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Aedeon vs cloud-provider migration services: a move into their cloud, or a change you prove before it lands.

AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle each offer free or funded tooling to bring your workloads into their clouds. Aedeon is the system of record for how your software actually works, and the engine that evolves it.

Cloud providers are very good at moving servers, VMware estates and databases onto their platforms, and they fund much of the work. Aedeon maps the application those moves carry: the code, stored procedures, pipelines and jobs. It prices each change before you approve it and checks the result against the old system on production traffic, on whichever cloud you choose.

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Customer proof · The New York Times · PLATO · Oracle 12c → Aurora PostgreSQL · live June 1, 2026

6.0Mlines of code

12weeks, end to end

5.0×faster than conventional

0divergences across 2,412,880 replayed requests

The New York Times evolved PLATO off Oracle onto Aurora with Aedeon, verified against production traffic before it shipped.

The short answer

A cloud provider moves workloads into its cloud. Aedeon changes the application and proves it.

Cloud migration service providers such as AWS, Microsoft and Google move servers, databases and applications into their own cloud, with free tools and credits that offset the cost. Aedeon maps the application itself, plans each change with an estimated cost, and verifies the result on production traffic before cutover, whatever the destination.

Cloud-provider migration service

Discover servers and network flows
Plan waves and a landing zone
Replicate, convert and test
Cut over
Run on the provider’s cloud

Aedeon

Map code, data and jobs
Plan the change from one sentence
Change behind approval gates
Replay production traffic
Ship to the destination you choose

Many teams use both: the provider’s program for credits, the landing zone and server moves, and Aedeon for the application changes the move depends on.

The providers in 2026

What AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle offer for migration in 2026

Each of the four large cloud providers now pairs migration tooling, much of it agentic AI, with a funding program and a bench of partners. Their documented destinations are their own platforms.

Provider · 01

AWS

Tooling: AWS Transform, generally available since May 2025, covers assessment, server migration, landing zones, .NET, SQL Server and mainframe work. MGN replicates servers and DMS moves databases.
In 2026: Agents recommend a migration strategy for each server, build landing zones and, in preview since June, fix tech debt across thousands of repositories with human oversight.
Funding and help: The Migration Acceleration Program offsets early costs, with delivery guided by AWS Professional Services and partners. AWS does not publish the amounts.
How results are checked: Generated functional-equivalence tests for SQL Server code and z/OS batch mainframe code; a full build and existing unit tests for .NET.

DestinationAWS commercial regions

Provider · 02

Microsoft

Tooling: Azure Migrate discovers, assesses and replicates servers, databases and web apps. GitHub Copilot modernization upgrades and migrates Java, .NET and C++ code.
In 2026: An Azure Copilot migration agent for planning VMware moves entered public preview in March, with execution left in the portal. Auto Wave Planning followed in September, also in preview.
Funding and help: Frontier Accelerate for Azure offers Azure credits, partner delivery funding and no-cost help from Microsoft experts to deploy more than 30 Azure services.
How results are checked: Build validation, unit tests and CVE scans for code; compile and static checks for Oracle to PostgreSQL conversion.

DestinationAzure services such as App Service, AKS and Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Provider · 03

Google Cloud

Tooling: Google Cloud Modernize, announced October 5, 2026, brings together Migration Center, a Modernization Hub, the Gemini-based CodMod CLI, VMware Engine and mainframe tools. Database Migration Service moves databases.
In 2026: Gemini quality assessments for converted database code reached general availability in May. An EKS-to-GKE migration agent with human approval gates is in preview.
Funding and help: RaMP pays credits of 25 percent of new Google Cloud spend each quarter, up to the lesser of 30 percent of projected annual run rate and $3M.
How results are checked: Dual Run replays live mainframe production events against the Google Cloud version and compares outputs; online transactions are in preview.

DestinationGoogle Cloud

Provider · 04

Oracle

Tooling: Oracle Cloud Migrations moves VMware and AWS EC2 virtual machines to OCI. Zero Downtime Migration moves Oracle databases at no charge.
In 2026: Zero Downtime Migration, now at version 26.1, can place Oracle databases on Oracle Database@Azure, @Google Cloud and @AWS.
Funding and help: Oracle Cloud Lift engineers help plan, design and migrate workloads, included with an OCI tenancy.
How results are checked: Pre-migration validation and standardized, repeatable workflows in Zero Downtime Migration.

DestinationOCI and Oracle-run databases inside other clouds

Product details from each provider’s documentation, pricing pages and announcements, checked October 28, 2026.

What changed in 2026

2026 brought migration agents to every provider

Most of the new agents plan, recommend or convert. People still approve the steps and run the cutover.

March 2026Microsoft
The Azure Copilot migration agent enters public preview. It plans and analyzes VMware moves, while replication, test migration and cutover stay in the Azure Migrate portal.
May 12, 2026Google
Gemini quality assessments in Database Migration Service reach general availability, checking converted code for functional equivalence with the source.
June 15, 2026AWS
AWS Transform continuous modernization enters preview, finding and fixing tech debt across thousands of repositories with human oversight.
July 2026AWS
AWS Transform migrations accept servers from virtually any source, including Hyper-V and bare metal, and collect Oracle database metadata.
July 22, 2026Google
The Mainframe Assessment Tool makes business rules extraction generally available and moves code translation to the Antigravity agent workflow.
September 2026Microsoft
Azure Migrate previews Auto Wave Planning, which sequences migration waves from inventory, assessments and dependencies.
October 5, 2026Google
Google Cloud Modernize launches with a Modernization Hub, the CodMod CLI and an EKS-to-GKE migration agent with human approval gates, in preview.
October 2026AWS
AWS Transform designs new AWS networks from requirements and adds an infrastructure-as-code-only mode for landing zones.

Across all four, agents now handle more of the discovery, planning and conversion, people approve the steps, and each provider’s tools are built to land workloads on its own platform.

Dates from AWS, Microsoft and Google release notes and announcements, checked October 28, 2026.

Credit where it is due

What the cloud providers do well

For moving infrastructure into a cloud you have already chosen, provider programs are hard to beat.

Cost

Free tools and real funding

AWS Transform’s assessment, Windows, mainframe and VMware agents cost nothing. Google publishes its RaMP credit terms, up to $3M for a general workload, and Microsoft funds partner delivery for all project types and phases.

Scale

Infrastructure moves at volume

AWS reports more than 10 billion lines of code analyzed and 2.72 million hours of manual work saved with AWS Transform. It says MGN cutover windows are usually measured in minutes.

Mainframe

Equivalence testing for the mainframe

Google Dual Run replays live production events from the mainframe against the new Google Cloud application and compares the outputs. AWS generates test plans and data capture scripts for functional equivalence on z/OS batch.

People

Engineers on hand

Oracle Cloud Lift includes Oracle engineers for planning, architecture and migration with an OCI tenancy. Each provider also brings a partner network for hands-on delivery.

What each one maps

Provider discovery maps the estate. Aedeon Graph maps the application.

Flexera’s 2026 State of the Cloud Report names understanding application dependencies and assessing technical feasibility as the top two migration challenges. Provider discovery starts from servers and network flows, and separate tools cover code for specific platforms.

Layer	Cloud-provider tooling	Aedeon Graph
Business rules	Rule extraction for mainframe code in AWS Transform and Google’s Mainframe Assessment Tool	99 percent of business logic mapped automatically; the rest flagged as gaps for your team
Application code	Separate tools per platform, such as AWS Transform for .NET, GitHub Copilot modernization and Google CodMod	COBOL and PL/I in the same graph as Java, .NET, C++, Python, SAP ABAP and Oracle Forms
Pipelines and jobs	Seen as servers and network connections, apart from mainframe batch, which the mainframe tools analyze	ETL jobs, schedulers and downstream feeds traced to the code and tables they touch
Databases and stored procedures	Database inventory, plus schema conversion in AWS DMS, Google DMS and Microsoft’s PostgreSQL extension	Schemas and stored procedures linked to every piece of code that calls them
Servers, network and storage	Discovery collectors, RVTools imports, network flows and firewall rules	Infrastructure definitions and configuration, read into the same graph

Coverage reflects each provider’s documented discovery and assessment tools, checked October 28, 2026. Full meter: the layer is a primary focus. Partial: covered for some platforms or at a summary level.

How the result is checked

Four ways to check a migrated system, from compile to production traffic

Each provider documents how its tools verify a conversion. The checks range from compiling the converted code to replaying production events, and the deepest ones apply to specific platforms.

Level 01

Compile and static checks

Proves: The converted code builds and passes static analysis.

Microsoft’s Oracle to Azure Database for PostgreSQL conversion. Microsoft notes these checks don’t test production data, application behavior or every runtime path.

Level 02

Build and unit tests

Proves: The existing tests still pass after the change.

AWS Transform for .NET runs a full build and any unit test projects present. GitHub Copilot modernization validates builds and unit tests and fixes CVEs.

Level 03

Generated equivalence tests

Proves: Converted code returns the same results on test inputs.

AWS Transform tests SQL Server conversions and z/OS batch mainframe code. Google’s Gemini quality assessments check converted database code, without performance testing.

Aedeon · every change

Level 04

Production traffic replay

Proves: The new system matches the old one on real production requests.

Google Dual Run, for mainframe applications moving to Google Cloud, with online transactions in preview.

Aedeon Evolve runs the top step before every change ships, whatever the destination: data, application and behavior checks in parallel, and a divergence stops the gate. The New York Times change replayed 2,412,880 requests with zero divergences.

Verification details from AWS, Microsoft and Google documentation, checked October 28, 2026.

Where Aedeon is different

Built for the application, wherever it runs

Aedeon works on the application layer every move has to carry, and it stays neutral about where the application goes.

Modernization and migration are projects. Projects end. Evolution compounds.

Destination

Any destination, with no swapped lock-in.

Aedeon plans toward whichever cloud and database you choose. The New York Times moved PLATO from Oracle 12c to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL.

Scope

One map across code, data and jobs.

Aedeon Graph reads application code, stored procedures, pipelines, configuration and infrastructure definitions into one version-stamped graph, and maps 99 percent of business logic automatically.

Cost

Every change priced before it runs.

From one sentence, Aedeon Supervisor writes a step-by-step plan with target files and an estimated cost. Your architects edit it, and nothing executes until a person approves the gate.

Proof

Production traffic decides.

Aedeon Evolve runs the changed system against the old one on real traffic, with data, application and behavior checks in parallel. A divergence stops the gate.

Control

Your cloud, your keys, your Git.

Aedeon runs in a private VPC in your cloud, in a sovereign region, or fully air-gapped; your own cloud or multi-cloud on Max, and single-tenant in a sovereign region on Virtual Private Aedeon. Every change lands in your Git with its approvals and verification runs.

Side by side

Aedeon vs cloud migration service providers, row by row

	Cloud-provider migration service	Aedeon
What it is	Tools, funding and partner programs for moving workloads into one provider’s cloud	A system of record for how your software works that plans, performs and verifies change
Built for	Rehosting servers and VMware estates, moving databases and converting selected code	Changing applications, databases and jobs, including the changes a move depends on
Destination	The provider’s own platform	The cloud and database you choose
What it maps	Servers, network flows and databases, with separate code tools per platform	Code, stored procedures, pipelines, configuration and infrastructure definitions in one graph
Planning	Wave plans, landing zones and business cases	A step-by-step plan from one sentence, with target files and an estimated cost
Who does the work	Your team, with the provider’s experts and funded partners	Your team, with Aedeon’s agents under their approval; services partners are optional
How the result is checked	From compile checks to generated equivalence tests; production replay for mainframe moves to Google Cloud	Production traffic replayed against the old system; a divergence stops the gate
How it is paid for	Tools often free; credits and partner funding tied to new spend in that cloud	Published plan prices plus credits; every change priced before approval
Where it runs	A managed service in the provider’s cloud, with collectors in your data center	A private VPC in your cloud; your own cloud on Max; sovereign region or air-gapped on Virtual Private Aedeon
What you keep	The workload, running in the new cloud	A changed system, a graph that keeps updating, and every change in your Git
Best fit	Infrastructure moves to a cloud you have already chosen	Application changes that must be proven before cutover, on any destination

Provider details from AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle documentation, pricing pages and announcements, checked October 28, 2026.

Pricing as of October 28, 2026

What the providers charge, what they fund, and what Aedeon costs

Provider migration tools are often free, and funding programs offset much of the remaining cost. That funding is earned on new consumption in the provider’s cloud. Aedeon publishes its prices.

Provider tooling and funding

Provider	Tooling price	Funding program	Funding is tied to
AWS	AWS Transform assessment, Windows, mainframe and VMware agents free; custom transformations $0.035 per agent minute	Migration Acceleration Program; amounts and eligibility not published	Tagged workloads migrated to AWS
Microsoft	Azure Migrate tools free; server migration free for 180 days per machine, then $25 a month per replicated instance	Frontier Accelerate for Azure: credits, partner delivery funding and no-cost deployment help	Azure usage; database credits at 50 percent of year-one usage
Google Cloud	Native database moves to Cloud SQL or AlloyDB free; heterogeneous moves billed per GiB processed	RaMP: credits of 25 percent of new spend each quarter, up to the lesser of 30 percent of projected annual run rate and $3M	Tagged workloads and account growth
Oracle	Zero Downtime Migration free	Cloud Lift engineers included with tenancy	An OCI tenancy

Aedeon plans

Plan	Price	Includes
Free trial	$0 for 30 days	5,000 credits once, one user, one repository up to 50K lines, graph view, no credit card
Pro	$20 a month	800 credits a month, 3 users, one repository up to 100K lines
Team	$80 a month	3,500 credits a month, 25 users, 25 repositories up to 500K lines each
Max	$200 a month	9,000 credits a month, unlimited users and repositories, verification agents, production change
Virtual Private Aedeon	From $50,000 a year	Single tenant, your keys, your region, air-gapped option

Where provider funding goes

Credits offset spend in the provider’s own cloud, and partner funds pay the provider’s approved partners. Google’s RaMP terms, for example, exclude pre-existing spend.

How Aedeon meters

One credit is 1,000 AI tokens. Every plan shows its estimated cost before anyone approves it, and production change runs on Max and Virtual Private Aedeon.

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Decide

When to use the provider’s program, and when to add Aedeon

Use the provider’s program when

You have chosen the destination and want its credits, landing zone and partners.
Most of the work is rehosting servers or VMware estates.
Your mainframe is moving to AWS or Google Cloud and their equivalence tooling covers your stack.
The provider’s experts or funded partners will run the waves.

Add Aedeon when

The application has to change as it moves, from code and stored procedures to jobs and pipelines.
Someone has to sign off the cutover with evidence from production traffic.
Each change has to be priced before anyone approves it.
You want to keep the destination open, or run on more than one cloud.

The two fit together. When The New York Times moved PLATO onto Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with Aedeon, the destination was AWS and the proof came from 2,412,880 replayed production requests.

Answers

Questions buyers ask about cloud migration services and Aedeon

Cloud migration services

What are cloud migration service providers?

Cloud migration service providers help move applications, data and infrastructure into the cloud. The group includes the cloud platforms themselves, such as AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle, which offer migration tools and funding programs, and the consultancies and integrators that deliver migrations on those platforms.

What is AWS Transform?

AWS Transform is AWS’s agentic AI service for migration and modernization, generally available since May 2025. Its agents assess estates, migrate VMware and other servers, build landing zones and modernize .NET, SQL Server and mainframe code, with AWS as the destination. Core agents are free, and custom transformations cost $0.035 per agent minute.

What is the AWS Migration Acceleration Program?

The Migration Acceleration Program, or MAP, runs migrations in three phases: assess, mobilize, and migrate and modernize. AWS provides financial investments to offset early migration costs, with delivery guided by AWS Professional Services and AWS Migration Competency Partners. Neither the amounts nor the eligibility terms are published.

How much does Azure Migrate cost?

Azure Migrate’s tools carry no additional charge. Server migration is free for the first 180 days per machine, then costs $25 a month per replicated instance, and storage and data transfer are billed throughout. Agent-based dependency visualization incurs standard Log Analytics charges.

What is Google Cloud Modernize?

Google Cloud Modernize is the migration and modernization portfolio Google announced on October 5, 2026. It brings together Migration Center, a Modernization Hub, the Gemini-based CodMod CLI, an agentic cost estimator, an EKS-to-GKE migration agent in preview, mainframe tools including Dual Run, and the RaMP funding program.

Can a cloud provider’s migration tools move workloads to another cloud?

Their documented destinations are the provider’s own platforms. Other clouds appear as sources, as in Azure’s PostgreSQL assessments for databases on AWS or Google Cloud, or Google’s EKS-to-GKE agent. Oracle is a partial exception: Zero Downtime Migration can place Oracle databases on Oracle Database@Azure, @Google Cloud and @AWS.

What are the biggest risks in a cloud migration?

Flexera’s 2026 State of the Cloud Report names understanding application dependencies and assessing technical feasibility as the top two migration challenges, and puts wasted cloud spend at 29 percent. In McKinsey’s 2021 survey, migrations cost 14 percent more than planned each year, and 38 percent of companies saw delays of more than a quarter.

Aedeon

Does Aedeon replace AWS Transform, Azure Migrate or Google Cloud’s migration tools?

No, and many teams use both. The provider’s tools handle landing zones, server replication and credits. Aedeon maps the application, plans and prices each change, and verifies it on production traffic, so what arrives in the new cloud behaves like what left.

Which clouds and databases can Aedeon move an application to?

Aedeon works toward the destination you choose, with no swapped lock-in. The New York Times moved its PLATO system from Oracle 12c to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with Aedeon in twelve weeks, end to end.

How does Aedeon verify an application before cutover?

Aedeon replays production traffic against the old and new systems, with data, application and behavior checks running in parallel. A divergence stops the gate, and nothing ships until a person approves it. On The New York Times change, 2,412,880 requests were replayed with zero divergences.

How does Aedeon pricing compare with free provider tools?

Provider tools are often free because consumption in their cloud pays for them. Aedeon publishes its plans: Pro at $20, Team at $80 and Max at $200 a month, and Virtual Private Aedeon from $50,000 a year, with a free 30-day trial. Each change shows an estimated cost before approval.

Start here

Map the application before you book the move.

Connect one repository and watch the graph build in about an hour. Describe the move in one sentence, such as getting a database off Oracle, and see the plan, the systems it touches and its estimated cost, whichever cloud you pick.

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What one connected system shows you

A graph of the code, data and jobs, with their dependencies
The systems a move would touch, cited to files and schema objects
A step-by-step plan for one change, with its estimated cost